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Fedora 10 startup – Plymouth Themes

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-cb97-47d0-9293-03b5954b9e27Read More…

Install Compiz fusion in fedora 10

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 ->Read More…

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How to Download RPM Package and its dependencies using Yum

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 isRead More…