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  • Using Cockpit on CentOS Stream 9

    Although equipped with the latest Linux desktop environment, CentOS Stream 9 is very much a server operating system. As such, most CentOS 9 deployments will be to remote physical servers or as cloud-based virtual machine instances. Invariably, these systems run without a keyboard, mouse, or monitor, with direct access only available via the command prompt…

  • A Guided Tour of the CentOS Stream 9 GNOME 40 Desktop

    CentOS Stream 9 includes the GNOME 40 desktop environment. Although lacking the complexity of Windows and macOS desktops, GNOME 40 provides an uncluttered and intuitive desktop environment that provides all of the essential features of a windowing environment with the added advantage that it can be learned quickly. In this chapter, the main features of…

  • Allocating Windows Disk Partitions to CentOS Stream 9

    In the previous chapter, we looked at installing CentOS 9 on the same disk as Windows. This so-called “dual boot” configuration allows the user to have both operating systems installed on a single disk drive with the option to boot one or the other when the system is powered on. This chapter is intended for…

  • Dual Booting CentOS Stream 9 with Windows

    Like most Linux distributions, CentOS Strea 9 will happily co-exist on a hard disk drive with just about any version of Windows up to and including Windows 11. This is a concept known as dual-booting. When you power up the system, you will see a menu providing the option to boot either your CentOS 9…

  • Installing CentOS Stream 9 on a Clean Disk Drive

    There are now two ways in which a CentOS Stream 9 system can be deployed. One method is to either purchase new hardware or re-purpose an existing computer system on which to install and run the operating system. Another option is to create a cloud-based operating system instance using services such as Amazon AWS, Google…

  • A Brief History of CentOS Stream

    CentOS Stream 9 is one of several variants (also referred to as distributions) of the Linux operating system. It is based on the source code of the Red Hat Enterprise Linux distribution (RHEL), developed by a U.S. company named Red Hat, Inc. Based in Raleigh, North Carolina, the company was founded in the mid-1990s through…

  • CentOS Stream 9 Essentials – Introduction

    CentOS Stream 9 Essentials is designed to provide detailed information on the installation, use, and administration of the CentOS 9 distribution. For beginners, the book covers topics such as operating system installation, the basics of the GNOME desktop environment, configuring email and web servers, and installing packages and system updates using App Streams. Additional installation…

  • CentOS Stream 9 Essentials

  • Rocky Linux 9 System and Process Monitoring

    An essential part of running and administering a Rocky Linux 9 system involves monitoring the overall system health regarding memory, swap, storage, and processor usage. This includes knowing how to inspect and manage the system and user processes running in the background. This chapter will outline some tools and utilities that can be used to…

  • Adding and Managing Rocky Linux 9 Swap Space

    An essential part of maintaining the performance of a Rocky Linux 9 system involves ensuring that adequate swap space is available comparable to the memory demands placed on the system. Therefore, this chapter provides an overview of swap management on Rocky 9. What is Swap Space? Computer systems have a finite amount of physical memory…