This is Red Hat 6 RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) installation guide, step-by-step walkthrough with screenshots. Current version of Red Hat 6 is Beta, but also this RHEL 6 Beta version looks very stable and good OS, so that’s why I decided to write this RHEL 6 Installation guide. The Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 Beta is available on the following architectures: i386 AMD64/Intel64 System z IBM Power (64-bit) Download Red Hat 6 Beta DVD images here.

This is quick guide, howto upgrade to CentOS 5.11 from CentOS 5.10 (5.9, 5.8, 5.7, 5.6, 5.5, 5.4, 5.3, 5.2, 5.1, 5.0). 1. Change to root User su - ## OR ## sudo -i 2. Backup all important data Backup /etc diretory Backup important logs /var/log Backup web server configs and sites Dump MySQL databases Dump PostgreSQL databases Backup all what you need if something goes wrong 3. Check list of packages that are going to be updated yum list updates 4.

CentOS 5.5 is the fifth update to the CentOS 5 distribution series. It contains a lot of bugfixes, updates and new functionality. New Packages on CentOS 5.5 freeradius2 gsl postgresql84 python-dmidecode samba3x tunctl xz gpxe (x86_64 only) Some package updates exim 4.63 gcc 4.1.2 kernel 2.6.18 OpenOffice.org 3.1.1 php 5.1.6 xen 3.0.3 yum 3.2.22 httpd 2.2.3 Most interesting update is PostgreSQL 8.4. Of course, many have used the 8.4 version of PostgreSQL on CentOS for a long time, but now it can also be found directly on CentOS 5.

This is simple guide, howto install tint2 version 0.11 and tint2 and tintwizard on Fedora 16/15/14 using YUM. tint2 is very good option if you want add panel / task bar / task manager on Gnome 3.0 and Gnome 3.2 tint2 is a simple panel/taskbar and tint2 development follows freedesktop specifications. tint2 is unintrusive, light and very usefull panel/taskbar program. tint2 version 0.11 features panel with taskbar, systray, clock and battery status easy to customize : color/transparency on font, icon, border and background pager like capability : send task from one workspace to another, switch workspace multi-monitor capability : one panel per monitor, show task from current monitor customize mouse event window manager’s menu tooltip autohide clock timezones fake & real transparency Install tint2 and tintwizard 1.

Fedora 13 is released. This is overview, what’s new features found on new Fedora 13 release. Main Software Updates, Changes and Features New Software Shotwell – Open source photo manager for GNOME Deja-dup – Déjà Dup (day-ja-doop) is a simple backup tool. It hides the complexity of doing backups the Right Way (encrypted, off-site, and regular) and uses duplicity as the backend. Pino – Twitter and Identi.ca client for Linux desktop Simple Scan – Simple Scanning Utility New Software Versions

This guide shows, howto install Adobe AIR on Fedora 12, Fedora 13, CentOS 5.5, Red Hat (RHEL) 5.5 and Red Hat (RHEL) 6. This method works on both 32-bit and 64-bit architectures. This guide also shows howto use Adobe AIR Application Installer and install TweetDeck. What is adobe AIR? Adobe AIR (Adobe Integrated Runtime) is a cross-platform runtime environment for building rich Internet applications as a desktop applications, using existing HTML, Ajax, Adobe Flash or Adobe Flex.

This is guide, howto install Adobe Flash Player Plugin version 32 (32-bit and 64-bit) with YUM/DNF on Fedora 32/31/30/29, CentOS 8.0/7.7/6.10 and Red Hat (RHEL) 8.0/7.7/6.10. Currently only Firefox is supported and you need firefox-x11 launcher or fallback to x11. Wayland and Google Chrome/Chromium is not supported anymore. Install Adobe Flash Player Plugin 32 Fedora 32/31/30/29, CentOS 8.0/7.7/6.10 and Red Hat (RHEL) 8.0/7.7/6.10 1. Change Root User sudo -i ## OR ## su - 2.

CentOS 7 is released, check CentOS 7.1 Netinstall guide. CentOS 6 is released, check CentOS 6.7 Netinstall guide. If the purpose is to upgrade from an older version of CentOS to CentOS 5.11 then read following guide: Upgrade to CentOS 5.11 From 5.10 (5.9, 5.8, 5.7, 5.6, 5.5, 5.4, 5.3, 5.2, 5.1, 5.0) guide This is CentOS (The Community ENTerprise Operating System) 5.11 Linux Network installation (NetInstall) step-by-step walkthrough with screenshots.

PHP MongoDB (Mongo Database) Driver Installation on Linux, UNIX, BSD and Mac OS X MongoDB PHP driver is very simple install on Linux, UNIX, BSD and Mac OS X. You need just PEAR (PHP Extension and Application Repository) with PECL repository. Normally PHP development (dev) package and PHP Pear package installation from package management system is enough to get PEAR working. Also go-pear.php script can be used. Check that the PEAR and PECL are working with the following commands:

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.

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.

What is Gnome Shell? GNOME Shell is the defining technology of the GNOME 3 desktop user experience. It provides following core interface functions: Launching applications Opening files Switching between open windows Adding and deleting workspaces Moving windows between workspaces Dynamic system-related information display (including transient notifications) Providing a flat list of user-account related actions Logging out or switching the session, and stopping or restarting the machine GNOME Shell takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts to provide a delightful and easy to use experience.

Fedora 13 Users check Fedora 13 ATI Drivers Guide » 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.

Updated 26.2.2010, Read First Currently, the latest version of the KDE desktop in Fedora is 4.3.5. I had some problems with its stability, so I decided to try out, how will work KDE 4.4.0 the latest stable version of KDE. At first I tried to install KDE 4.4 from Rawhide repository, but it failed to install from there. Here is instructions on how to install KDE 4.4 successfully using RPMFusion and KDE Packaging Project Repositories.

This is guide, howto install Mozilla Firefox 3.6 versions (currently 3.6.13) on Fedora 12 using Yum. Firefox 3.6 stable installation works also with older Fedora Linux versions, like f11, f10. Note: Fedora 13 and Fedora 14 already has Firefox 3.6 as default browser Install Mozilla Firefox 3.6 Stable Version on Fedora Linux Using Remi Repository 1. Change to root User su - ## OR ## sudo -i 2. Enable Remi Repository ## Fedora 12 rpm -Uvh http://rpms.

I noticed that the Fedora Linux with KDE desktop, has reasonably poor support for laptop touchpad adjustment. For example, the KDE > System Settings > Keyboard & Mouse > Mouse options will not be able to enable vertical scrolling and touchpad tapping. So I decided to write this short guide, howto enable Touchpad vertical scrolling and tapping from command line without any GUI. Enable Laptop Touchpad Vertical Scrolling Simply write following on command line:

This guide explains howto install Google Chrome Web browser on Fedora 40/39/38/37 and CentOS Stream / Red Hat (RHEL) 9/8.5 / Rocky Linux 9.4/8.5. Best way to install and keep up-to-date with Google Chrome browser is use Google’s own YUM/DNF repository. Check video guide, howto install Google Chrome on Fedora 40/39/38/37: Support inttf: Buy Me a Coffee: Subscribe and follow: Follow @inttf Check video guide, howto install Google Chrome on Red Hat (RHEL) 9.

This is a quick tip, howto find, query and list all available packages from a specific Yum repository/repositories on Fedora, CentOS, Red Hat (RHEL). This trick does not show the already installed packages from selected repository. List All Repositories and Check Repository ID’s $ yum repolist Loaded plugins: dellsysidplugin2, refresh-packagekit repo id repo name status adobe-linux-i386 Adobe Systems Incorporated enabled: 17 fedora Fedora 12 - i386 enabled: 15,366 google Google - i386 enabled: 4 livna rpm.

Are you looking LibreOffice 5.2/5.1/5.0 Install guide? This is quick guide to install Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2 on Fedora 24/23/22/21/20/19/18/17/16/15/14/13/12, CentOS 7.2/6.8, Red Hat (RHEL) 7.2/6.8 with using Apache OpenOffice original RPM packages. What’s new in Apache OpenOffice 4.1.2 release New Sidebar – The Sidebar makes better use of today’s widescreen displays than traditional toolbars Interoperability Improvements DrawObject Improvements/Enhancements Extensions Improvements/Enhancements Many resource leaks were fixed Check full feature list here.

Oracle VirtualBox is a powerful x86 and AMD64/Intel64 virtualization product for enterprise as well as home use. VirtualBox is a general-purpose full virtualizer for x86 hardware. Targeted at server, desktop and embedded use, it is now the only professional-quality virtualization solution that is also Open Source Software. Check video guide howto install VirtualBox 7.0.8 on Fedora 38/37/36 using Oracle’s own dnf repo: Check video guide howto install VirtualBox 7.0.8 / 7.