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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 gconf-editor
-</file>
-|esound-tools|needed for audible alerts from Thunderbird+Lightning| |gconf-editor|for tweaking Gnome configuration|
-|vim-enhanced|a better VIM, if you use it| |esound-tools|needed by Thunderbird+Lightning for audible alerts|
-|remmina|the best remote desktop support tool| |@office|Libre Office suite|
-|[[internet:mail:thunderbird|Thunderbird]]|the best e-mail client, especially for IMAP|
-|gimp|the best image editor|
-|keepassx|a secure, multi-platform password database|
-===== Browser Tweaks =====
-See [[internet:browser:firefox|Firefox Internet Browser]].
-===== Desktop Tweaks =====
-Show date and use the Desktop as a folder, 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>
-Use Thunderbird and Lightning for default calendar client:
-<file>
-gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.office.calendar exec thunderbird
-</file>
-Use Thunderbird for default mail client:
-**System Tools -> Configuration Editor -> desktop -> gnome -> url-handlers -> mailto**
-Change ''command'' to ''thunderbird %s''.
-Show minimize/maximize/close button layout:
-**System Tools -> Configuration Editor -> desktop -> gnome -> shell -> windows**
-To add Minimize and Maximize buttons, find ''button_layout'' and enter the following:
-<file>
-:minimize,maximize,close
-</file>
-If you want Ubuntu-like (top-left) controls, enter the following instead:
-<file>
-close,minimize,maximize:
-</file>
-Log out and log back in to activate changes.
-==== Touchpad ====
-=== GDM (Login Screen) ===
-To enable tapping, edit ''/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/50-synaptics.conf''.
-Add following to Section "InputClass":
-<file>
-    Option "TapButton1" "1"
-    Option “TapButton2" "2"
-    Option “TapButton3" "3"
-</file>
-=== Gnome ===
-To enable touchpad features:
-**System Tools -> System Settings -> Mouse & Touchpad -> Touchpad**
-  * Enable mouse clicks with touchpad
-  * Disable touchpad while typing
-===== 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 ====
--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>
--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 ===
--bit:
-<file>
-rpm -ivh http://www.dropbox.com/download?dl=packages/fedora/nautilus-dropbox-0.7.1-1.fedora.x86_64.rpm
-</file>
--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 ====
--bit:
-<file>
-rpm -ivh http://dl.atrpms.net/f16-x86_64/atrpms/stable/libdvdcss2-1.2.11-6.fc16.x86_64.rpm
-</file>
--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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