Fedora Basic Installations Note: A bold text depends on version of program or user name. Enable sudo su yum install nano nano /etc/sudoers scroll down and find: root ALL=(ALL) ALL under it type: kabuto ALL=(ALL) ALL save it with Ctrl+O and enter, close it with Ctrl+X Install yum fastest mirror plugin sudo yum install yum-fastestmirror Install Thunderbird search for thunderbird in Add/Remove Software or sudo yum install thunderbird Install Krusader search for krusader in Add/Remove Software or sudo yum install krusader Install Amarok search for amarok in Add/Remove Software or sudo yum install amarok Install Wine search for wine in Add/Remove Software or sudo yum install wine Install Skype first install 64-bit version from this link than enable 32-bit version with: sudo yum install qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 libXv.i686 libXss.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 if it won't work, than use this manual Install VLC Player su rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm yum install vlc Enable MP3 and MP4 rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm yum -y install gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-ugly xine-lib-extras-nonfree gstreamer-ffmpeg Install VariCAD all versions for Fedora are here: ftp://ftp.varicad.cz/pub/VariCAD/ cfg files are here: /home/kabuto/.varicad/cfg Editing Grub file sudo kwrite /boot/grub/grub.conf find timeout and change it for quicker boot Install Flash for Firefox su yum install wget cd /tmp wget http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/flashplayer10/flashplayer10_2_p3_64bit_linux_111710.tar. gz tar xzvf flashplayer10_2_p3_64bit_linux_111710.tar.gz mv /tmp/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib64/mozilla/plugins/ Install Java for Firefox download java sun here su /usr/java chmod a+x /home/kabuto/Downloads/jre-6u<version>-linux-amd64-rpm.bin ls -l /home/kabuto/Downloads/jre-6u<version>-linux-amd64-rpm.bin rpm -iv /usr/java/jre-6u<version>-linux-amd64.rpm ls yum install java-sdk-openjdk icedtea might be missing, so seachr for icedtea in Add/Remove Software and install it Add shutdown menu item permanently seachr for gnome-shell-extensions-alternative-status-menu in Add/Remove Software log out and in Add Minimize, Maximize/Restore buttons seachr for gconf-editor in Add/Remove Software install and launch it navigate to desktop – gnome – shell – windows find button_layout and double click on it, than write there: :minimize,maximize,close log out and in Show date on top panel not in a root mode gsettings set org.gnome.shell.clock show-date true Install Libreoffice search for libreoffice-writer libreoffice-calc libreoffice-impress libreoffice-draw in Add/Remove Software Intall Google Voice and Video chat download .rpm file here Install support for rar and 7z archive formats sudo yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion- nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release- stable.noarch.rpm sudo yum install unrar sudo yum install p7zip p7zip-plugins Install Gimp sudo yum install gimp Install Gnome-tweak-tool to customize fonts, themes etc. sudo yum install gnome-tweak-tool Install Virtualbox sudo yum install -y kernel-headers kernel-devel dkms gcc sudo yum -y update sudo yum install libSDL-1.2.so.0 sudo yum install libXmu.so.6 sudo yum install libcurl.so.4 sudo yum install libpython2.7.so.1.0 rpm -Uvh http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/4.0.8/VirtualBox-4.0-4.0.8_71778_fedora15- 1.i686.rpm sudo /etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup sudo usermod -G vboxusers -a kabuto Install Dropbox download it from here install and upgrade.