The default startup of fedora 10 is in text mode a blue progress bar. It uses the plymouth startup manager for better booting and reduce boot time. If you can wait for a litte more time then plymouth can configure for a graphycal startup with great animation. for that go and edit the grub.conf file .dont forget to backup this file before editing # vim /boot/grub/grub.conf kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.27.5-117.fc10.i686 ro root=UUID=87ccfef3-cb97-47d0-9293-03b5954b9e27 [...]

compiz-fusion is a great tool in linux. it provides 3d desktop with stunning effects. for install compiz fusion in fedora 10 1) Remove Old Compiz Package #yum -y remove compiz 2)Install the Livna repository #rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm 3)Install the new compiz-fusion with lots of pluggins #yum -y install compiz-fusion compiz-fusion-gnome compiz-fusion-extras compiz-fusion-extras-gnome compizconfig-backend-gconf compiz-manager gnome-compiz-manager ccsm fusion-icon fusion-icon-gtk emerald emerald-themes 4) Startup configuration Go to: System -> Preferences -> [...]

Yum is a great tool to install packages in fedora. If we download a package and its dependencies then we can use these downloaded rpms to install in a system which is not connected to internet. for download packages and its dependencies using yum we need a package called yum-downloadonly download from here ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/fedora/releases/10/Everything/i386/os/Packages/yum-downloadonly-1.1.18-2.fc10.noarch.rpm and install. This will add two options to yum commnad 1. –download only 2.–downloaddir=/path/to/dir usage is [...]

In a linux system it is a problem when anyone trying to login as root from a remote terminal. There is an easy way to disable a person to login into system using a remote terminal as root. 1. login to the system 2.open terminal 3. su – or sudo 4 vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config or open the file sshd_config in the /etc/sshd directory 5 .find line PermitRootLogin yes change it to [...]

In Fedora 10 root login is disabled in the gdm welcome screen. In many situations we want to login as root. So change this. 1. Login as an ordinary User into fedora 10 open terminal su - (password for root user) For Security reasons First Create a backup of the file cp -a /etc/pam.d/gdm /etc/pam.d/gdm.orig then open the file vim /etc/pam.d/gdm find the line auth required pam_succeed_if.so user != root [...]