Adding focus follows mouse in Fedora 15 and Up
UPDATE 5/2013: You can now do this with Gnome Tweak Tool. Install it with:
yum install gnome-tweak-tool
Then open it and click on Windows then "Windows focus mode" to Mouse.
The other older way is to do the following:
Type the following to add focus follows mouse in Fedora 15 and up with gnome-shell:
gconftool-2 -s /apps/metacity/general/focus_mode -t string mouse
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Simple Command To Copy Filesystems
This will copy a file system from the "/source/dir" to the "/destination/dir".
Note: The source directory can also be / and it will copy correctly.
cd /source/dir tar -cf - . | ( cd /destination/dir ; tar -xpvf - )
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Setup A Local Fedora 12 Yum Repository
The following will explain how to setup a local Fedora 12 yum repository. This example shows how to setup a local copy of the the "fedora-updates" repo. The same method can be used to also make a local "fedora" repo.
First install and setup Apache with the following:
yum install httpd chkconfig httpd on service httpd start
Now create the updates directory.
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Setting up Firefox to use Gmail for mailto links
Go to the following menus in Firefox:
Edit->Preferences->Applications
Look for the "mailto" Content Type and click the drop-down. You should now see "Use Gmail" as an option. Select it and click Close.
Now when you click on any mailto link it will send the email in GMail.
NOTE: if you are running an older version of Firefox you many need to manually register GMail as a mailto option. The following explains how to do that.
First login to your Gmail account in a tab.
GDM Autologin Without GNOME Keyring Password Prompt
Do the following to setup GDM to auto login with a specific account. Also setup the GNOME keyring to not prompt you for a password when connecting to a saved wireless network. First, edit the /etc/gdm/custom.conf file and add the following options: NOTE: Below is the older method that works with Fedora 12 and under:
[daemon] TimedLoginEnable=true TimedLogin=username TimedLoginDelay=5
NOTE: This method works with Fedora 13 and up:
Adding Hulu Desktop to MythTV
cd /usr/share/mythtv
vi library.xml
Add the code below in whatever order you would like it to show in the Menu:
<button> <type>STREAM</type> <text>Hulu Desktop</text> <action>EXEC /usr/bin/huludesktop</action> </button>
Now you can find the Hulu Desktop menu option by going to:
Media Library -> Hulu Desktop
UPDATE (04/11/2010):
After updating to MythTV .22 the above location of library.xml has changed.
It is now stored in:
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Setting up TOR (The Onion Router)
yum install privoxy
yum intall tor
cd /etc/privoxy
mv config config.ORIG
vi config
Put the following contents in the config:
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Setting up TOR (The Onion Router)
yum install privoxy
yum intall tor
cd /etc/privoxy
mv config config.ORIG
vi config
Put the following contents in the config:
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Setting up X10 MouseRemote in Fedora
Untar latest source (version I modified) in /usr/src/mremote.
Run the following:
cd /usr/src/mremote
make
make install
cp mrlauncher /usr/local/bin
cp mouseremote /etc/init.d/
chkconfig mouseremote on
service mouseremote start
Add the following to /etc/X11/xorg.conf:
(note the AutoAddDevices option allows it to use the mouse/keyboard section below)
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Change Plymouth Boot Splash Screen
Install Plymoth Uilities with:
yum install plymouth-utils
Install any new theme needed such as:
yum install plymouth-theme-spinfinity
List all installed themes with:
plymouth-set-default-theme --list
Change the theme with:
plymouth-set-default-theme spinfinity
Setup initdb:
/usr/libexec/plymouth/plymouth-update-initrd
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