Tired of manually adding support for mp3, dvd and Java to your fresh Fedora installs? This script will automatically do all of that.
Pimp your Fedora with Fedora Feather.
Complete list of what Fedora Feather can do for you:
Install mp3 support for your favorite player.
Install dvd support.
Install Sun’s Java Runtime Environment.
Install Adobe’s Flash plugin.
Install the Microsoft TrueType [...]
After putting it off for months, I finally caved in and installed the compiz-fusion eyecandy. Getting compiz-fusion to work on Fedora 7 is really easy. Just follow this step by step guide.
Install the Livna repository.
rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-7.rpm
Install video card drivers. This worked flawlessly for my Nvidia GeForce 7200 GT.
A common question on many Linux forums is something like “I’ve just installed [SomeOtherOS] and now I can’t boot into my OS. How can I get my choice back?” Without getting into all the sticky details, the short answer is that the GRUB boot record has been overwritten and you need to restore it.
GRUB (the [...]
Thou shalt not log in as root.
Use “sudo” or “su -” for administrative tasks.
Thou shalt use the package manager when possible.
Sometimes installing from source code can’t be avoided, but when you use your distro’s package manager to install software, you can also use it to update and remove it. This is one of the main [...]
It seems that this problem is cropping up all over the place. Here’s an easy way to fix it. After a fresh install of Fedora and mysql-server, you run
service mysqld start
and get this error:
Initializing MySQL database: Neither host localhost.localdomain nor localhost could be looked up with /usr/bin/resolveip
Please configure the hostname command to return a correct [...]
According to Distrowatch, the top spot in the the world of Linux distributions belongs to Ubuntu or PCLinuxOS, with Fedora routinely coming in at fourth or fifth. So why don’t I use Ubuntu if it’s supposed to be the best?
Descendant of Debian
My life with Linux started in 1996 with Slackware. I switched to Red Hat [...]
Personally, I’m not too crazy about Java, but I like Azureus, so I have to install it. Here’s how.
Update: Although this method should work, I strongly advise you to use the Fedora Feather script to insall java. It’s available here: http://linuxbraindump.org/2007/09/03/fedora-feather/
Download and Extract
1. Get the latest version from http://www.java.com
Make sure you get the Linux [...]
While Fedora is a great distribution on its own, some software must be installed from third party repositories to enable things like mp3 and DVD playback and Flash. These are the top ten packages to install on a new Fedora system.
The Livna Repository
Some of the following packages and commands require the Livna repository. The repository [...]
No Linux administrator’s toolbox is complete without some knowledge of the Linux command line interface. In fact, many Linux servers don’t even have a GUI installed. In this article, we’ll look at the commands that a Linux server administrator will use to complete normal, day to day tasks such as adding and modifying users, process [...]