How To Install Fedora 7 Linux on USB / Pen Drive (1GB+)

April 30th, 2007 To monitor CPU temperature in Linux you will need to install lm_sensors package and then install gnome-applet-sensors (assuming you are using gnome) to get a nice graphical display. The devil is in the details.

October 29th, 2008 All you have to do is run this simple one line command: rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-9.rpm && yum -y install vlc python-vlc mozilla-vlc Note: For earlier versions of Fedora just change the number to correspond to the appropriate version. For example for Fedora Core 6 the command will be: rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-6.rpm && yum -y install vlc python-vlc mozilla-vlc This sets up livna yum repository configuration on your machine and then download and installs vlc media player as well vlc extensions for python and mozilla group of browsers.

October 21st, 2008 Fedora Core 6 an earlier do not have the latest version of rdiff-backup - version 1.2.2. The latest version of rdiff-backup is incompatible with the earlier versions.

April 11th, 2007 RSSOwl is a high quality cross-platform (written in java; uses swt library) RSS / Atom Feed reader which is a superior free alternative to Newzcrawler or Feedreader for linux. Fedora Core 6 provides an RPM distribution for it (doesn't work) which you can install simply by: yum install rssowl However as stated before it doesn't work.

April 29th, 2009 Well the third pre release version of Fedora 11, Leonidas is out. Officially Fedora project has come out with a pre release copy of the new version of the Linux Distro that is to be released 28 days from now.

April 12th, 2007 nVidia provides linux drivers from its website. Unfortunately it doesn't work with recent kernels.

May 31st, 2008 Login as or su to root and run: yum -y install pcre zlib lighttpd That's it folks! Note: The -y saves you from ok'ing the download & installation.

September 28th, 2007 Fedora Core 6 has recently been updated to Kernel version 2.6.22.5-49. When you depend on compiled kernel modules, as in the case of nVidia drivers from Livna, you have to update them too.

May 27th, 2007 RPM based systems like RedHat, Fedora or CentOS often have the system configured for automatic updates. This ensures that your software is always upto date.

April 10th, 2007 XMemo is an alternative to IPMsg (for Windows only) and claims to interoperate with IPMSg protocol. In short a quick messaging tool for intranet use.

December 26th, 2006 Install Sun's Java Virtual Machine ( J2SE(TM) Development Kit 5.0 Update 9 ) on Fedora Core / Linux platform in 5 simple steps. The procedure is geared for users having access to Linux box from ssh / telnet only as in a vpn / dedicated web hosting.

July 8th, 2006 The perfect setup of fedora core 4 fails you on multiple fronts. First you cannot install apt as the package it mentioned has become obsolete and latest packages do not install with rpm.

June 3rd, 2007 Linux comes with automatic setup for dual-monitors like windows. However I found the gnome applet rather buggy and unusable.

September 15th, 2008 Consider this as the missing installation guide for RSSOwl on Linux. After spending hours trying to get it working I finally figured it out.

September 14th, 2009 Before you read, here is a bit of warning: Do not install the nVidia driver that you can download from nVidia.com. The driver may install fine but may not work as you expect.