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-====== Fedora 16 Configuration Notes ====== 
  
-http://fedora.missingbox.co.nz/ 
- 
-http://www.howtoforge.com/the-perfect-desktop-fedora-16-i686-gnome 
- 
-http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/install-adobe-flash-player-10-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/ 
- 
-http://www.sklav.com/fedora-15-multimedia-howto 
-<note important>All commands are run as root unless otherwise noted.  In a terminal window: 
- 
-<file> 
-su - 
-</file></note> 
- 
-===== Updates ===== 
- 
-<file> 
-yum update -y 
-</file> 
- 
-===== Install Software ===== 
- 
-<file> 
-yum install wget vim-enhanced smartmontools whois thunderbird esound-tools gimp keepassx remmina-* @office 
-</file> 
- 
-|esound-tools|needed for audible alerts from Thunderbird+Lightning| 
-|vim-enhanced|a better VIM, if you use it| 
-|remmina|the best remote desktop support tool| 
-|[[internet:mail:thunderbird|Thunderbird]]|the best e-mail client, especially for IMAP| 
-|esound-tools|needed by Thunderbird+Lightning for audible alerts| 
-|gimp|the best image editor| 
-|keepassx|a secure password database| 
-|@office|Libre Office suite| 
- 
-===== Browser Tweaks ===== 
- 
-See [[internet:browser:firefox|Firefox Internet Browser]]. 
- 
-===== Desktop Tweaks ===== 
- 
-As a regular user: 
- 
-<file> 
-gsettings set org.gnome.shell.clock show-date true 
-gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons true 
-gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background draw-background true 
-</file> 
- 
-===== Multimedia ===== 
- 
-<file> 
-rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm 
-rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm 
-yum -y install gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-ugly xine-lib-extras-nonfree gstreamer-ffmpeg 
-</file> 
- 
-==== Flash ==== 
- 
-32-bit: 
- 
-<file> 
-rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm 
-rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux 
-</file> 
- 
-64-bit: 
- 
-<file> 
-rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm 
-rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux 
-</file> 
- 
-Then install (32 or 64-bit): 
- 
-<file> 
-yum check-update 
-yum install flash-plugin nspluginwrapper alsa-plugins-pulseaudio libcurl 
-</file> 
- 
-==== Dropbox ==== 
- 
-=== Installation === 
- 
-64-bit: 
- 
-<file> 
-rpm -ivh http://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/fedora/nautilus-dropbox-0.7.1-1.fedora.x86_64.rpm 
-</file> 
- 
-32-bit: 
- 
-<file> 
-rpm -ivh http://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/fedora/nautilus-dropbox-0.7.1-1.fedora.i386.rpm 
-</file> 
- 
-=== Configuration === 
- 
-See [[computing:storage:dropbox|Dropbox]]. 
- 
-==== Skype ==== 
- 
-Set up the repository: 
- 
-<file> 
-cat >> /etc/yum.repos.d/skype.repo << EOF 
- 
-[skype] 
-name=Skype Repository 
-baseurl=http://download.skype.com/linux/repos/fedora/updates/i586 
-enable=1 
-gpgcheck=0 
-gpgkey=http://www.skype.com/products/skype/linux/rpm-public-key.asc 
- 
-EOF 
-</file> 
- 
-and install: 
- 
-<file> 
-yum install skype 
-</file> 
- 
-==== Windows TrueType Fonts ==== 
- 
-<file> 
-yum -y install rpm-build cabextract ttmkfdir 
-rpm -ivh http://easylinux.info/uploads/msttcorefonts-1.3-4.noarch.rpm --nodeps 
-</file> 
- 
- 
-==== Rip DVDs ==== 
- 
-<file> 
-yum localinstall -y http://repo.missingbox.co.nz/repo/fedora/missingbox-1-1.noarch.rpm --nogpgcheck 
-yum install HandBrake-gui libdvdcss 
-</file> 
- 
-==== Decode DVDs ==== 
- 
-64-bit: 
- 
-<file> 
-rpm -ivh http://dl.atrpms.net/f16-x86_64/atrpms/stable/libdvdcss2-1.2.11-6.fc16.x86_64.rpm 
-</file> 
- 
-32-bit: 
- 
-<file> 
-rpm -ivh http://dl.atrpms.net/f16-i386/atrpms/stable/libdvdcss2-1.2.11-6.fc16.i686.rpm 
-</file> 
- 
-Win32 Codecs: 
- 
-<file> 
-cd /tmp/ 
-wget http://www.mplayerhq.hu/MPlayer/releases/codecs/all-20071007.tar.bz2 
-tar xfvj all-20071007.tar.bz2 
-mkdir /usr/lib/codecs/ 
-cp all-20071007/* /usr/lib/codecs/ 
-ln -s /usr/lib/codecs/ /usr/lib/win32 
-</file> 
- 
-===== Java ===== 
- 
-==== Sun/Oracle ==== 
- 
-If you're not a programmer, you probably want to use the Java Runtime Edition (JRE) instead of the JDK. 
- 
-You also probably want to verify the architecture of your system and match it (32-bit vs. 64-bit). 
- 
-=== Java 6 === 
- 
-http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/install-sun-oracle-java-jdk-jre-6-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/ 
- 
-=== Java 7 === 
- 
-http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/install-sun-oracle-java-jdk-jre-7-on-fedora-centos-red-hat-rhel/ 
- 
-<file> 
-java -version 
-alternatives --config java 
-</file> 
- 
-http://java.com/en/download/testjava.jsp 
- 
-===== Kompozer HTML Editor ===== 
- 
-<file> 
-rpm -ivh http://olea.org/paquetes-rpm/olea-repo-release-0.0.3-1olea.noarch.rpm 
-yum install kompozer 
-</file> 
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