Linux

Two weeks backs I installed Fedora 11 on my Compaq Laptop. I last installed Fedora 8 in May last year when I bought my laptop and ever since I was using it. In the past one year F9 and F10 also came but I was too lazy to install them. Anyways I finally managed to installed F11 and I m glad I did.

Good things
1. My Wifi card was detected automatically. In F8 I had to install madwifi to use wifi on my laptop
2. It boots in seconds!! believe me you will get the login screen in just 20 sec
3. It looks good. I am a KDE fan and I am happy to see major change in KDE after a long time.
4. Laptop keys for sound control works in KDE
5. Package Manager works well.

Bad things
1. Laptop Keys for brightness control does not work in KDE, it works on GNOME though. I am still finding a way to enable those keys. I found an alternative to directly reduce the LCD brightness. Just issue this command as root

2. There is no progress bar in the package Manager.

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My friend Nikhil finally installed Fedora on his system. I am glad that he installed fedora.

Check out the below link to install the most common softwares required for daily use and to make Fedora more user friendly.

http://www.howtoforge.com/installation-guide-fedora8-desktop

This is an awesome Guide!

Procedure to password protect your grub menu is simple. Steps are mentioned below.

1. Use the command grub-md5-crypt to generate an encrypted password in MD5 (Message Digest Algorithm 5) format.

2. Open your /boot/grub/grub.conf file and copy the encrypted password.

Enter the password --md5 ENCRYPTED-PASSWORD line just before the title line.

3. Restart your computer and to modify the GRUB menu first enter p and then enter the password that you encrypted.

4. Now your GRUB is MD5 password protected.

If you want to know all about the CPU(s) on your system, then check the /proc/cpuinfo file.

This will give you the following output.

processor       : 0
vendor_id       : GenuineIntel
cpu family      : 6
model           : 3
model name      : Pentium II (Klamath)
stepping        : 3
cpu MHz         : 1729.327
cache size      : 128 KB
fdiv_bug        : no
hlt_bug         : no
f00f_bug        : no
coma_bug        : no
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 2
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic pge 
                  cmov pat mmx fxsr sse sse2 up pni
bogomips        : 3527.30
clflush size    : 32

This file has important information about the CPU.

Finally after almost an year of registering linuxindya.com domain name, I have launched this website.

Site Motto

• To promote Linux in India. Especially in Schools and Homes
• Generate awareness among people to use linux
• Showcase the excellent Linux softwares which can replace windows counterparts
• Reviews on Linux distros and application
• Site is targeted for Non-Geeks user, People who can't afford windows or use pirated version of windows