tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-124975142012-01-17T16:09:21.677+08:00windows, google, java, vista, apple, web 2.0, firefox, xp, nvidia, torrent, ubuntu, chrome, opera, fedora, GNOME, Xfceblink4blognoreply@blogger.comBlogger876125Blink4bloghttp://feedburner.google.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-79174923735048722702012-01-17T16:08:00.000+08:002012-01-17T16:09:21.710+08:002012-01-17T16:09:21.710+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0 Image via Wikipedia if you happen to need to share your Fedora 16 keyboard and mouse for a remote client, for instance in my case is a Windows 7 laptop, you probably would face a strange and inconsistent lag when you entered the client's screen area. for my case, i had found out that Synergy is running with another forked instance, which causes the server responded weird. the cause is <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VF7VCWeGUHTpi7aZV-59G6wzft0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VF7VCWeGUHTpi7aZV-59G6wzft0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VF7VCWeGUHTpi7aZV-59G6wzft0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VF7VCWeGUHTpi7aZV-59G6wzft0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/4V8Ioj92LhM" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2012/01/fedora-16-post-installation-guide_17.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-65953674353074538952012-01-16T22:02:00.001+08:002012-01-16T22:02:49.868+08:002012-01-16T22:02:49.868+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0kernel 3.1.9 has been released and as expected, the kmod nVidia driver module is now back to nonfree-updates repo. see below: <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S7wLpuwd4xR1C8xdVCKa7AFj3Ls/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S7wLpuwd4xR1C8xdVCKa7AFj3Ls/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S7wLpuwd4xR1C8xdVCKa7AFj3Ls/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/S7wLpuwd4xR1C8xdVCKa7AFj3Ls/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/1Bz4v22cfi4" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2012/01/fedora-16-post-installation-guide_16.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-85376699515827071262012-01-13T13:57:00.000+08:002012-01-16T22:04:34.497+08:002012-01-16T22:04:34.497+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VwBsON4DRGXUSXhKwBeVqhSTIq8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VwBsON4DRGXUSXhKwBeVqhSTIq8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VwBsON4DRGXUSXhKwBeVqhSTIq8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VwBsON4DRGXUSXhKwBeVqhSTIq8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/CxhahhtZXz4" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2012/01/fedora-16-post-installation-set-google.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-52307605552821003582012-01-13T12:13:00.001+08:002012-01-13T12:14:35.525+08:002012-01-13T12:14:35.525+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0 Image by melenas1414 via Flickr one of the upcoming feature of Fedora 17 a.k.a. Beefy Miracle is to simplify the usage of /bin and /sbin to /usr..., if you look at the wiki page, it clearly explains the rational, objectives, challenges and directions to get this working. after a rough reading, one point come up to me is to achieve that, i will have a drop swirl effect on various components <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WrPMmpQyYc9goiIZBfnEKTqIHjM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WrPMmpQyYc9goiIZBfnEKTqIHjM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WrPMmpQyYc9goiIZBfnEKTqIHjM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/WrPMmpQyYc9goiIZBfnEKTqIHjM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/VNr4DWMMh7A" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2012/01/fedora-17-feature-list-my-thoughts-1.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-74967985871130027402012-01-12T10:24:00.000+08:002012-01-13T12:14:50.716+08:002012-01-13T12:14:50.716+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0 Image via Wikipedia this was being referred by this post over at unix stack exchange. apparently this is something only happens with GNOME3 desktop. after i had switched to XFCE desktop, the problem seems not there anymore. this isn't the only fix but downloading the latest release might fixed this issue as well. Related articles Why GNOME refugees love Xfce (go.theregister.com) XFCE: <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/koUsO5sFQdX1ifLOC_7EibUjffA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/koUsO5sFQdX1ifLOC_7EibUjffA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/koUsO5sFQdX1ifLOC_7EibUjffA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/koUsO5sFQdX1ifLOC_7EibUjffA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/ofGySSbj5Wg" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2012/01/fedora-16-developer-guide-gnome-desktop.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-26296703174952438682012-01-11T22:39:00.002+08:002012-01-11T22:39:57.712+08:002012-01-11T22:39:57.712+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0 Image via Wikipedia if you found GNOME3 is bloated with resource hungry monster, try using this lightweight and more easy eye catching XFCE desktop environment, to do that is as easy as ABC. $ sudo yum update $ sudo yum groupinstall xfce since I am happy with all the software being installed and running well, pretty much i just move the panels around and some theme customization. screenshot <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-LPtusv_-ySpmIL916YxbvC913M/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-LPtusv_-ySpmIL916YxbvC913M/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-LPtusv_-ySpmIL916YxbvC913M/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-LPtusv_-ySpmIL916YxbvC913M/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/KsocosTzTaI" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2012/01/fedora-16-post-installation-guide-setup.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-29695716132978640792012-01-10T14:33:00.000+08:002012-01-10T14:34:36.576+08:002012-01-10T14:34:36.576+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-0hYmjuIcG6gpJ0ehOko-8frvXY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-0hYmjuIcG6gpJ0ehOko-8frvXY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-0hYmjuIcG6gpJ0ehOko-8frvXY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-0hYmjuIcG6gpJ0ehOko-8frvXY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/zZB3qh06XuA" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2012/01/ubuntu-tv-for-human-beings.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-6869877220287812122012-01-09T23:19:00.001+08:002012-01-09T23:19:51.280+08:002012-01-09T23:19:51.280+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0 Image via Wikipedia should you wanted to speed up your internet connection and browser experience, consider speeding up the DNS lookup. to do this, we use namebench from Google Code project. but by default, Fedora 16 does not ship with the package, here is what you need to do: install tkinter and related package to bring up the GUI of namebench install tkinter package : sudo yum <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qlu9wJhdd4DSZpQ0_KbVrEWcPvs/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qlu9wJhdd4DSZpQ0_KbVrEWcPvs/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qlu9wJhdd4DSZpQ0_KbVrEWcPvs/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/qlu9wJhdd4DSZpQ0_KbVrEWcPvs/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/TE725WXA2cY" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2012/01/fedora-16-post-installation-guide-speed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-53762944357700703142012-01-08T14:31:00.002+08:002012-01-08T14:31:42.143+08:002012-01-08T14:31:42.143+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0 Image via CrunchBase for those whom updating kernel 3.1.7, you need to revert to the earlier article that i had posted to continue using the following command to update your nVidia kmod driver: yum update *\nvidia\* --enablerepo=rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing let's see if 3.1.8 will take which path. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/y7YpMkwQueQGtqNKd6ZgiI548vM/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/y7YpMkwQueQGtqNKd6ZgiI548vM/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/y7YpMkwQueQGtqNKd6ZgiI548vM/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/y7YpMkwQueQGtqNKd6ZgiI548vM/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/JiBQeqQg5sY" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2012/01/fedora-16-post-installation-guide.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-68954893329758118812012-01-04T14:16:00.000+08:002012-01-04T14:16:41.140+08:002012-01-04T14:16:41.140+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0Source: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/17/FeatureList  % Complete Name Summary Updated 80% Boost 1.48 Update Boost to the upstream (latest) 1.48 release. 2011-12-17 0% BTRFS Default File system Make BTRFS the default file system for normal installs. 2011-11-15 75% ConsoleKit Removal and Automatic Seat Support A grab-bag of little cleanups and <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RAWsjOrs_9BNy2qCNflYwT40q2w/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RAWsjOrs_9BNy2qCNflYwT40q2w/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RAWsjOrs_9BNy2qCNflYwT40q2w/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/RAWsjOrs_9BNy2qCNflYwT40q2w/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/XyUucIFD58E" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2012/01/repost-fedora-17-accepted-features-and.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-10427778951304724452012-01-01T16:57:00.000+08:002012-01-01T16:57:00.154+08:002012-01-01T16:57:00.154+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0 Image via Wikipedia this post is a summary of what i had achieved using Fedora 16 in the year of 2011: GNOME3 desktop - it was the first distro being used as test desktop for GNOME3 since the first alpha released. although Ubuntu 11.10 has GNOME3 desktop, but it was lack of support compare with Fedora 16 that pull me off using Ubuntu. Updates - Fedora does have a much faster update cycle than <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o5LlpfH0hhXQ9QyfLkuNWmbSU-8/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o5LlpfH0hhXQ9QyfLkuNWmbSU-8/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o5LlpfH0hhXQ9QyfLkuNWmbSU-8/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/o5LlpfH0hhXQ9QyfLkuNWmbSU-8/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/aC9ClJ4JU5w" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2012/01/what-i-learnt-with-fedora-16-in-2011.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-9925976233969000482011-12-24T22:19:00.003+08:002011-12-24T22:19:37.864+08:002011-12-24T22:19:37.864+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0 Image by Dennis AB via Flickr Wishes all visitors: Merry Xmas &amp; Happy New Year! Please support Fedora 16 Related articles Fedora 16 vs. Ubuntu 11.10 Performance Benchmarks (start64.com) <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LHUFFBVhuRSnAM7kXlTBSlFfmco/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LHUFFBVhuRSnAM7kXlTBSlFfmco/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LHUFFBVhuRSnAM7kXlTBSlFfmco/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/LHUFFBVhuRSnAM7kXlTBSlFfmco/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/sg73e0m85Fk" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2011/12/happy-holidays.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-39598105824044754812011-12-16T13:54:00.000+08:002011-12-16T13:54:22.498+08:002011-12-16T13:54:22.498+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0Jalan Damansara, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia3.139003 101.686855-27.720367500000002 61.257167499999994 33.9983735 142.11654249999998this is a quick note: $ sudo yum install preload to use preload speed up your F16 today! preload is an adaptive readahead daemon. It monitors applications that users run, and by analyzing this data, predicts what applications users might run, and fetches those binaries and their dependencies into memory for faster startup times. <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UcEPwVr2T7YPqOm6K_0qntiho80/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UcEPwVr2T7YPqOm6K_0qntiho80/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UcEPwVr2T7YPqOm6K_0qntiho80/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/UcEPwVr2T7YPqOm6K_0qntiho80/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/c9LamfmBxAw" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2011/12/fedora-16-post-installation-guide-speed.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-91653522721051071332011-12-15T22:29:00.000+08:002011-12-16T13:58:16.678+08:002011-12-16T13:58:16.678+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0 Image via CrunchBase sometime ago i had posted an article showing how to keep the nVidia kernel module in-sync and fresh off of any kernel upgrade you had made, in fact the chronological of kernel 3.1.1 till 3.1.4 are working perfectly, even till kernel 3.1.5-1 still working alright, but things broken when come to kernel 3.1.5-2, that is due to missing files or not yet up-to-date files <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-4KgIBTzfVC3UDS2XSHxSPUfAuA/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-4KgIBTzfVC3UDS2XSHxSPUfAuA/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-4KgIBTzfVC3UDS2XSHxSPUfAuA/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/-4KgIBTzfVC3UDS2XSHxSPUfAuA/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/LUPvRAt9a-M" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2011/12/fedora-16-post-installation-guide_15.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-45387106298173255382011-12-15T14:41:00.002+08:002011-12-15T14:41:50.195+08:002011-12-15T14:41:50.195+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0if you are going to copy/move some great deal size of files from your desktop to external USB drive, you would probably need 2 things: some patience separate files into smaller pieces and transfer one by one you might ask why. here is why: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=721127 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vpTofg4RYaUVMtZ2dLetQ-9_sP4/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vpTofg4RYaUVMtZ2dLetQ-9_sP4/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vpTofg4RYaUVMtZ2dLetQ-9_sP4/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vpTofg4RYaUVMtZ2dLetQ-9_sP4/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/FiPfZwL7Wjs" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2011/12/fedora-16-post-installation-note-usb.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-24786830086797372692011-12-07T10:46:00.001+08:002011-12-07T11:44:00.390+08:002011-12-07T11:44:00.390+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0 Image via Wikipedia Fedora 16 did come with some RDP (Remote Desktop Protocol) software for you to access Windows system remotely. There are choices like Remmina and GNOME RDP but none of these I like and found one that could allow me to customize very much everything I wanted -- xfreerdp. To install it will take a little bit of work but it won't be rocket science, follow these steps: first <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nNvZLholvKvA_eJk7phutZnRq7o/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nNvZLholvKvA_eJk7phutZnRq7o/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nNvZLholvKvA_eJk7phutZnRq7o/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/nNvZLholvKvA_eJk7phutZnRq7o/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/kT9FVV1eIf4" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2011/12/fedora-16-post-installation-guide_07.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-58863569064144095212011-12-06T22:38:00.001+08:002011-12-15T22:30:47.435+08:002011-12-15T22:30:47.435+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0 Image via CrunchBase UPDATE: This article is obsoleted, please visit this new article for latest workaround. if you are upgrading kernel offered by Fedora updates, you might come to that the newer kernel stop booting just right before the login screen. this could be largely due to out-of-date nVidia kernel, to resolve this, do the following: yum update *\nvidia\* --enablerepo= <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VLZeR7Y6W0PiNKpTY7_P0_ruzTg/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VLZeR7Y6W0PiNKpTY7_P0_ruzTg/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VLZeR7Y6W0PiNKpTY7_P0_ruzTg/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/VLZeR7Y6W0PiNKpTY7_P0_ruzTg/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/6Bb1tqwbi_c" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2011/12/fedora-16-post-installation-guide.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-78132552584485662152011-12-05T14:27:00.001+08:002011-12-05T14:39:24.140+08:002011-12-05T14:39:24.140+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0 Image via Wikipedia if you like to get more GNOME 3 extension for your Fedora 16 distro, head towards to https://extensions.gnome.org/ to find more. one cool thing about using this Alpha stage website is that you not only can find the extensions of your choice, but you can also install the extension on the spot by a flip of a button. Toggle the On/Off button to install new to disable it if <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XE_w0-tKvhHO-oEv8L-AWFKFAVo/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XE_w0-tKvhHO-oEv8L-AWFKFAVo/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XE_w0-tKvhHO-oEv8L-AWFKFAVo/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/XE_w0-tKvhHO-oEv8L-AWFKFAVo/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/8Knvh2ubcIU" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2011/12/fedora-15-post-installation-guide-more.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-62035804269726983762011-11-30T11:25:00.001+08:002011-11-30T11:29:29.007+08:002011-11-30T11:29:29.007+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0Jalan Damansara, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia3.139003 101.686855-27.720367500000002 61.257167499999994 33.9983735 142.11654249999998 Image via Wikipedia if you happen to face GNOME 3 freezes whenever only mouse function working but not keyboard, here is a quick fix. press Ctrl + Alt + F2, login using your account. in the console, issue the command of:$ sudo killall -s HUP gnome-shell the GNOME 3 shell will be restarted and you can switch back to your desktop with no data lost by Ctrl + Alt + F1 <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1FT9gLj7Oj5uoLA3cak47fGoKiE/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1FT9gLj7Oj5uoLA3cak47fGoKiE/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1FT9gLj7Oj5uoLA3cak47fGoKiE/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/1FT9gLj7Oj5uoLA3cak47fGoKiE/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/8ycinWoCtkc" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2011/11/fedora-16-post-installation-guide_7255.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-1792333676174088782011-11-30T00:02:00.001+08:002011-11-30T00:18:38.184+08:002011-11-30T00:18:38.184+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0 Image via Wikipedia there are 2 parts of this article, install and setup virtualbox repository follow by install virtualbox 4.1.6 into Fedora 16 and also a fix to error while installing virtualbox extension. read on... to setup the repo into F16, do the following: $ wget http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc $ sudo rpm --import oracle_vbox.asc $ su -c 'curl <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iGtDmszE1LnrUut2tFwUmmOGbjI/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iGtDmszE1LnrUut2tFwUmmOGbjI/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iGtDmszE1LnrUut2tFwUmmOGbjI/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/iGtDmszE1LnrUut2tFwUmmOGbjI/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/BvhR2mmKuY4" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2011/11/fedora-16-post-installation-guide_30.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-53530575847315544962011-11-28T21:34:00.001+08:002011-11-28T21:48:55.442+08:002011-11-28T21:48:55.442+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0 Image by Harvey Schiller - chateauglenunga via Flickr this one is fairly easy to install but require some special step to set things up, so i will make this as few words as possible for your get-things-done objective: FedoraUtils yes, set up the extension first. make sure reload the GNOME shell by doing ALT-F2 and enter r by default, the extension display: then next head to http:// <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZVVCy_1iwvpkko6fe_wZbeVjmg0/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZVVCy_1iwvpkko6fe_wZbeVjmg0/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZVVCy_1iwvpkko6fe_wZbeVjmg0/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/ZVVCy_1iwvpkko6fe_wZbeVjmg0/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/hDAlIY3OaXU" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2011/11/fedora-16-post-installation-guide-setup_28.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-68810804105772025202011-11-27T14:48:00.001+08:002011-11-27T14:55:43.679+08:002011-11-27T14:55:43.679+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0 Image via Wikipedia if you happen to be lost earphone/headphone sound but speaker OK like me, this is definitely come to upgrading to latest kernel 3.1.2-1 around the week of Nov 25 onwards. what happened was after the kernel upgrade and reboot, you will find that the speaker of the system working correctly but whenever you plug in the headphone, there is no sound. despite all the solution <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vJebQYp4l55EWmjUjJuDI1G2duY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vJebQYp4l55EWmjUjJuDI1G2duY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vJebQYp4l55EWmjUjJuDI1G2duY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vJebQYp4l55EWmjUjJuDI1G2duY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/E0mjDbDpubY" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2011/11/fedora-16-post-installation-guide_27.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-71776579642334596942011-11-26T12:15:00.000+08:002011-11-26T12:17:37.520+08:002011-11-26T12:17:37.520+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0 Image via Wikipedia Found this link that explain how to install and configure MySQL Server 5.5 into Fedora 16 Install MySQL 5.5.18 on Fedora 16/15, CentOS/Red Hat (RHEL) 6/5.7 the article covers quite comprehensive topics and i think it is sufficient to basic application development environment setup. please comment if you have further questions, Related articles MySql connection <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vMHMli1id_KWuvJTNkP_d4lrS9A/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vMHMli1id_KWuvJTNkP_d4lrS9A/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vMHMli1id_KWuvJTNkP_d4lrS9A/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/vMHMli1id_KWuvJTNkP_d4lrS9A/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/IITrXvuzgss" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2011/11/fedora-16-developer-guide-install-setup.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-9742859110430973492011-11-25T09:33:00.001+08:002011-11-25T10:14:32.303+08:002011-11-25T10:14:32.303+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0Jalan Damansara, 50490 Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia3.139003 101.686855-27.720367500000002 61.257167499999994 33.9983735 142.11654249999998 Image via Wikipedia here is another note about making RabbitVCS working in Fedora 16 GNOME3 environment. let's start with the installation of RabbitVCS in Fedora 16: to install, just issue command: $ sudo yum install rabbitvcs* once done, you need to restart your desktop (logout or restart) and if you don't see the RabbitVCS menu on your context right click, you could possibly reading <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BXzev6C0G39B3S4LlBghxOIbS1U/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BXzev6C0G39B3S4LlBghxOIbS1U/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BXzev6C0G39B3S4LlBghxOIbS1U/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/BXzev6C0G39B3S4LlBghxOIbS1U/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/uQhgf3CK7OA" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2011/11/fedora-16-developer-guide-setup.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12497514.post-77230560020363291752011-11-24T01:08:00.001+08:002011-11-24T01:13:36.278+08:002011-11-24T01:13:36.278+08:00blink4blognoreply@blogger.com0 Image via Wikipedia should you be using Alternative Status Menu shell extension of GNOME 3, you would probably ended up crashing the desktop during the enable step, otherwise you might had already done this. make sure you had selected a picture of your account by click on your Login name on the top right corner and click on the picture frame. User account picture then, enable it. Advance <p><a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7sJG17o_di6W2qW_wYNlrCbIWFY/0/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7sJG17o_di6W2qW_wYNlrCbIWFY/0/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a><br/> <a href="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7sJG17o_di6W2qW_wYNlrCbIWFY/1/da"><img src="http://feedads.g.doubleclick.net/~a/7sJG17o_di6W2qW_wYNlrCbIWFY/1/di" border="0" ismap="true"></img></a></p><img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Blink4blog/~4/eMuiHsbhxd8" height="1" width="1"/>http://blink4blog.blogspot.com/2011/11/fedora-16-post-installation-guide.html