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How to re-install the GRUB 2 boot-loader on Fedora Core Linux with the command line.

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To re-install the bootloader for Fedora Core 19; you must first load into your Linux installation with a chroot. This post will explain this process. https://securitronlinux.com/bejiitaswrath/re-installing-the-grub2-bootloader-using-a-chroot-with-linux-mint-14/. Then, once you are in the chroot environment, the following commands will re-install GRUB for you. root@neo homer# grub2-install /dev/sda Installation finished. No error reported.root@neo homer# grub2-install /dev/sda Installation … Read more

E16 window manager available for Fedora Core 19.

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The old E16 window manager is available for Fedora 19. I just discovered this when installing some new software to try out. Install it using this command. yum install e16 e16-themes.noarch e16-epplets.x86_64 This is a very old but good looking window manager. There are some awesome themes available for this WM on the Internet. I … Read more

How to fix an annoying dependency issue when updating Fedora 19.

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I ran yum-update on my Fedora 19 installation today and I got this error. root@neo homer# yum update Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, langpacks, refresh-packagekit Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile * rpmfusion-free: rpmfusion.mirror.uber.com.au * rpmfusion-free-debuginfo: rpmfusion.mirror.uber.com.au * rpmfusion-free-source: rpmfusion.mirror.uber.com.au * rpmfusion-free-updates: rpmfusion.mirror.uber.com.au * rpmfusion-free-updates-debuginfo: rpmfusion.mirror.uber.com.au * rpmfusion-free-updates-source: rpmfusion.mirror.uber.com.au * rpmfusion-nonfree: rpmfusion.mirror.uber.com.au * rpmfusion-nonfree-debuginfo: rpmfusion.mirror.uber.com.au * rpmfusion-nonfree-source: … Read more

Some very useful Fedora 19 yum commands for querying the package database and installing software.

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This is how you query the package database to see if a package is installed or not. root@neo homer# yum list installed | grep xterm xterm.x86_64 293-1.fc19 @anacondaroot@neo homer# yum list installed | grep xterm xterm.x86_64 293-1.fc19 @anaconda This is a more verbose way of doing this. root@neo homer# yum list installed xterm Loaded plugins: … Read more

Apple open source code that is available to everyone. How I installed the zsh shell on Fedora 19 from source code.

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http://www.apple.com/opensource/. There is a good selection of open-source code here that Apple is using on their machines. I downloaded the tarball of the zsh shell here: http://www.opensource.apple.com/source/zsh/zsh-55/zsh-4.3.11.tar.bz2. This was compiled very easily after I installed the ncurses-devel RPM from this location for Fedora 19: ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/linux/releases/19/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/n/ncurses-devel-5.9-11.20130511.fc19.x86_64.rpm. Then I was able to complete the checks run by … Read more

How to add restricted codecs support to Fedora Core 19 easily with one simple package.

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The Fedora 19 Linux distribution is working very well now, I have added the restricted codecs support with the help of the Fedora Utils package available on this page: http://satya164.github.io/fedorautils/. This is a GUI utility for adding support for Xvid and MP3 on Fedora 19. You just click checkboxes to add various packages and codecs. … Read more

How to install the ATI beta 13.6 drivers on Fedora 19 x86_64 with the command-line.

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How to install the ATI proprietary drivers on Fedora 19. I have just installed the DVD release of the Fedora 19 x86_64 Linux distribution, this took quite a while, but I installed the MATE desktop instead of the default. gnome 3.8 desktop environment. That is why downloading the 4.3 gigabyte DVD ISO is a good … Read more

The Fedora Project has officially announced the release of Fedora 19 ‘Schrödinger’s Cat’ today.

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The latest Fedora release; Fedora 19 ‘Schrödinger’s Cat’. This brings many improvements to the venerable Linux distribution. The main updates include OpenShift Origin, which allows easy building of Platform-as-a-Service infrastructure; node.js; Ruby 2.0.0; MariaDB; Checkpoint & Restore, which allows users to checkpoint and restore processes; and OpenLMI, which makes remote management of machines simpler. The distribution also packs GNOME 3.8, KDE Plasma Workspace 4.10 and MATE Desktop 1.6.

Get the downloads here: http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-options.

Fedora 19 to replace the MySQL database management system with MariaDB.

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The Fedora 19 Linux distribution is planning to move away from the current MySQL database management system and adopting the MariaDB  DBMS instead. Hopefully the Fedora desktop will not be as much of a mess as the Fedora 18 distribution was with Gnome Shell. But adopting a new DBMS is a new change just like … Read more