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, CentOS 5.4 and Red Hat (RHEL) 5.4. This method works both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. This method also installs working Adobe PDF Reader plugin on Mozilla Firefox browsers.

1. Change Root User

sudo -i
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su -

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This is guide, howto install Adobe Flash Player Plugin version 10 with YUM on Fedora Linux 12, CentOS Linux 5.4 and Red Hat Linux (RHEL) 5.4 (32-bit and 64-bit). Using Adobe’s own YUM repository it is very easy also keep up-to-date with Flash Player Plugin. At the end of this blog post is also experimental way to install Adobe’s real 64-bit version of Flash Player on Fedora 12, CentOS 5.4 and Red Hat (RHEL) 5.4.

1. Download YUM repository RPM package

Goto: Adobe’s get Flash Player page.
Select YUM for Linux and download package.

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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 document-oriented database, because it has really awesome features:

• Document-oriented storage (the simplicity and power of JSON-like data schemas)
• Dynamic queries
• Full index support, extending to inner-objects and embedded arrays
• Query profiling
• Fast, in-place updates
• Efficient storage of binary data large objects (e.g. photos and videos)
• Replication and fail-over support
• Auto-sharding for cloud-level scalability
• MapReduce for complex aggregation
• Commercial Support, Training, and Consulting

This guide uses EPEL-repository and Chris Lea’s Yum Repository where you can find MongoDB RPM packages (i386 and x86_64) for CentOS and Red Hat (RHEL).

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 (Linux Gnome), KRunner (Linux KDE), Quicksilver (Mac OS X), LaunchBar (Mac OS X) and Butler (Mac OS X).

What is Gnome Do – Docky?

Gnome Do – Docky is a nice frontend for GNOME Do (Do) which introduces an entirely new way to use Gnome Do. Docky is a graphical user interface feature that provides the user with a way of launching and switching between applications.
Gnome Do Docky Launchers

Gnome Do Docky Search

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Like all ATI and Fedora users probably already knows, currently AMD’s ATI Catalyst 10.2 proprietary Linux display drivers are not working on Fedora 12. That is why I decided to write this guide for those who are fighting with ATI drivers in Fedora.

As Fedora 12 release notes says: Improvements for graphics support – Introduces experimental 3D support for AMD Radeon HD 2400 and later graphics cards. To try it out, install the mesa-dri-drivers-experimental package. Better support for systems with multiple monitors. So, fortunately, the development of Fedora 12 has already been taken into account, that ATI does not hardly any development to the Linux side drivers.

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