Fedora

Difference between CentOS, Fedora, and RHEL

centos
comparison
fedora
linux

With so many Linux distributions, one might ask what the differences between CentOS, Fedora, and RHEL. In this article we cover these three.

Automatic Security Updates with DNF

automatic updates
dnf
dnf-automatic
fedora
linux
software patching
software vulnerabilities

The dnf package manager and dnf-automatic tool can be used for automated security patching on Linux systems. It requires only a few steps to set it up.

Showing Available Security Updates with DNF

dnf
fedora
package manager
packages
software management
software patching
software vulnerabilities

Systems running Fedora have the DNF utility. With DNF it becomes easily to install packages and stay up-to-date with security related updates.

Determine which processes need a restart with checkrestart/needrestart

debian
dpkg
fedora
patch management
rpm
software patching

Just patching software packages is not enough. We cover some tools to determine which processes need a restart to complete software patch management.

Find the alternatives: CIS-CAT auditing tool

audit
fedora
gentoo
hardening
lynis
nmap

Sometimes time or money is limited. We hunt to find great alternatives to commercial solutions. This time alternatives for the CIS auditing tool CIS-CAT.