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    Install Sun/Oracle Java JDK/JRE 6u21 on Fedora 13/CentOS 5.5/RHEL 5.5/6

    This guide is updated/rewritten Jul 29, 2010 to use currently latest Sun/Oracle Java JDK and JRE 6 Update 21 and I added also separated 32-bit and 64-bit installation instructions. By default, Fedora 12/13, CentOS 5 and Red Hat (RHEL) 5.5/6 Linux operating systems use the...

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    Install Adobe (Acrobat PDF) Reader on Fedora 13, CentOS 5.5, Red Hat (RHEL) 5.5

    This is guide shows, howto install and keep up-to-date Adobe Reader (Acrobat PDF Reader) current version 9.3.1 with YUM on Fedora 12, Fedora 13, CentOS 5.5, Red Hat (RHEL) 5.5 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6. This method works both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. This method...

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    Install MongoDB 1.6.0 on Fedora 13, CentOS 5.5, Red Hat (RHEL) 5.5

    What is MongoDB?MongoDB (from “humongous”) is a scalable, high-performance, open source, schema-free, document-oriented database. Written in C++. MongoDB bridges the gap between key-value stores (which are fast and highly scalable) and traditional RDBMS systems (which provide structured schemas and powerful queries). MongoDB is very interesting...

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    Install, Configure and Use Gnome Do – Docky on Fedora 12 Linux

    What is Gnome Do? GNOME Do (Do) is an intelligent launcher tool that allows users to use the keyboard to rapidly perform tasks such as launching applications, manipulating files and data, running scripts, or sending e-mail. It is similar to the applications GNOME Launch Box...

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    Install Mozilla Firefox 3.6 (3.6.8) on Fedora Linux

    This is guide, howto install Mozilla Firefox 3.6 versions (currently 3.6.8) on Fedora 12 using Yum. Firefox 3.6 stable installation works also with older Fedora Linux versions, like f11, f10, f9, f8. Note: Fedora 13 already has Firefox 3.6 as default browser Install Mozilla Firefox...

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    Install OpenOffice.org 3.2.1/3.3.0 on Fedora 13, CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 5.5

    OpenOffice.org 3.2 is released and the new version has many new features. Example following: Faster Start Up Times - OpenOffice.org 3.2 Calc and Writer have both reduced 'cold start' ODF 1.2 Support - closer conformance to OASIS ODFF/OpenFormula specifications. Improved Proprietary File Support - Password...

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    Calendar (cal) on Linux command line

    Sometimes it feels that many of the excellent and convenient command-line tools is forgotten, when they are replaced by graphical tools. A good example is the cal program, which is a command-line calendar to Linux and UNIX. It displays a simple calendar in text format....

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    Tuning Nano text editor with nanorc

    Nano is easy to use and lightweight command line text editor for Linux and UNIX systems. Nano text editor can use either the default settings or improve settings with customized nanorc-file. Here are some tips that can improve the usability of Nano. Changes can be...

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    Microsoft Word doc documents handling on Linux command line with Antiword

    Sometimes it is convenient and necessary to deal with Microsoft Word doc documents directly on Linux command line. MS Word documents handling directly from the Linux command line is possible with Antiword program. Anti-Word is a small, easy to use and lightweight command line program that...

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