RPM version of Gmail video chat for Fedora is now available for download.
You can download the file from http://www.google.com/chat/video/download.html

Gmail video chat now supports Linux, but it supports Debian/Ubuntu systems for now. RPM version for Red Hat/Fedora will be available soon.

You can download the plugin here.

Source: http://gmailblog.blogspot.com/2010/08/use-linux-now-you-can-video-chat-t...

Open up your terminal and install tigervnc via yum.
Type this command in your terminal:

Edit the VNC configuration file

and append these lines:

VNCSERVERS="1:user"
VNCSERVERARGS[1]="-geometry 800x600 -depth 16"

Where VNCSERVERS= is for configuring the username.  full story »

This is a quick tutorial on disabling IPV6 in Fedora 12 and CentOS 5.5

Stop ip6tables service and disable it from starting automatically at system boot.

Install xls2csv

To convert your xls file to csv, just type this command:

This script is very useful if you have a lot of excel files to convert. This will help you save a lot of time than converting it one by one.

If you don't have a Java Runtime Environment installed in your system, you can follow this guide. Download and install the beta version of Google Chrome for linux from here or install it using yum, you can follow my tutorial here.  full story »

Open System->Preferences->File Management
Check the box that marked “Always open in browser windows.”

This guide assumes that you have video card that supports 3d acceleration installed in your system.
To install compiz fusion, open up your terminal and type this command:

Then go to System->Preferences->Startup Applications.

Why install this driver?

Your NVIDIA video card will work on your Fedora 11 box without this driver, however if you want to enable the 3D acceleration (if you want to use Compiz Fsuion) you need to install it.

Which driver to use?

The latest nvidia driver: This is a proprietary driver that works with newer nvidia cards.
The legacy nvidia driver: This is also a proprietary driver, but it works with older nvidia cards.
Current list of Legacy NVIDIA drivers:

• Legacy version (173.xx series)
• Legacy version (96.xx series)
• Legacy version (71.xx series) Note: This driver is not available in RPM Fusion repository.

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You need to identify which nvidia driver is ideal for your video card. Open up your terminal and type this command:  full story »

Install xine backend.

Since totem uses gstreamer as its default backend, we need to change its backend to use xine. To do it, just type the command:

You can now play mp3, wma and real audio using totem media player. To know more about xine, please click this link.