Fedora 11 Leonidas Essentials Guide Part 2: More Config

NOTE:All Commands to be entered in terminal in Super User/root mode. (.:. su – or sudo)

1) Setup sudo
In Fedora the root and normal user accounts are different and one can switch between them to do administrative tasks.
However if you want to give a user other than root administrative priviliges

nano /etc/sudoers

Add to the end
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Fedora 11 Leonidas Essentials Guide Part 1: Getting Started

Fedora 11 Leonidas essentials guide

Well Howdy Folks ! ,thou having trouble with getting Fedora 11 Leonidas Up and Running ?

Well then you have come to the right place !!!
NOTE:all commands r to be typed in terminal with sudo or su login or su -c
PS: All yum commands can be replaced by package kit alternatives type “info pkcon” in terminal.

0) PRESTO PLUGIN FOR YUM: Presto is a delta rpm plugin for  yum . (Delta rpm is only the difference in old and new version of packages Hence Saves Precious Bandwidth.
yum install yum-presto
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Fedora 11 Leonidas Whats New!

Fedora 11 Leonidas has been released today (9th June 2009).

10 Reasons for you to Download it now

1) DNSSEC (DNS Security Extensions) – services protect against most of the threats to the Domain Name System

2) 20 sec Boot up time being the fastest in Major desktop Linux distributions

3) EXT4 As default file system which raises max file system size up to 1 Exabyte and max file size to 16 TB boosts computers overall speed

4) Xserver 1.6 = Better Graphics (however ctrl+alt+backspace combo is disabled by default)

5) RPM 4.7 reduces the memory consumption (of packaging process)

6) Much more responsive synaptic touchpad

7) Automatic Fonts & Mime Installer – Allows programs on the desktop to automatically install applications, fonts, multimedia capabilities, and clipart.

8)Fingerprint Readers – Support for finger print authentication on some devices.

9) Volume Control (Widget) – An awesome, flexible volume control.

10) MinGW Cross-compiler – Build and test Microsoft Windows programs directly from fedora without getting blue screens