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Fedora is an operating system that combines an operating system based on the Linux kernel with general-purpose RPM-based software developed under the sponsorship of Red Hat and with the support of a development community. The current goal of the Fedora Project is to lead the advancement of free software and to unite various development communities.

Fedora 17

Fedora 17, codenamed Beefy Miracle, was officially released on May 29, 2012. Its key features are as follows.

  • GNOME 3.4, KDE 4.8
  • Support for OpenStack, Eucalyptus, and OpenNebula.
  • 64-bit version supported by default (the default download is the 64bit version).

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Mount path

In Linux, the MNT (MouNT) directory is where CD-ROMs, Flopy Diskets, and the like are placed when mounted with the mount command. In other words, it is the directory generally used when mounting other devices. It may differ between Linux distributions. The external media device path in Fedora17 is as follows. 

/run/media/

Installing Korean fonts

Installing the Korean Nanum fonts on Fedora 

$ yum install nhn-nanum*

Installing the Korean Baekmuk fonts on Fedora. (Installed to fix the problem of broken fonts in JAVA) 

$ yum install baekmuk*

How to start SSH on Fedora 17

A basic explanation of SSH is omitted.

  1. SSHD is installed by default, so the service must be enabled: systemctl enable sshd.service
  2. Start the service: systemctl start sshd.service
  3. Open port 22 in the firewall: system-config-firewall

Improving Fedora yum speed 

$ yum -y install yum-fastestmirror
## 위의 명령어가 정상적으로 작동하지 않을 경우 아래의 명령어를 사용한다.
$ yum -y install yum-plugin-fastestmirror

Installing Naver Nanum Gothic 

$ yum -y install nhn-nanum*
## 그리고 GNOME에 폰트를 변경하기 위해 GNOME 트윅 툴을 설치한다.
$ yum -y install gnome-tweak-tool

Installing the MP3 codec

A fresh Fedora installation has no mp3 codec by default, so music and videos won't play. 

$ rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
$ yum -y install gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-ffmpeg gstreamer-plugins-ugly

Adding the RPM Fusion repository

Essential for getting codecs and such later on. 

$ yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm 
$ yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm

Installing Nautilus Terminal

Needed when you want to open a terminal by right-clicking. 

$ yum install nautilus-open-terminal

Installing VLC Media player

Use RPM Fusion for F11, F12, F13 and F14 (available for x86, x86_64, ppc and ppc64) Install rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm for F11, F12, F13 and F14. 

$ rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
$ yum -y install vlc

Installing Amarok (Music Player)

Fedora includes PackageKit, so go to (gnome) System -> Add/Remove Software or (kde) System -> Software Management, search for amarok and select it for installation. Alternatively, use yum directly: 

$ yum install amarok

Phonon Backends Both the GStreamer and the VLC backend are available, the gStreamer one is installed by default. The VLC backend can be installed with 

$ yum install phonon-backend-vlc

Software repositories

Fedora comes installed with a wide range of software that includes LibreOffice, Firefox, Empathy, Evolution and GIMP. Additional software that is not installed by default can be downloaded using the package manager.

Software distribution using third-party repositories is not included in the default software repositories because it violates US law and therefore violates Fedora's policy (free software). To use the major third-party repositories, see RPM Fusion and Livna.

See also

  • Bazzite - Next-generation Linux gaming

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