The situation with software seen in 2002-2004 in Linux has radically changed. Now I can state that Linux software is abundant enough to consider Linux to be suitable for a desktop system. Many of the applications which are available for…
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I had to set up a webcam, in my case a Canyon CNR-WCAM413. Set up atrpms repo (if not set up before). Use yum to set up the driver: Should work without rebooting.
Objective: svn and trac up and running on a local virtual host Purpose: local development environment on intranet Valid: Fedora 8, Fedora 9, Fedora 10 Adapted from this article. Before making the below, generate ssl certificate files (if you have…
The below will change the grub splash image at boot time. Requires Imagemagick. Do it at your own risk! Prepare your picture in any format. sudo cp /boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz ./splash.xpm.gz.bak convert -resize 640×480 -colors 14 YOUR_PICTURE.jpg splash.xpm gzip splash.xpm sudo cp…
I am not a Linux programmer or Linux contributor, just a pragmatic PC user who utilizes it to make living. I will call myself a Linux dummy thereafter opposing myself to those good people who claim themselves big Linux specialists…
You will obviously need a modem, in most cases you laptop’s internal software modem will not work, so get an external one. Become root: su – Install the necessary fax software: yum install efax Prepare: chmod 0666 /dev/ttyS0 chmod 777…
