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Setting Up Bittorrent and Bittorrent-Gui — by scott_glaser — last modified Jan 30, 2008 03:46 AM

BitTorrent is a client application for the torrent peer-to-peer (P2P) file distribution protocol created by programmer Bram Cohen. BitTorrent is designed to widely distribute large amounts of data without incurring the corresponding consumption in server and bandwidth resources (and typically, monetary fees attracted as a result of that). The original BitTorrent application is written in Python and its source code has been released under the BitTorrent Open Source License (a modified version of the Jabber Open Source License), as of version 4.0. The name "BitTorrent" refers to the distribution protocol, the original client application, and the .torrent file type.

Firefox and Thunderbird — by scott_glaser — last modified Mar 24, 2008 01:27 AM

Firefox is now the default web browser in Fedora Linux. The award-winning Web browser is better than ever. Browse the Web with confidence - Firefox protects you from viruses, spyware and pop-ups. Enjoy improvements to performance, ease of use and privacy. It's easy to import your favorites and settings and get started. Thunderbird is not yet installed by default, but that is what this procedure is about. Thunderbird delivers. Enjoy safe, fast, and easy e-mail, with intelligent spam filters, quick message search, and customizable views. Brought to you by the makers of Firefox, Thunderbird makes email better.

Installing Gdesklets — by daMaestro — last modified Jan 30, 2008 03:46 AM

This howto is about installing gdesklets and helps install one really neat launcher. It looks and acts somewhat like the OSX launcher and is called 'Starter Bar'.

Setting Up LimeWire — by scott_glaser — last modified Jan 30, 2008 03:46 AM

LimeWire is a file sharing program running on the Gnutella Network. It is open standard software running on an open protocol, free for the public to use. LimeWire allows you to share any file such as.mp3s, .avis, jpgs, tiffs, etc. Limewire is written in Java, and will run on Windows, Macintosh, Linux, Sun, and other computing platforms. Publish your original content to the world without setting up a website!

What is root? How do I "become root?" — by bobjensen — last modified Feb 27, 2008 01:54 PM

"root" is the name of the user who can control everything on the entire computer. We call this the "super user."

How to Change Runlevels — by bobjensen — last modified Jan 30, 2008 03:46 AM

Many people get confused when trying to boot in to a runlevel other than runlevel 5, for example runlevel 3, disabiling the GUI front end with which most users are familiar. Hopefully this howto will help answer the questions "How do I disable X" or "How do I boot without X" or even "How do I get to single user mode."

Configuring SUDO — by Richard June — last modified Jan 30, 2008 03:46 AM

It is a known fact that operating a computer as administrator (or root in linux) is very bad. This How-To covers how to configure and use sudo to perform commands as root, allowing you to do what you need to do, and still behaving like a moderately responsible person. There are two parts: part one is configuring sudo to allow users in the group "wheel" to run commands as root. Part two is adding users to the "wheel" group. Allowing users to run commands as root without first requiring a password is a potentially dangerous thing. Extra care should be taken if you choose to let sudo run without a password.

What is terminal? How do I "open a terminal?" — by bobjensen — last modified Jan 30, 2008 03:46 AM

A "terminal" is a way of typing commands to the computer. That may sound very strange, but it's actually really, really nice and easy once you get used to it. You can use Fedora as a totally graphical system, or you can use it totally with the terminal. I like to do both; I use whichever one is easier for the task I'm doing. You can either open a terminal inside of your graphical environment, or you can switch your whole screen to a terminal.

Yum Configuration — by bobjensen — last modified Aug 21, 2008 08:26 PM

We suggest that the only third party repository you should use is Livna. Fortunately, it's easy to setup, and contains most packages that you want, but can't get from fedora directly. Some other repositories have been known to conflict with packages provided by the Fedora Project, Livna will not.

VMware Player Installation — by scott_glaser — last modified Jan 30, 2008 03:46 AM

VMware Player lets you evaluate new or pre-release software contained in virtual machines, without any installation or configuration hassles. You can also share existing virtual machines with colleagues or friends just use VMware Player to run any virtual machine. What is a virtual machine? A virtual machine is a computer defined in software. It's like running a PC on your PC. VMware Player runs any virtual machine created by VMware Workstation, GSX Server or ESX Server. VMware Player also supports Microsoft virtual machines and Symantec LiveState Recovery disk formats. VMware Player will only allow you to run pre-built virtural machines. If you want to create your own virtural machines you will need VMware Server, the how-to for VMware Serer is located in the Server Solutions area on this site.

Yum local mirror list — by strikeforce — last modified Feb 24, 2008 05:42 PM

Some local mirrors are not listed in the fedora mirror list. This will explain how to create your own mirror list and use your own mirror list to speed up connecting to the repositories.

True NTFS Read/Write — by strikeforce — last modified Jan 30, 2008 03:46 AM

How to install and enable the NTFS-3g driver. The NTFS-3G driver is an open source, freely available NTFS driver for Linux with read and write support. It provides safe and fast handling of the Windows XP, Windows Server 2003 and Windows 2000 file systems. Most POSIX file system operations are supported, with the exception of full file ownership and access right support.

Securing SSH — by zcat — last modified Feb 05, 2008 02:42 PM

This howto outlines a few extra steps that can be taken to further secure a SSH server, chiefly from the constant onslaught of automated brute-force password attacks.

Using Jigdo to Download ISO Images — by Corwyn — last modified Apr 28, 2008 04:45 AM

Jigdo Download Manager allows users the ability to download the Fedora Unity (and other) ISO's and large files. Jigdo Download Manager downloads the component files then uses them to build the ISO based on a pre-created template. This how-to describes how a user can download and build the Unity Re-Spin ISO images or Fedora release ISO images using the Jigdo Download Manager. This provides for using public mirrors or a local data source.

Sharing files with NFSv4 on Fedora (Server -> Multi) — by renich — last modified Mar 24, 2008 01:40 AM

This HowTo explains how to set up the Network File System version 4 on your LAN for multiple shares. It explains, also, how to mount the "exports" on your client.

Removing yum-updatesd — by jpmahowald — last modified Jan 30, 2008 03:46 AM

If you get the error "Another application is running which is accessing software information" but you are not updating your packages, the problem is yum-updatesd. yum-updatesd is supposed to check regularly if you have any updates. Unfortunately it locks all package programs like yum and pup. To fix this remove yum-updatesd

FIX: Intel 965P based motherboards — by obsethryl — last modified Jan 30, 2008 03:46 AM

When installing Fedora you may encounter a kernel panic in the very beginning of the process. This is something experienced in other GNU/Linux distributions as well and it is related to incorrect identification of the 965P as G965 (kernel issue).