The move to Linux-Things you need to know
It may not be quite as easy as you think...
Friday, April 15, 2005 by PurrBall | Discussion: OS Wars
Update: yum makes life easier. To install a package, for exaple, The GIMP, you would go ito terminal and type 'yum install gimp' or for Firefox, 'yum install firefox' etc. No more web searching!!
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aimzzz
Reply #82 Friday, August 26, 2005 6:40 PM
Reply #82 Friday, August 26, 2005 6:40 PM
I could tell I need to adjust FireFox when I got to WC forum-- The fonts were strange in the strangest way. The print was uneven the way a photocopy is uneven when the toner is low. I'll mess with it more over the weekend. I'm in IE now-- in the mood for a new WB. 
PurrBall
Reply #83 Friday, August 26, 2005 6:55 PM
Hehe.
Gotta have your Stardock.
In FF, I was able to switch all fonts to Sans (leave the fixed one to monospace) which mad it much better. I might have changed the size too.
Reply #83 Friday, August 26, 2005 6:55 PM
| in the mood for a new WB. |
Hehe.
Gotta have your Stardock.
In FF, I was able to switch all fonts to Sans (leave the fixed one to monospace) which mad it much better. I might have changed the size too.
PurrBall
Reply #84 Friday, August 26, 2005 6:56 PM
My '95 install was on a CD.
Reply #84 Friday, August 26, 2005 6:56 PM
| a set of floppies (remember Win 95 installs?) |
My '95 install was on a CD.
aimzzz
Reply #85 Friday, August 26, 2005 11:17 PM
Reply #85 Friday, August 26, 2005 11:17 PM
Maybe I'm thinking of 3.1-- I remember wandering around work with stacks of floppies
PurrBall
Reply #86 Saturday, August 27, 2005 5:56 AM
Windows 3.1 - Disk 11?
I think I remember that.......
Reply #86 Saturday, August 27, 2005 5:56 AM
| Maybe I'm thinking of 3.1-- I remember wandering around work with stacks of floppies |
Windows 3.1 - Disk 11?
I think I remember that.......
aimzzz
Reply #87 Saturday, August 27, 2005 9:34 PM
Reply #87 Saturday, August 27, 2005 9:34 PM
*shudders*
Disk 11 does have an ominous ring to it...
Fedora by floppy wasn't even close, but the bulk if it was on the HD-- only the boot image was on diskettes.
BTW, the KDE site has a later release than the version in the Fedora install. Forgetting I'm not in Kansas anymore, I did what seemed right to install it & then spent a while getting back to where I was before I started (I think
). Is it a job for yum? Where do I start?
Disk 11 does have an ominous ring to it...
Fedora by floppy wasn't even close, but the bulk if it was on the HD-- only the boot image was on diskettes.
BTW, the KDE site has a later release than the version in the Fedora install. Forgetting I'm not in Kansas anymore, I did what seemed right to install it & then spent a while getting back to where I was before I started (I think
). Is it a job for yum? Where do I start?
PurrBall
Reply #88 Sunday, August 28, 2005 5:35 AM
Reply #88 Sunday, August 28, 2005 5:35 AM
NEVER UPDATE A DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT WHILE IN X.
Hit Ctrl-Alt-F1.
Login as root.
Then do yum update
When it's done, type reboot
Hit Ctrl-Alt-F1.
Login as root.
Then do yum update
When it's done, type reboot
aimzzz
Reply #90 Sunday, August 28, 2005 11:22 PM
Reply #90 Sunday, August 28, 2005 11:22 PM
One of those frustrating nights-- I logged on as root to install some cursors. In the Control Center, the button for installing cursor sets is hidden when I'm me. Installed 3 or 4 cursor sets, robooted & logged in as myself. None of the new cursor sets was visible. Sitting here writing, I just realiized there must be a setting for permissions. Will check later.
I was going to do the KDE upgrade, but was too sleepy after messing around with other stuff. I came across a Fedora how-to on using yum. It recommends not logging into root for installs & upgrades. Looks like they changed the functionality so a user gives permission to do root stuff by using root's password:
Managing Software with yum http://www.fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/
Avoid Logging in with the Root Account :
You do not need to log in with the root account in order to manage your Fedora system. All of the commands shown in this tutorial that require root access will prompt you for the root password. The example terminal commands use su -c to provide this facility.
Don't think I damaged anything yesterday.
I was going to do the KDE upgrade, but was too sleepy after messing around with other stuff. I came across a Fedora how-to on using yum. It recommends not logging into root for installs & upgrades. Looks like they changed the functionality so a user gives permission to do root stuff by using root's password:
Managing Software with yum http://www.fedora.redhat.com/docs/yum/
Avoid Logging in with the Root Account :
You do not need to log in with the root account in order to manage your Fedora system. All of the commands shown in this tutorial that require root access will prompt you for the root password. The example terminal commands use su -c to provide this facility.
Don't think I damaged anything yesterday.
aimzzz
Reply #91 Monday, August 29, 2005 7:59 PM
Reply #91 Monday, August 29, 2005 7:59 PM
Running yum made me understand RPMs better, i think--- is it correct that just because KDE.org has links to KDE with version numbers higher than mine, the updates are not necessarily compatible wtih the type of Linux on the PC? Yum specifically checked the Fedora repositories & I got the impression from the documentation that there may be version-specific dependencies that yum accounts for before it will install files from other repositories.
Does yum run in the background all the time, or does the user have to run it periodically to check for updates?
Does yum run in the background all the time, or does the user have to run it periodically to check for updates?
PurrBall
Reply #92 Tuesday, August 30, 2005 6:15 PM
Reply #92 Tuesday, August 30, 2005 6:15 PM
It is quite difficult to install programs from source in Fedora.
yum can do 'more' when logged in as root.
yum can do 'more' when logged in as root.
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Reply #81 Friday, August 26, 2005 5:42 AM
At least you got it working.
Now you know why I love K.
I had to adjust fonts in Firefox for it to be to my liking, but the Preferences are on the Edit menu in Fedora Firefox!