http://news.softpedia.com Softpedia News - Fedora Tips and Tricks Softpedia News en-us 2001 - 2009 Softpedia. All rights reserved. Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:35:52 GMT Fri, 27 Nov 2009 17:35:52 GMT News http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 10 http://www.softpedia.com/base_img/softpedia_logo.gif http://news.softpedia.com/ http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Create-a-Fedora-10-Linux-Distribution-101164.shtml Now that you've learned how to install Fedora 10 on your personal computer, why not learn how to create your own Fedora distribution and give it to your friends or use it for your machines? Fedora 10, also known as Cambridge, was released on November 25th, 2008, and it brings GNOME 2.24 and KDE 4.1, faster boot experience with Plymouth, better printing, better webcam support, improved wireless network connection sharing, better software maintenance and update (powered by PackageKit and RPM 4.6), and virtualization storage.

The following tutorial will teach you how to create a customized version of the Fedora 10 Linux distribution. We will use a tool called Revisor, which features a nice GUI for inexperienced users and a CLI (command-line interface) with extended configuration for advanced users. Revisor can create both Fedora 10 CD/DVD installable media and Live CDs.

What do I need to get started a.k.a. Requirements?

Fedora 10
Revisor (see below for installation instructions)

Editor's note: Before you start, make sure your system is up-to-date! For this demonstration we've used a Fedora 10 DVD installation with the GNOME desktop environment.

Step 1 – Installing Revisor

Go to System -> Administration -> Add/Remove Software...
<... (read more)]]> Mon, 5 Jan 2009 14:30:00 GMT Softpedia News - Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Create-a-Fedora-10-Linux-Distribution-101164.shtml Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Create-a-Fedora-10-Linux-Distribution-101164.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installing-Fedora-10-99413.shtml Fedora 10, also known as Cambridge, was released on November 25th, 2008, and it brings GNOME 2.24 and KDE 4.1, faster boot experience with Plymouth, better printing, better webcam support, improved wireless network connection sharing, better software maintenance and update (powered by PackageKit and RPM 4.6), and virtualization storage. Plus, it adds a new security tool for IDS (Intrusion Detection System) called SecTool.

The following tutorial will teach you how to install the DVD edition of the Fedora 10 operating system on your PC. Why the DVD edition? Because we believe it offers most of the applications you'll need. For those of you that don't have a fast Internet connection, we recommend using one of the Live GNOME or KDE4 editions. However, this guide will make things very simple for you, but if you get stuck somewhere in the middle of the installation and you need help, do not hesitate to use our commenting system at the end of the article.

What do I need to get started?

· You will need the Fedora 10 DVD image that corresponds to your hardware architecture (i386 or amd64), and which can be downloaded from here. When the download is over, burn the ISO image with your favorite CD/DVD burning application (Brasero on Linux or Nero, CDBurnerXP, Roxio on Windows) on a blank DVD at 4x speed.
· We, here... (read more)]]> Fri, 5 Dec 2008 15:42:00 GMT Softpedia News - Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installing-Fedora-10-99413.shtml Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installing-Fedora-10-99413.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Install-Nvidia-Video-Drivers-and-AWN-on-Fedora-9-86757.shtml System Tools -> Terminal)...[tablec][row][col][/col][/row][/tablec]...and switch to root (system administrator) with the following command:su -Type the root password (the one you have set up when you've installed Fedora). Then, as root, type:rpm -ivhU http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-9.rpmNow that the Livna repository is installed, you can continue with the driver installation part.Step 2 - Install the Nvidia driversI presume you did not close the Terminal window; if you did close it, fire it up again from Applications -> System Tools -> Terminal, log in as root and type:yum -y install kmod-nvidiaTo verify if the installation was successfully completed, reboot your comp...]]> Nvidia finally decided to release an updated version of its proprietary video driver for Linux systems, one that supports the controversial XServer 1.5, which is present in bleeding-edge distributions, such as Fedora 9. Ok, so this tutorial is here to help actual and future Fedora 9 users to install the video drivers for their graphics cards and, as a bonus from Softpedia, a nice step-by-step AWN installation guide, assuming you have a fresh Fedora 9 installation with the GNOME desktop environment.Step 1 - Install the Livna repositoryFirst of all, make sure your system is up to date, then install the Livna repository like this:Open a terminal (Applications -> System Tools -> Terminal)...[tablec][row][col][/col][/row][/tablec]...and switch to root (system administrator) with the following command:su -Type the root password (the one you have set up when you've installed Fedora). Then, as root, type:rpm -ivhU http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-9.rpmNow that the Livna repository is installed, you can continue with the driver installation part.Step 2 - Install the Nvidia driversI presume you did not close the Terminal window; if you did close it, fire it up again from Applications -> System Tools -> Terminal, log in as root and type:yum -y install kmod-nvidiaTo verify if the installation was successfully completed, reboot your comp... (read more)]]> Thu, 29 May 2008 06:56:00 GMT Softpedia News - Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Install-Nvidia-Video-Drivers-and-AWN-on-Fedora-9-86757.shtml Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Install-Nvidia-Video-Drivers-and-AWN-on-Fedora-9-86757.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installing-Fedora-9-Sulphur-85513.shtml Fedora 9 (codename Sulphur) was released today and it's the most breathtaking version of the Fedora operating system. Not only does this release bring support for encrypted filesystems (implemented in the installer), but it's also one of the best Fedora releases yet!We, here at Softpedia Labs, always recommend having an empty hard drive for a Linux installation (that means no other operating system on it, no Windows) and you must have a minimum of 10 GB free space for the Fedora installation. Great, now let's begin.For this installation, we used the Install DVD, because it contains all the software you'll ever need. However, the DVD edition has about 3 GB in size and, if you don't have the necessary bandwidth to download it, then we strongly recommend you get one of the KDE or the GNOME Live CD editions. Burn it on a blank disc with your favorite CD/DVD burning application, then insert the disc in the optical drive of the computer on which you want to install Fedora and boot from it. You'll be presented with a very nice Fedora artwork GRUB splash and some options. At this stage, we simply suggest you press Enter, and wait for the system to load...[tablec][row][col][/col][/row][/tablec]Select the 'Skip' option when you're asked if you want to check the media before installation and press the Enter key on your keyboard...[tablec][row][col][/col][/ro... (read more)]]> Tue, 13 May 2008 14:43:00 GMT Softpedia News - Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installing-Fedora-9-Sulphur-85513.shtml Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installing-Fedora-9-Sulphur-85513.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installing-Fedora-8-Werewolf-70446.shtml Fedora 8 (codename Werewolf) was released yesterday and it's the most breathtaking version of the Fedora operating system. Not only does this release bring an installable LiveCD for both i686 and x86_64 architectures, but it also comes with exclusive KDE and GNOME LiveCDs.I always recommend having an empty hard drive for a Linux installation (that means no other operating system on it, no Windows) and you must have a minimum of 10 GB free space for the Fedora installation. Great, now let's begin.For this installation, I've used the Install DVD, because it contains all the software you'll ever need. However, this DVD has about 3 GB and if you don't have the necessary bandwidth to download it I recommend to get the KDE or the GNOME LiveCD. Burn it on a blank disc with your favorite CD/DVD burning application, then insert the disc in the optical drive of the computer on which you want to install Fedora and boot from it. You'll be presented with a very nice Fedora artwork GRUB splash and some options. At this part, I simply suggest you to press ENTER, and wait for the system to load.[tablec][row][col][/col][/row][/tablec]Select the 'Skip' option when you'll be asked if you want to check the media before installation and press ENTER:[tablec][row][col][/col][/row][/tablec]Anaconda (the Fedora installer) will load and you'll see the welcome screen. Clic... (read more)]]> Fri, 9 Nov 2007 10:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installing-Fedora-8-Werewolf-70446.shtml Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installing-Fedora-8-Werewolf-70446.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Install-VMware-Workstation-6-on-Fedora-7-60587.shtml Konsole) and login a...]]> VMware Workstation is a very powerful virtual-machine application for both Linux and Windows operating systems. It allows you to run multiple 32-bit and 64-bit virtual computers and use them simultaneously with the hosting operating system. VMware Workstation 6 supports a lot of today's Linux distributions and kernels, but as usual problems may appear when least expected. For example, I wanted to install VMware Workstation on a Fedora 7 machine, and guess what? Everything went smoothly except the networking function (that means I could compile the vmware software and it worked very well, but without networking). Therefore, this following tutorial (requested by our readers) will teach you how to successfully install and configure VMware Workstation 6 Build 45731 (with networking) on a Fedora 7 machine (with kernel 2.6.22.1-27).Download VMware Workstation 6You should start to download the VMware Workstation software because it has around 180 MB and if you have a slow bandwidth, this may take a while. So, go to http://www.vmware.com/download/ws/ and get yourself a copy. Download the RPM file! Install required softwareUntil the download is complete, let's install some necessary software in order to successfully build and configure the VMware Workstation software. Open a terminal (right click on your desktop -> Konsole) and login a... (read more)]]> Sun, 22 Jul 2007 09:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Install-VMware-Workstation-6-on-Fedora-7-60587.shtml Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Install-VMware-Workstation-6-on-Fedora-7-60587.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Install-Video-Drivers-on-Fedora-7-59919.shtml How to install Nvidia driversI presume you did not close the Konsole window; if you did close it, fire it up by right clicking on the desktop and choose the first option, "Konsole...". Log in as root and type:yum -y install kmod-nvidia glx-utilsThe above command will install the video driver for newer Nvidia cards. If you have a very old Nvidia card, then you should type this command:yum install kmod-nvidia-96xxoryum install kmod-... (read more)]]> Sun, 15 Jul 2007 01:20:00 GMT Softpedia News - Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Install-Video-Drivers-on-Fedora-7-59919.shtml Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/How-to-Install-Video-Drivers-on-Fedora-7-59919.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Create-a-Fedora-7-CD-in-3-Easy-Steps-57653.shtml Fedora is a very popular Linux-based operating system that includes all the bleeding-edge technologies. Fedora 7 was announced on the last day of May 2007 and it brings many new features and improvements over previous versions, which were entitled Fedora Core. Among the new features, we can notice that Fedora has now an installable LiveCD, so everyone can now just burn the ISO and test Fedora OS directly from the CD, without installation. Together with the LiveCD, Fedora project is proud to announce a wonderful application that lets everyone create their own Fedora-based installable LiveCDs. The application is called Revisor and features a nice GUI for inexperienced users and a CLI (command-line interface) with extended configuration for advanced users. The Revisor project can build both Fedora 7 Install and Live Media.Unfortunately, Revisor does not come installed in the KDE edition of Fedora 7 (don't know about the Fedora 7 DVD), so you must install it yourself manually. You have two choices:1. Either you download the RPM file from Softpedia, save the file in your home folder, then open a terminal and type:rpm -i revisor-2.0.3.9-1.fc7.noarch.rpm2. Or you can open a terminal, switch to root with the su command and then type:yum -y install revisor[tablec][row][col][/col][/row][/tablec]Now that you have successfully installed Revisor, yo... (read more)]]> Tue, 19 Jun 2007 12:02:00 GMT Softpedia News - Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Create-a-Fedora-7-CD-in-3-Easy-Steps-57653.shtml Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Create-a-Fedora-7-CD-in-3-Easy-Steps-57653.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fedora-7-Installation-Guide-56999.shtml Fedora 7 (codename Moonshine) was released on 31 May and it's the most breathtaking version of the Fedora operating system. Not only does this release bring an installable LiveCD for both i686 and x86_64 machines, but it also comes with an exclusive KDE LiveCD.I always recommend having an empty hard drive for a Linux installation (that means no other operating system on it, no Windows) and you must have a minimum of 10 GB free space for the Fedora installation. Great, now let's begin.For this installation, I've used the KDE LiveCD and I recommend the same for all of you KDE lovers out there. Burn it on a blank disc with your favorite CD/DVD burning application, then insert the disc in the optical drive of the computer on which you want to install Fedora and boot from it. You'll be presented with a very nice Fedora artwork GRUB splash and some options, see pictures below. At this part, I simply suggest you to press ENTER, and wait for the system to load.[tablec][row][col][/col][col][/col][col][/col][col][/col][/row][/tablec]In about 30 seconds (depending on your computer specs) you will see the KDE splash screen and then the Fedora desktop will appear with three icons: Fedora 7 KDE LiveCD, Install to Hard Drive and Trash. Only one icon is of interest to us: the Install to Hard Drive (of course). So, double click it and wait for the GUI (graphical u... (read more)]]> Mon, 11 Jun 2007 14:06:00 GMT Softpedia News - Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fedora-7-Installation-Guide-56999.shtml Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fedora-7-Installation-Guide-56999.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Marius Nestor) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Plone-Installation-Guide-for-Fedora-Core-6-51419.shtml Plone is a ready-to-run content management system that is built on the powerful and free Zope application server. Plone is easy to set up, extremely flexible, and provides you with a system for managing web content that is ideal for project groups, communities, web sites, extranets and intranets. Although Zope is totally capable of acting as a standalone server, we'll use Apache and its URL rewrite mod for more flexibility and power.Assuming:- you already have a domain name (or at least a subdomain) configured- port 80 is allowed through firewall or is forwarded properly- you have root access on the machine, open a terminal, switch to user root and type:[CODE=0]$ su -(Enter root passwd)# yum install zope plone httpd[CODE=1].. to begin Zope installation.During this guide, I'll use localhost as the example domain. You must replace localhost with your real domain (eg. mysite.com) everywhere you see it.After yum has finished installing the packages, open Apache's configuration file using a text editor:[CODE=0]# nano /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf[CODE=1]go to the end of the file and add the following configuration sections (remember to replace localhost):[CODE=0]NameVirtualHost *:80 ServerName localhost ServerAlias www.localhost ServerAdmin root@localhost DocumentRoot "/var/www/localhost" CustomLog "logs/example-com_log" combined Erro... (read more)]]> Fri, 6 Apr 2007 10:45:00 GMT Softpedia News - Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Plone-Installation-Guide-for-Fedora-Core-6-51419.shtml Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Plone-Installation-Guide-for-Fedora-Core-6-51419.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Mihai Marinof) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fedora-Core-6-Post-Install-Guide-50400.shtml You've just installed Fedora Core 6, now what? Well, there isn't a straight guide everyone should use after installing Fedora or any other operating system. Everyone should configure and install additional applications based on their needs and wishes. However, there are a few steps it's recommended to follow, just to make your Fedora system a bit better, faster and ready for any modification you may apply. Fedora Core 6 Kernel i586/i686 BugIf you have chosen to install the Virtualization software group during the Fedora Core 6 installer, you will end-up running a i586 kernel, even if your processor is i686 capable. This isn't a total disaster and you could live with it but your system will be a little bit slower and it will lack CPU frequency scaling. There are many ways to fix this error but the safest way is to do it manually, step by step:To check which kernel architecture you currently have installed, open a terminal and run:[CODE=0]rpm -qa 'kernel*' --queryformat "%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}.%{ARCH}"|sort [CODE=1]If the installed kernel architecture is i586, but your processor is i686 capable, use the following commands:- Install yum-utils (you will need the root password):[CODE=0]su -c "yum install yum-utils"[CODE=1]- Get the current i686 kernel:[CODE=0]yumdownloader kernel.i686[CODE=1]- Once the kernel is downloaded, run:[CODE=0]su -... (read more)]]> Tue, 27 Mar 2007 10:15:00 GMT Softpedia News - Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fedora-Core-6-Post-Install-Guide-50400.shtml Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Fedora-Core-6-Post-Install-Guide-50400.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Mihai Marinof) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Building-a-Live-Fedora-CD-49130.shtml Kadischi was created in 2005 as an alternative to Pilgrim, specifically for creating Fedora based live CDs. Although it's still in early development stages, it's a very active process and we should expect a package to be available any time soon. Unfortunately, to build and install Kadischi, you'll need to download it from CVS, but don't worry, the installation steps are covered below and overall, it's a quite usable program.Basically, Kadischi uses Anaconda to install the system in a temporary directory. It then executes the collection of scripts in order to modify the system to successfully run in a read-only environment (a CD for instance). After all modifications are complete, Kadischi creates an intrig image, then compresses the system tree and finally outputs a live ISO9660 CD image.Setup- Before starting, I'm assuming you have Fedora Core 6 already installed, together with a graphical interface, about 4GB free disk space and all the requirements installed. If not, to install the required dependencies, type the following command:[CODE=0]# yum install fedora busybox-anaconda syslinux mkisofs squashfs-tools zisofs-tools e2fsprogs createrepo yum-utils gnome-python2-extras cvs[CODE=1]- Check whether you have enough space available:[CODE=0]# df -h /[CODE=1]in my case, the command outputed:[CODE=0]filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on/... (read more)]]> Mon, 12 Mar 2007 10:01:00 GMT Softpedia News - Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Building-a-Live-Fedora-CD-49130.shtml Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Building-a-Live-Fedora-CD-49130.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Mihai Marinof) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installing-Intel-Wireless-3945-Adapter-in-FC6-48096.shtml Several laptop manufacturers have used the Intel PRO Wireless 3945 A/B/G adapter as the wireless component for their products. This adapter is most likely to be found in Intel, Toshiba, DELL, Lenovo ThinkPad or even in some Asus laptops. So the probability to get a laptop with this adapter is quite large. Unfortunately, the problems will start once you decide to install Linux on it. As you might know, the wireless solutions aren't supported by default in Linux; therefore, you'll need to manually install several kernel modules or to dynamically link the vendor's Windows drivers using a driver wrapper such as ndiswrapper. For Fedora at least, there's a cleaner and possibly easier way to set-up the Intel adapter. Note that Anaconda (FC6 installation system) will most likely install the wrong architecture kernel in some systems. This doesn't affect functionality much, but you might run into troubles while compiling 3rd party kernels. Run the following command to see if you have the right kernel:[CODE=0]$ sudo yum -d 0 list kernel [CODE=1]If this command reports kernel i586 or XEN installed and i686 available, then follow the steps from one of the many guides related to this issue. Moreover, if you have used a different guide for installing the IPW 3945 adapter which used several RPM packages provided by Atrpms, you should reinstall the... (read more)]]> Tue, 27 Feb 2007 09:32:00 GMT Softpedia News - Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installing-Intel-Wireless-3945-Adapter-in-FC6-48096.shtml Fedora Tips and Tricks http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installing-Intel-Wireless-3945-Adapter-in-FC6-48096.shtml#review_zone Softpedia News (Mihai Marinof) http://news.softpedia.com/news/Installing-VirtualBox-on-FC6-46965.shtml VirtualBox by InnoTek is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software. Compared to other commercial virtualizers, such as VMware and Virtual PC, VirtualBox lacks some features, but in turn provides others. For example, VirtualBox allows running virtual machines remotely over RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol), offers iSCSI and USB support with remote devices over RDP. Moreover, VirtualBox is pretty much the same as VMvare so if you have been using it for a while and decide to give VirtualBox a try, you will definitely feel right at home.PrerequisitesIn order to run VirtualBox, your system needs to have about 5 GB of free disk space with 512 RAM; as for the software required, you need to have the kernel source / devel files, as well as Qt and SDL installed. You will also need root access.Installing VirtualBox- Open a terminal window and follow these instructions:$ su -Password:# cd /root# wget http://www.virtualbox.org/download/1.3.4/VirtualBox_1.3.4_Linux_x86.run# sh VirtualBox_1.3.4_Linux_x86.run install /opt/VirtualBox- After the installation is completed, type exit to get back to your user shell.- In the same terminal, run the system-config-users command, enter the root password, double click on your ... 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