When you have a liveUSB flash drive or liveUSB CD the installation of Fedora is fairly straight forward. 1. Install the LiveUSB flash drive or CD. 2. Reboot your computer. 3. Press F8 to acquire the boot menu of your computer. Some systems may require a different F key such as F2 or F5. 4.… Continue reading Howto: Install Fedora from a LiveUSB flash drive or CD.
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Fedora 14 Released and now available
2 November 2010, Fedora 14 was officially released. It is now available for download.
Howto: install Fedora® 13
This is a simple walk through on how to install Fedora® 13. I presume that you already have Windows installed on your system. This is not intended for laptops. If you find that this procedure works for your laptop, great. Laptops have a wide variety of wireless devices that can be difficult to configure and… Continue reading Howto: install Fedora® 13
Fedora 13 is ready
Most software is released before it is ready for prime time. If you have used computers for any length of time you may have encountered some of the issues as a result. An icon that is a question mark. The blue screen of WindowsME® at a trade show. The sluggish reboot. And so on. Many… Continue reading Fedora 13 is ready
Ubuntu 10.04 Launches!
For those who have been anxiously awaiting the release of Ubuntu 10.04, the wait is over. Ubuntu 10.04 is available now. 10.04 is a LTS release. This means that the workstation version will have 3 years of support and updates and the server version will have 5 years of support and updates available.
If you like Ubuntu, you are going to love 10.04.
The interface is clean and neat. The installation is fast and smooth. I installed Kubuntu 10.04 last night. I was pleasantly surprised. Some of the new features include Grub 1.98, plasma support, removal of HAL, and so on. If you like Ubuntu, you will love 10.04. Personally I always have a feeling of… Continue reading If you like Ubuntu, you are going to love 10.04.
Windows 7 x64 Enterprise edition!
For my new workstation, I installed the 64 bit version of Windows 7 Enterprise edition. Install from start to first log in took 15 minutes. System reboot from pressing shutdown to seeing the clock on the desktop 34 seconds! The install is currently occupying 12.6G of hard drive space on my Intel X25-M SSD. That… Continue reading Windows 7 x64 Enterprise edition!
WebDAV and Windows XP Pro x64
They seem to have MAJOR compatibility issues. I have attempted to use WebDAV to connect with OfficeLive web servers. Using Windows XP Pro x64 with the latest service pack and Windows updates installed, I have had no success. Windows XP Pro x64 is the fastest Microsoft operating system available. This taints my love of… Continue reading WebDAV and Windows XP Pro x64
Windows 7 technical review release to expire soon
Just a reminder that the Windows 7 technical review release ends in two weeks. Time to weigh the alternatives. I planned to re-install Windows Vista Ultimate 64 bit. On doing so today I found that the OS takes up 30G of hard drive real estate after you apply all of the latest updates. This is… Continue reading Windows 7 technical review release to expire soon
Howto: Fedora 12 slow kickoff solution
There are several files available from the following server for the fix related to “Slow” kickoff application launcher response. Download After installing the necessary files, my symptoms with this issue abated. This was not an issue when using the default nouveau driver. I am using the nvidia driver via the methods suggested by leigh123linux at… Continue reading Howto: Fedora 12 slow kickoff solution