A collection of guides written for the AlmaLinux Linux distribution.
After you finish installing AlmaLinux in VMware, one of the first things you should do is install VMware Tools on the virtual machine. The VMware Tools software will give you better graphics support in the guest operating system, as well as the ability to drag and drop files between the host and guest system, and …
AlmaLinux is an RHEL-based Linux distro that debuted in 2021 as a direct replacement to CentOS, which has now become CentOS Stream. It’s an enterprise-grade operating system that’s ideal for servers and production environments. Best of all, it’s free. This guide will show the step by step instructions to install AlmaLinux. You can follow these …
Just like RHEL and the rest of its derivatives, AlmaLinux comes with SELinux (Security Enhanced Linux) installed and enabled by default. In this guide, we’ll see how to disable SELinux temporarily or permanently. You’ll also learn how to re-enable it later in case you need to turn it back on. It’s not usually recommended to …
After you’ve installed AlmaLinux, VirtualBox Guest Additions will help you get the most out of your AlmaLinux virtual machine. It gives you automatic resolution scaling, a shared clipboard between the host and VM, and drag and drop ability. The step by step instructions below will explain how to install VirtualBox Guest Additions on AlmaLinux. 1. …
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The GNOME desktop environment is the default GUI for AlmaLinux, but it doesn’t always come pre-installed, for example if you opted for a minimal install during the AlmaLinux installation. In this guide, we’ll give you the commands you need in order to install GNOME on AlmaLinux. 1. AlmaLinux makes GNOME easy to install with yum …
This article will go over the step by step instructions for migrating from CentOS Linux to AlmaLinux. These are the official instructions as released by the AlmaLinux developers on their GitHub page. Before beginning, make sure you have made a backup of your CentOS system. These instructions worked fine for us, but you’ll want to …
