Fedora 17 – Ramoonus Edition

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This guide describes my customisations done to improve the Fedora Linux 17 Desktop / Server to my preferences

  1. Install Fedora Linux 17
  2. Install Gnome  2 as describes here

Open the terminal and run:

su
yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
yum -y install presto wget
rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
yum install -y AdobeReader_enu dkms java redhat-lsb redhat-lsb-graphics redhat-lsb-printing flash-plugin pidgin google-chrome-stable firefox y qt-x11.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 alsa-plugins-pulseaudio.i686 libXv.i686 alsa-lib.i686  msttcorefonts

How-To Install Gnome 2 (MATE) on Fedora Linux 17

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If you – like me – don`t like Gnome 3 and want the Gnome 2 desktop environment back on Fedora 17, this guide is for you.

Open the terminal and run:
su
yum install https://dl.dropbox.com/u/49862637/Mate-desktop/fedora_17/mate-desktop-fedora-updates/noarch/mate-desktop-release-17-2.fc17.noarch.rpm
yum groupinstall MATE-Desktop

Linux Kernel 3.5 installation guide for Ubuntu Linux

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This short walkthrough describes how to get the linux kernel version 3.5 (latest at the moment of writing) working under Ubuntu Linux without having to compile it yourself.

This guide should work with the latest version of Ubuntu Linux and most Ubuntu-based distributions including Mint.

The included kernel files have been compiled using the generic Ubuntu configuration.

Note: ATI, Intel and NVIDIA drivers are automatically installed using DKMS, if you have these drivers installed and are up-to-date. This is not a guarantee!

Installation Guide

  1. Download the kernel headers package;
    linux-headers-3.5.0-030500_3.5.0-030500.201207211835_all.deb
  2. And the appropriate package for your system
  3. And the accompanying compiled kernel image;
  4. Install the files in the same order as above.
  5. In the terminal run: sudo update-grub
  6. Reboot and select the kernel from the bootloader menu

The source can be found on www.kernel.org