Jul 20, 2018 Posted by newlife007

How To Install GIMP 2.10 on Fedora 27 Using Flatpak

Introduction The latest version of GIMP was made available but like many Linux distributions it takes time for the package maintainers to get it package or possibly no package for older releases. In this post we will go over using Flatpak to install GIMP 2.10 on Fedora 27. Install Flatpak $ sudo dnf -y install flatpak All the needed dependencies are installed and now we are ready to get GIMP 2.10... read more

Jul 10, 2017 Posted by newlife007

How To Rip Audio CD’s on Fedora 25

Introduction In continuing on with audio posts we will cover how to rip your CD’s on Linux for listening on your computer or your portable device. In this post we will cover using several different applications available on Fedora Linux for exporting our Audio CD’s to MP3 format. Grip Grip is a GTK-based CD-player and CD-ripper / MP3 encoder. It has the ripping capabilities of cdparanoia built... read more

Aug 13, 2016 Posted by newlife007

How To Install BlueGriffon 2.x on Fedora 24

Introduction In  this post we will cover how to install BlueGriffon on Fedora 24. BlueGriffon is a wysiwyg editor for Web Development. It runs on MAC OSX , Windows and Linux. In earlier life BlueGriffon was Nvu and then KompoZer and is based on the Firefox Gecko engine. Installation First thing is to download the tarball from here. In this case we are installing on bit Fedora 24 so select Ubuntu  64 bit.... read more

Jul 8, 2016 Posted by newlife007

How To Upgrade Fedora 23 to Fedora 24 Workstation

Introduction Fedora 24 has been released and you are ready to take the plunge and have been using Fedora 23. If you’ve upgraded from past Fedora releases, you may be familiar with the dnf upgrade plugin. This method is the recommended and supported way to upgrade from Fedora 23 to Fedora 24. Using this plugin will make your upgrade to Fedora 24 simple and easy. The Process Before you do anything, you will... read more

Jun 12, 2016 Posted by newlife007

How To Make Fonts look Sharper on KDE 5 on Fedora 23

Introduction You have taken the plunge and are running a Linux distro (maybe Fedora 23?) and have chosen KDE as your desktop on your laptop. But you wonder why do my fonts look so jagged? Well look no further, with a few clicks you can make the LCD screen on your laptop look much sharper. Font Settings With just a few tweaks you can make the fonts look sharper on the system. The following instructions are... read more