Fedora is a wicked distro

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  1. mack_guy911

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    installing latest flash adobe reader etc......

    add adobe repo(yum for linux)

    http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

    download it and right click and install it will add a repo to your yum now you get every thing latest adobe flash player or reader ...etc

    you can install flash from yumex

    one more thing it work perfectly on 64 bit as well so far not even single flash crash or any trouble at all its installed on both my 32 and 64 bit fedora:thumb:

    it will work perfectly on centos as well
     

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    how to split and join files in fedora

    most easy way lxsplit

    Examples:
    To split file use -s then filename then file size you want it to split into

    $ lxsplit -s mack 40M

    where -s (split) mack(filename) 40M(filesize in mb) now it will split 40M size per file so if the file size is 100M its make

    mack001 40M
    mack002 40M
    mack003 20M


    same way to join use -j

    $ lxsplit -j mack.001
    it will take the rest of files and join it into single piece

    second way is use file gtk-splitter gui tool

    i prefer the 1st way easy and very fast :thumb:
     

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    hello its a great feature i learn about fedora today it work on fedora 12 as well :D

    source: https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?t=267402

    yum roll back what ever you installed

    # yum history

    then type

    #yum history info id number

    for example here

    #yum history info 142

    then if you want to undo that all

    #yum history undo 142

    will undo all installation of f-spot
     

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    1st how to dual boot fedora + mint 8 or ubuntu 9

    2nd triple boot from window + fedora + ubuntu

    1st manually enter your grub of fedora and 2nd from windows using easybcd

    https://www.wilderssecurity.com/showthread.php?p=1645522#post1645522

    i didnt post but put a link as not to make duplicate post as well put a reference in fedora for future ......i'll need to check one thread than searching all :D
     
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    thanks linux sorry i forgot to mention it :)
     
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    Linuxforall,
    I'm beginning to doubt that you love Ubuntu as much as you CLAIM!! You know too damn much about Fedora to suit me.....;).

    Later...
     
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    :D :D :D

    Fedora and I go back a long time Trespasser, all of us on UNIX started our desktop adventures with RH, Fedora remains my second favorite distro, if there was no Ubuntu, I would be on Fedora.
     
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    how to install skype on fedora 13 (64 bit)

    yum -y install wget libX11.{i586,i686} libv4l.{i586,i686} alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.{i586,i686} qt-x11.{i586,i686} libXScrnSaver.{i586,i686}

    then either with wget

    or easy way

    http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/linux/post-download/

    and right click and install after install above required rpm's (softwares)

    another way is install tool called autoten install via it


    source:

    http://guides.homelinux.com//viewtopic.php?f=2&t=105

    http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=246209
     
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    I tried Fedora 12 and didn't see anything special about it [in VM of course]
    Then came F13 and since I'm sometimes superstitious and hate #13 I didn't even d/l it but as soon as Fedora 14 arrives [late October!] I'ma try to overcome my inhibitions by applying info gathered on this page - simply work of art to me! Wish you started thinking about creating similar thread for Ubuntu though ;)
     
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    thanks korben for your appreciation

    i am not ubuntu expert i also wish some one start a thread on ubuntu as well like this one putting all simple thing together for day to day work......:p
     
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    Well wanted to start one but it seems Ubuntu is quite easy to work out of box so unless its needed, it would be redundant.
     
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    If it looked like this thread? Never redundant. So many people out there scared of linux! They'd love your input, trust me guys, I'm one of them :)
     
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    how to use kill command in linux

    please note its also work on ubuntu as well fedora and others linux....

    what is kill command

    kill command = sending termination signal to specific process



    why we need that some you get system hang due to flash problem firefox etc people dont know what to do expect restart computer

    now there are many ways to achieve that i putting some basic ones

    if you system hang and not working

    you can do is ctrl + alt + F2 get into cli mode or practice in terminal

    now type

    ps -ef, or ps -eF or ps -A or old unix way ps -aux

    please man ps to check all commands

    or

    source: http://unixhelp.ed.ac.uk/CGI/man-cgi?ps

    what is ps command its give you all process id (pid) %cpu % memory user time....etc many information main thing is you need to look it that is

    PID cpu usage and process name which you want to terminate


    now when you type ps -ef

    note that process make your system hang get cpu usage 100% so you get and idea form ps -ef or ps -A or even by typing top -n 10

    if you notice it correctly you see firefox in top having pid 2073 and cpu usage 1



    if any where you get stuck in command mode dont know how to get back type Ctrl +c or Ctrl + z it take you out back to #

    you have to check the PID (process id of that program)

    example i did on opera

    then type command to kill opera

    #kill 2450

    (where 2450 is a pid of opera form example please note that it vary every time so check your pid)

    it will terminate the process

    some time to kill process completely killing all signals we use this at last resort

    kill -9 process name

    example

    kill -9 opera

    now if you are for example say working with firefox and your system get stuck you know the cause of probem is firefox

    then best thing is to do is

    ps -ef | grep firefox


    [mack@localhost ~]$ ps -ef | grep firefox

    mack 2056 1 0 14:18 ? 00:00:00 /bin/sh /usr/lib64/firefox-3.6/run-mozilla.sh /usr/lib64/firefox-3.6/firefox
    mack 2073 2056 2 14:18 ? 00:02:35 /usr/lib64/firefox-3.6/firefox
    mack 2727 2422 0 16:13 pts/0 00:00:00 grep firefox


    now you get

    mack 2073 2056 2 14:18 ? 00:02:35 /usr/lib64/firefox-3.6/firefox (this is fireefox main process

    pid = 2073

    you can get it via

    ps -A | grep firefox

    now

    type same as kill + pid of process

    kill 2073 will kill your firefox


    yes you can also do multiple kill like for example firefox is running multiple process 2056 and let say 2073 also you can add if your flash giving you a problem then it might be nsplugin wrapper as well check it cpu usage if its causing then you can kill it as well by adding its pid number(for example 2553) of nsplugin wrapper as well.

    kill 2056 2073 2553

    will kill all 3 of them


    also you can use killall

    # killall firefox

    # killall -9 firefox

    (kill all) command will kill the all programs that execute by firefox

    now if all this you find very irritating or tough for you dont worry :D

    if you know its firefox opera ....etc

    use easy way which is new one and very simple

    instead of kill + pids or kill all ...etc


    use pkill + name of process (very simple new way)

    pkill chrome (thats all it will kill all process naming chrome )

    no need to grep process if you want to grep process you can use

    pgrep chrome ......etc it wll show you all pids running by the process





    for gui way please check this

    http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-different-ways-to-end-unresponsive-programs-in-linux

    source: http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/kill-process-in-linux-or-terminate-a-process-in-unix-or-linux-systems/


    second way is kill by signal instead of pid

    we talk about it later
     

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    more screen shot
     

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    OK! will rethink, also there are other experts out here who can go with much more details than me.
     
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    2010-08-17: Fedora 14 Alpha

    linuxforall, excited to try it now? or are you gonna with till

    2010-09-21: Fedora 14 Beta

    or the final?

    Just curious monkey I am ;)
     
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    Korben,

    Ubuntu and Kubuntu are my primary distros, I always religiously try out Fedora when the final version is launched but lately SUSE has been attracting me as well.
     
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    Nun problemo, companero, glad of any use.

    + awaiting yr diagnosis later on ;)
     
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    if you got update loop problem in fedora not updating .......etc

    1st get into root of fedora

    2nd yum update and try.......

    if you get mirror checking errors and your internet is ok

    press key Ctrl + Z

    then exit

    exit logout from root

    3rd login again with su command

    and type

    # yum clean all

    and then

    #yum-complete-transaction]

    after that

    #yum update it make your update working again :thumb:

    if you face problem related to particular repositories while updating

    best and easy way is disable repositories

    #yum repolist

    you know the repo which causing the problem

    for example rpmfusion-free-updates

    then

    # yum upgrade --disablerepo=rpmfusion-free-updates

    it will make you system update

    also second best way which i do is delete the corrupted repositories and reinstall the new one its pretty easy way


    # cd /etc/yum.repos.d/

    [user@localhost yum.repos.d]#

    then from list

    [user@localhost yum.repos.d] ls


    and then

    [user@localhost yum.repos.d] rm -f rpmfusion-free.repo

    and then reinstall it from rpm fusion

    edit:for installing repo(repositories) please check page one

    also note that 95% of things mention in this forum also work in centos, redhat, and scientific linux as well there may be different repositories .....but things work same way.
     
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