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Feel at home with Fedora 12 Constantine

hendratmo — Fri, 14 May 2010 05:36:12 +0000

This is my attempt to make Fedora 12 my main desktop. It is a bit too late because Fedora 13 Goddard is already in the doorway. I use Fedora 12 Gnome LiveCD to install on my old Acer Dothan laptop.

After install, I want to keep my next downloaded apps and updates in the /var/cache/.
gedit etc/yum.conf
keepcache = 1

I want to use the fastest mirror to download apps and updates.
yum install yum-fastestmirror

I want to do security update only (poor and expensive bandwith)
yum install yum-security
yum –security update

I need to remove icons on the desktop.
So I change setting in gconf-editor.
yum install gconf-editor

After that, I need to install my fav applications.
yum install thunderbird (email)
yum install thunderbird-lightning (calendar)
yum install gimp (advance image editor)
yum install pspp (statistical data analysis)
yum install gtk-murrine-engine

I have kept my fav apps and existing update in dedicated rpm folder.
So I want to use yum locally.
yum localinstall /home/username/folder/*rpm
Make sure you do this after yum check-update.

I want to install vlc, DVD & mp3 codecs from RPM Fusion repo.
su -c ‘rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm’
yum install gstreamer-plugin-ugly
su -c “rpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release.rpm”
yum install libdvdcss
yum install vlc

Finally, I need flash to play youtube and flash-equipped websites.
Go to http://www.adobe.com.
Download flash player in rpm format.
Install by double click on the rpm file.

That’s it.
Fedora is powerful and flexible.
You can complete your fedora desktop with your needs.
Also, there are other ways to get the purpose of above writings with the same or even better result.

Disable Annoying Beep on Mandriva 2010

hendratmo — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 09:53:07 +0000

I am using Mandriva 2010 One. I feel annoyed by its beep sound whenever I shut down or restart my computer and go to next items where there is not any.

From any soundmixer try muting the Beep channel.
You can use kmix, or alsamixer from terminal:

Code:
alsamixer -c 0

Select the Beep the channel then press M to mute it.

After muting it do this as root:

Code:
su
alsactl store

see if this makes it stick.

Install Adobe Flash in Blankon 5

hendratmo — Wed, 23 Dec 2009 10:05:49 +0000

If you enable only blankon repository (like me) and disable ubuntu repository, you will need to install flash manually from adobe website. By manual install, I can install flash in other computer without connecting to internet first. I know that flash is used while we connect to internet, but I think it can save our worthy bandwith.

To install the latest version manually:

1. Go to http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/
2. Choose tar.gz for linux
3. Save the file install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz.
4. In the Terminal window, change to the directory where you saved the file you downloaded (e.g. cd /home/user/Downloads).
5. Extract libflashplayer.so from file you downloaded with the command tar -zxvf install_flash_player_10_linux.tar.gz.
6. As the super user, copy the extracted file, libflashplayer.so, to your Firefox installation directory’s plugins sub-directory. For example, if Firefox is installed in /usr/lib/mozilla, use the command sudo cp libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins and then enter your super user password when prompted.
7. Open Firefox.
8. Enter about:plugins into the Location (address) bar to display the Installed plugins list. The Flash plugin should be listed as installed.

Testing Flash
Visit Adobe’s Test Page to test your plugin to make sure it is installed properly.

Updating Flash
To see if you need to update Flash, visit Mozilla’s Plugin Check page. If you need to update Flash, see Installing Flash above – the instructions for updating Flash are the same as the normal installation instructions.

Source: Mozilla support website

Two-ways Sync between Thunderbird and Google Calendar

hendratmo — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:58:19 +0000

Background

I use Ubuntu 9.04 that comes with thunderbird 2.0.0.23 and lightning 0.9 in its repo. I have only one calendar in my Google account.

Open thunderbird
Click Calendar icon (left bottom)
Right click on Calendar dropdown menu and choose New Calendar … or go to Calendar > New Calendar …
Choose “On the Network” for your new calendar location
Select “CalDAV”
Fill location with “https://www.google.com/calendar/dav/username@gmail.com/events”
Hit “Next” and you will asked about your calendar name, color and your email address
Hit “Next” again and you’re done

Access NTFS partition in Blankon Minimalis (LXDE)

hendratmo — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:54:27 +0000

I find that my LXDE desktop in Blankon Minimalis install cannot reach my Windows partion (dual boot). I have to manually mount it.

First, I check whether ntfs-3g package is already installed.
Then, check where the windows partition exists.

After that, create subfolder in /mnt:
$ sudo mkdir /mnt/windows

Mount manually by:
$ sudo mount -t ntfs-3g /dev/sda1 /mnt/windows

Install OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 in Blankon 5 Minimalis

hendratmo — Tue, 13 Oct 2009 08:36:18 +0000

For your information, the minimalist version of Blankon linux distribution (with LXDE desktop) does not have OpenOffice in its default install.

First, I have the DEB installer from InfoLINUX magazine CD bonus (10/2009).
I copy folder [openoffice.org-3.1.1] to my home folder.

Then I change the permission setting by marking “Write” option in the “Properties” after a right-click on the folder.

There I find [OOo_3.1.1_LinuxIntel_install_en-US_deb.tar.gz] archive file.
Open and extract it, then I have [OOO310_m19_native_packed-1_en-US.9420] folder.
There is [DEBS] folder that contains … well … deb files required to install.

Open terminal and install
$ sudo dpkg -i /home/username/openoffice.org-3.1.1/OOO310_m19_native_packed-1_en-US.9420/DEBS/*.deb

To show shortcut on the menu
$ sudo dpkg -i /home/username/openoffice.org-3.1.1/OOO310_m19_native_packed-1_en-US.9420/DEBS/desktop-integration/*.deb

Jaunty Journal 2

hendratmo — Thu, 18 Jun 2009 02:26:19 +0000

Following is extras that I add to my Jaunty Install.

Among them are nasty things.

install ubuntu-restricted-extras
“sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras”
install libdvdcss2
“sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/jaunty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list”
“sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update”
“sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2″
install sun-java6-plugin
“sudo apt-get install sun-java6-plugin”
install openoffice.org
“sudo apt-get install openoffice.org”
install bzr
“sudo dpkg -i /home/username/Packages/Install/bzr/*.deb”

By doing that, I add:

additional openoffice.org suite
bzr
java plugin for firefox
play encrypted DVD
multimedia codecs
flash plugin for firefox
microsoft fonts

Jaunty Journal

hendratmo — Fri, 12 Jun 2009 01:50:57 +0000

When I use Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty Jackalope, here is my initial setup:

remove help from top panel
disable weather and temperature in clock
adjust local time in clock
disable confirm dialogs for logout, restart and shutdown
disable spellcheck and auto-bullet in tomboy
install thunderbird
“sudo dpkg -i /home/username/Packages/Install/thunderbird/thunderbird*.deb”
“sudo dpkg -i /home/username/Packages/Install/thunderbird/lightning*.deb”
“sudo dpkg -i /home/username/Packages/Install/thunderbird/calendar*.deb”
install xchat-gnome
“sudo dpkg -i /home/username/Packages/Install/xchat-gnome/tcl*.deb”
“sudo dpkg -i /home/username/Packages/Install/xchat-gnome/xchat-gnome*.deb”
install ttf-liberation
“sudo dpkg -i /home/username/Packages/Install/ttf-liberation/ttf-liberation*.deb”
install notecase
“sudo dpkg -i /home/username/Packages/Install/notecase/notecase*.deb”
manual update
“sudo dpkg -i /home/username/Packages/Updates/*.deb”
add calculator shortcut to top panel
add terminal shortcut to top panel
add firefox shortcut to top panel
add thunderbird shortcut to top panel
add pidgin shortcut to top panel
add xchat-gnome shortcut to top panel
add openoffice.org shortcut to top panel
add tomboy shortcut to top panel
change theme to Dust Sand
change system font to liberation 9
disable compiz effect
remove minimize effect
“gconf-editor”
“apps > metacity > general > reduced_resources”
“desktop > gnome > interface > accessibility”
tune firefox preference
set thunderbird account
install thunderbird add-ons importexporttools
import mbox files to thunderbird
set thunderbird message filter
tune thunderbird preference
set pidgin account
tune openoffice.org
set rhythmbox playlist
tune nautilus preference
disable automatic update
reduce grub time to 1
set wireless connection
set wired connection
set mobile broadband connection

I use dpkg to install application because I already have the deb files from previous installation that I collected from /var/cache/apt/archives

Remove Mono and Install Gnote

hendratmo — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 00:10:34 +0000

While not knowledgeable enough to have opinion on the mono discussion, I am interested in faster respond and smaller file size based on some people experiences so that I remove mono and replace tomboy with gnote. Actually, mono is the basis of tomboy, gnome-do and giver. Those applications are installed by default in my Gloria install. Also, if you have Ubuntu in your machine, f-spot is based on mono. My need is only note taking application among above applications. So, I have to look for tomboy replacement.

Terminal:
sudo apt-get purge libmono0 mono-common libgdiplus

It will remove tomboy, gnome-do, giver, and f-spot (if you install one)

Install Gnote

Edit sources.list:
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnote/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/gnote/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Terminal
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gnote

ref:

http://www.opensourcerer.com

Gloria Journal

hendratmo — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 05:13:28 +0000

Install after receive ordered linuxmint 7 CD (6/4/2009). My initial setting are, as follow:

remove computer and home icons from desktop
move panel to top
add bottom panel
replace mintmenu with menu bar on top panel
move show desktop and window list to bottom panel
add workspace switcher to bottom panel
add trash to bottom panel
add user switcher to top panel
add separator to top panel
add calculator shortcut to top panel
add terminal shortcut to top panel
add firefox shortcut to top panel
add thunderbird shortcut to top panel
add pidgin shortcut to top panel
add xchat shortcut to top panel
add openoffice.org shortcut to top panel
add rhythmbox shortcut to top panel
disable weather and temperature in clock
adjust local time in clock
disable confirm dialogs for logout, restart and shutdown
disable spellcheck and auto-bullet in tomboy
install dust-sand theme
apply dust-sand theme
tune firefox preference
set thunderbird account
install thunderbird add-ons importexporttools
import mbox files to thunderbird
set thunderbird message filter
tune thunderbird preference
set pidgin account
tune openoffice.org preference
set rhythmbox playlist
tune nautilus preference
set system font to liberation 9
assign super key to launch menu bar
set automatic update to 7 days
reduce grub time
set wireless connection
set wired connection