More Fedora Set-up

Now, back to that ToDo list:

1. How to put the system in standby mode
   

   Click your name in the Top Bar and select Suspend. The machine comes back up by just hitting the Enter key.

2. Find and install Adobe Flash plug-in
   

   Follow the instructions (more or less) in here http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Flash

3. Find PDF plug-in
   

   Not needed. Use Document Viewer, which is included by default.

4. ITunes

   Todo

5. Find VNC Server/Viewer download

   The vino VNC server/viewer is already installed. Todo.

6. Find Lexmark printer driver download
   

   Start here: http://www.linuxfoundation.org/collaborate/workgroups/openprinting http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Printing/ConfigurationTool

7. Download OpenOffice
   

   Use LibreOffice instead.
   From here, I downloaded LibO_3.4.4_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz
   Then follow the install instructions in the README file.
   A JVM is apparently also needed.

8. Tunneling software

   Todo

9. Customize GRUB

   Fron a terminal:
   > su -
   > cd /boot/grub
   > cp grub.conf grub.conf.backup
   > gvim grub.conf
   Use '#' to comment out unwanted menu entries
   Change the timeout value to 30
   Change the title from 'Other' to 'Windows XP'
   Swap the order of the menu entries so that Windows is first
   Save and exit
   Log out
   Reboot and test

10. Download Perl
    

    Not needed. Included by default.

11. Install git

    Similar to installing 'vim' (see below).
    Click check boxes for 'git-[version]...' and 'gitk-[version]...'

New items not on the previous ToDo list:

1. Install Java

   In Add/Remove Software
   In textbox, type 'java'
   Click 'find'
   Click checkbox for 'Java'
   Click 'Apply' button (downloads for a while)
   Additional confirmation required
   Click 'Continue' button
   Enter root password
   Click 'Authenticate' button (install proceeds)
   Pop-up for IcedTea Web Control Panel (click 'Close')

2. Install vim

   In Add/Remove Software
   In textbox, type 'vim'
   Click 'find'
   Click checkbox for 'vim-X11-...'
   Click 'Apply' button (downloads for a while)
   Additional confirmation required
   Click 'Continue' button
   Enter root password
   Click 'Authenticate' button (install proceeds)
   At pop-up, click 'Close'
   In a terminal:
   > su -c 'vi /etc/bashrc'
   add 'alias vim=/usr/bin/gvim'

3. Install graphviz

   Use Add/Remove Software, searching for 'graphviz'
   Select packages for development, PDF, HTML, demo graphs, Java, Perl, Python, PHP and Ruby

4. Install emacs

   Use Add/Remove Software, searching for 'emacs'
   Select 'GNU emacs text editor'

5. Find ATK utilities: pipescript, ox, mrhex, ez

   Todo
   

6. Install Python

   Included by default.

7. Install gcc

   Use Add/Remove Software, searching for 'gcc'
   Select 'Various compilers', 'C++ support' and 'Java support'