Tag Archives: fedora

Change Useragent in Firefox

Posted on July 1, 2012 by

There are some websites which require you to visit them using Internet Explorer only, I don’t know why but there are some. My friend had to download an important document from a site which insisted on using Internet Explorer. We … Continue reading →

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Fix dark video in Skype for Linux

Posted on February 24, 2012 by

I was very much disappointed when i installed Skype in Fedora, three causes which are as follows in the order. First, Skype for Linux is very old version (2.2 beta) than the Windows Skype, second, the video was too dark … Continue reading →

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Simple script to restart services automatically when stopped in Fedora/Redhat

Posted on February 23, 2012 by

When occasionally the services like Apache or MySQL or other rc.d script crashes and stops working, then instead of restarting them manually, it may be more desirable to restart them automatically. A friend of mine asked about such an issue … Continue reading →

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Running Skype for Fedora x86 in Fedora x86_64

Posted on February 22, 2012 by

After I installed Fedora 16 x86_64, i needed to install manually Skype for linux, which is available from This link, as it is not in Fedora repositories. After clicking the Skype icon from the kickstart menu, the Skype icon kept … Continue reading →

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Installing the applications from older version in a new fresh installation of fedora

Posted on February 21, 2012 by

I was using Fedora 15 32 bit for a long time but i felt the need to install a 64 bit edition for some memory limitations in the system. Therefore I downloaded the Fedora 16 x86_64 iso file from https://fedoraproject.org/ … Continue reading →

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Configure Samsung ML-1666 in Fedora

Posted on July 16, 2011 by

I recently had a problem with my Samsung ML-1666 Monochrome laser printer: I could not configure it in Fedora. Simply downloading the driver from Samsung website and installing seemed easy, but actually did nothing. Googling for hours did not solve … Continue reading →

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Install Fedora12 from HDD/USB

Posted on February 14, 2010 by

Install Fedora12 from a USB or some HDD partition without DVD drive Continue reading →

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Choose login manager GDM or KDM in Fedora

Posted on February 1, 2010 by

How to change login manager, GDM to KDM in fedora, and how it works. Continue reading →

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Latest Myth: Fedora Cannot run Shell Script

Posted on January 12, 2010 by

A lot of people running around asking for RedHat Linux, suddenly, and most of them at last getting pointed to me and getting disappointed. When asked why RedHat, and why not any one among the hundreds of other distros, I … Continue reading →

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BSNL Broadband Connection in GNU/Linux

Posted on May 7, 2009 by

Connecting to BSNL Broadband from Gnu/Linux Operating system described with screen shots. This article describes the steps required to setup the connection with three different tools Continue reading →

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