Please refer to http://wiki.lynxworks.eu/misc/e1550#fedora. Install usb_modeswitch: sudo yum -y install usb_modeswitch
Googleearth Russian Fonts Fix
A friend of mine had a problem with incorrect display of the Russian fonts with Googleearth installed to the default location at /opt/googleearth.
Skype Fix
Everything you need is: sudo yum install control-center-extra pulseaudio-libs.i686 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i686 libXv.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 dbus-qt.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 Then install skype in a normal way as I describe here. Tested on HP Compaq CQ71 laptop.
Conky-colors Plus on Fedora 11
The below describes how to install Conky-colors Plus on Fedora 11. You can have a look how it generally looks like at its original web site. Prepare for the installation: cd ~/software/ sudo yum install pystatgrab statgrab-tools
Latest conky with images support enabled in Fedora
This has always been a question to have a quality conky installation on your desktop supporting images and other goodies. To get it, you have to create your own rpm from the latest source.