Tag: "Fedora"

Fedora 16 now being served, with large side order of cloud

What happens when 24,000 geeks contribute to a single open source project? Fedora 16, that’s what. The watery ‘Verne’ update is based on Linux kernel 3.1.0 and comes with a bunch of enterprise-friendly improvements, including better support for cloud-based processing and storage systems, more flexible desktop virtualization using SPICE USB, and version 3.2 of the Gnome desktop, which — aside from being pretty — offers greater scope for storing and managing user accounts online. There’s some fun stuff too, including Firefox 7.0.1, a Rhythmbox app for music, and Shotwell for photo management. If any of this might make your life easier or more fulfilling, then explore the PR after the break and then head to the source link to download.

Nov 09, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

Four tweaks to bring back missing functionality in GNOME 3.0

The user interface shell of the open source GNOME desktop environment was completely redesigned for GNOME 3.0, which was released last month. The update brought a multitude of significant changes to the environment’s underlying technical infrastructure and the user-facing desktop experience. Fedora became the first major Linux distribution to ship the new GNOME environment with the official launch last week of Fedora 15.

Jun 01, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

First look: Fedora 15 arrives with GNOME 3.0 and systemd

The community of open source software developers behind the Fedora Linux distribution announced this week the release of version 15. The update brings an overhauled desktop user interface and a number of noteworthy architectural improvements under the hood.

May 25, 2011 | 0 comments | View Post

Ubuntu: Ctrl-Alt-Backspace Disabled By Default

Ubuntu_logoMost Linux distro updates being released in 2009 will be using the latest version of X. Unfortunatly, they have disabled the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace keystroke by default due to complaints by users (even though it’s been there for years).

Here’s how to re-enable it….

May 16, 2009 | 0 comments | View Post

Installing Retrospect Client On Linux Servers

Retrospect is a popular backup solution used by many large organizations, similar in functionality to Semantec Backup Exec.
The main application is designed for Windows Server operating systems and includes clients for Windows, Linux, Mac OS, Solaris and Netware.

These instructions are written for CentOS 5 and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (not tested on Fedora)

Mar 08, 2009 | 1 comment | View Post