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How to allow users in a group to run all commands in Fedora / CentOS using sudo

Written on July 8th, 2010 at 00:50 am by chia

This tutorial will guide you on how to allow a group of users to run all the commands without sharing your system root password in Fedora / Redhat / CentOS based Distros.

Suggest Names for Fedora 14

Written on April 21st, 2010 at 21:28 pm by chia

With Fedora 13, codenamed Goddard, to be released in the mid of May, Fedora community has started accepting the name suggestions for their next major release, Fedora 14. So, if you have a name in your mind, with an 'is-a' connected to the upcoming release Goddard then go on and post it here.

Install Firefox Lorentz Beta and Gwibber 2.29.92.1 in Fedora 12, Constantine

Written on April 11th, 2010 at 19:25 pm by chia

Fedora users, now you can install the new Firefox Lorentz Beta 3.6.3 plugin1 and Gwibber 2.29.92.1 in Fedora 12. As we have already seen Firefox Lorentz Beta comes with OOPPs which protects the browser in case of plugin crashes. And you should upgrade you gwibber to experience the new features in this great microblogging tool.

Fedora 13 all set for the Rocketry Artwork

Written on December 20th, 2009 at 23:34 pm by chia

By now you would know that the next Fedora release, Fedora 13, will be named "Goddard", after the famous Rocket scientist Robert H Goddard. After deciding on the name, fedora contributors have started working on the designs, themes and other artwork for the next release. There are a few ideas in the air about Rocketry related artwork but they are also looking of other fedora users and enthusiasts to come up with their more innovative stuff.

The official name of the Fedora 13 has been announced, Goddard

Written on December 6th, 2009 at 12:04 pm by chia

The voting for the name of Fedora's next release Fedora 13 ended on 4th Dec and the name is officially announced, its going to be Goddard. It won by a total of 1177 votes. Goddard is named after the great Rocket Scientist Robert H Goddard. Fedora guys gave this name a little thought. According to them, Konstantin (pronounced Constantine) Tsiolkovsky was a Russian rocket scientist and so was Robert H Goddard. There were 6 other names in the final list and all of them were related to Constantine.

Naming for Fedora 14 reaches Final Stage - Vote for your favourite

Written on May 4th, 2010 at 19:37 pm by chia

A while ago, Fedora developers started accepting name suggestions for the next release, Fedora 14. And this list of all the suggested names have been cut down to six selected ones. So, now Fedora 14 could be named after a Mountain, Brewery, Scientist, Building etc. Here are the six names selected for the final naming of Fedora 14 along with their "is a" relation with the name Goddard.

Fedora 13, Goddard, Beta is released

Written on April 14th, 2010 at 00:58 am by chia

Fedora 13, Goddard, Beta is now available for download. Take a tour of the new existing features that Goddard is going to come with. This Beta release is going to be the last milestone in the development cycle of Fedora 13 followed by the Release Candidate on 6th May before the Final release on 18th May.

Some cool features in Fedora 13, Goddard

Written on March 11th, 2010 at 04:11 am by chia

Recently, I have been a little out of touch with Fedora news. With the release of Fedora 13 alpha, I finally got a chance to get back to work. Went through the list of new additions in Fedora 13 alpha and as expected, Goddard has some really cool new features. I have jotted down some of my favourites in this article.

Yum-fastestmirror, Use fastest mirror for downloads

Written on December 7th, 2009 at 18:07 pm by chia

Yum is a great package management utility, but sometimes the only thing that annoys me is a slow download mirror. I am sure this will be a common problem among regular Fedora or Redhat users. Yum-fastestmirror aims to solve this problem. It provides a Yum plugin which measures the speed of available mirrors and sorts the list so that priority is given to the fastest mirrors. Read futher to see how to install yum-fastestmirror and configure properly to make this problem go away.

How to Upgrade your existing system to Fedora 12, Constantine

Written on November 18th, 2009 at 01:05 am by chia

The new Fedora 12, Constantine is finally out now!! Even before the actual stable release it was already being looked upon as the greatest distribution released till now. If you are planning to upgrade from an existing installation then this article could be of some use to you. I have mentioned a few ways to easily upgrade to Fedora 12 from your existing installation.

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