Jan 5, 2014 Posted by newlife007

How To Install and Run Netflix on Fedora Using Pipelight

In an earlier post we covered how to install Netflix on Ubuntu, so know it is time to install it on Fedora, only fair, right? First we need to install Pipelight and Wine and their specific dependencies. Pipelight is a special browser plugin which allows one to use windows only plugins inside Linux browsers. Currently focusing on Silverlight, Flash, Shockwave and the Unity Webplayer. So first we will need... read more

Dec 24, 2013 Posted by newlife007

How To Install Fedora 20 in Oracle Virtualbox

Fedora 20 (Heisenberg) has been released! Many new features and improvements which are listed here. Since I am an avid RedHat / Fedora user I just have to try out the latest release and what better way than with Oracle Virtualbox! SO let’s get started installing. Open Oracle Virtualbox and click New and give it a name select Linux for type and Fedora (x64) for version, click Next Set the memory size... read more

Dec 5, 2013 Posted by newlife007

How To Enable AAC Encoder on Ubuntu and Fedora using NeroAAC

So you have a wav file that you want to convert on Linux to MP4 format (aka AAC) and want to know how to get the encoder installed so you can use your conversion program to complete the conversion. Well, thanks to Nero this is a possible task due to their generosity of the NeroAAC Encoder. the process we are going to use is the same for Ubuntu and Fedora. Also, we will need to install gpac: MPEG-4... read more

Nov 20, 2013 Posted by newlife007

Opening rar Files in Fedora and Ubuntu

There are many different file compression tools out there, one of them is RAR which is being used more frequently as of late. To open a rar compressed file you will need to install unrar. This is not installed by default and for Fedora but is available via RPMFusion. For Ubuntu nothing extra is needed. Fedora 17/18/19 Installation First let’s add the rpmfusion repository to our installation. Open a... read more

Oct 16, 2013 Posted by newlife007

Monitoring Your System with Munin on Fedora

Have a few servers and want to get some stats on IO, CPU, networking and other data don’t have full blown monitoring, this is where Munin can help out. Installation is simple Install Munin. $ sudo yum install munin munin-node Enable and start munin-node service $ sudo systemctl enable munin-node.service $ sudo systemctl start munin-node.service Set the password for the Munin id to access the  site $... read more