Replacing old *nix with Fedora 14

Last time when i installed fedora am not that happy; the problem may be on my side or on other side; i dont know.

I thought lets give it a try again. I installed fedora 14, installation was smooth but i faced some problem in creating the bootable usb drive. But it got resolved in few tries. I installed fedora and trust me installation was too smooth.

After the installation i need to make it ready for using [ missing softwares ]

I started with Java.

Installing Java

• Download jdk and jre from goo.gl/nqkjo. Download bin files.
• Change it to become executable [ chmod +x file ]
• Run bin file
• Using alternative --install command.

Ok Lets try it out. You may require root access.

1. Open Terminal
2. wget goo.gl/JMYjs This will download jdk-6u22-linux-i586-rpm.bin
3. chmod +x jdk-6u22-linux-i586-rpm.bin
4. ./jdk-6u22-linux-i586-rpm.bin
5. alternatives --install /usr/bin/java java /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_22/jre/bin/java 20000
6. alternatives --install /usr/bin/javaws javaws /usr/java/jdk1.6.0_22/jre/bin/javaws 20000
7. java -version

Next is openoffice
yum install openoffice*

To enjoy mp3 and other restricted softwares we need to enable the restricted repos.

This is all for Fedora 14.

Fedora 11: Reign Out

Fedora is a Linux-based operating system that showcases the latest in free and open source software. Fedora 11 continues the Fedora Project's tradition of the Four Foundation: Freedom, Friends, Features, First. Freedom represents dedication to free software and content.

Fedora as we all know is always free for anyone to use, modify, and distribute. It is built by people across the globe who work together as a community: the Fedora Project.

Whats new in the Fedora 11

1. Default ext4 filesystem.

2. 20 Second Startup

3. Latest Gnome, KDE and XFCE

4. Presto : A yum plugin that reduces bandwidth consumption drastically by downloading only binary differences between updates

5. Openchange for interoperability with Microsoft Exchange

6. Firefox 3.5 and Thunderbird 3 latest pre-releases are available

7. Python 2.6

8. Window Cross Compiler : Build and test full-featured Windows programs, from the comfort of the Fedora system, without needing to use Windows.

Helpful links

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