"Centos Stream" written by Paul on estrip.org

Category: linux

12/13/20 12:44 - ID#60829

Centos Stream

I was sad to hear about the CentOS changes when they were first posted on the centos blog but I am going to trying to not freak and think it might be a positive move. I mean it seems in the last few years I have more often been annoyed at how behind CentOS was from the current kernel. Maybe this will make it better. This article made me feel at least a little bit better.

The thing that annoyed me the most was that I had just moved servers from CENTOS 6 to 8 and I should have maybe just gone to 7. I guess only time will tell.

Fingers crossed. Server #1 - done!

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Category: linux

10/20/12 02:45 - ID#56839

Change the default app to open text files with in fedora 17

Since I installed monodevelop for a work project I was working on a few months back I have been stuck with this situation in which all text documents would start monodevelop as the default app when I clicked on them.

Each time it would happen, I figured I should look into how I set the default app for the various mime types and then I would put it off. Today I had a spare 5 minutes so I just grepped for monodevelop in my home directory figuring the settings had to be there as they weren't for every other user account. Turns out the settings are in ~/.local/share/applications/mimeapps.list

Each mime type is mapped to a .desktop file that describes what to do when the file is opened.

I switched text/plain=monodevelop.desktop to text/plain=gedit.desktop and I was good to go.

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Category: linux

07/03/12 05:30 - ID#56590

Gnome 3 Shell Extensions

Anyone who hated gnome 3 has not seen or tried out

It is so amazing how many plugins there are and how easy it is to install them. Not to mention that are made using the same technologies that fuel the web, meaning that ultimately they will flourish.

Everyone of my issues with gnome 3 has been solved.

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Category: linux

12/19/11 01:44 - ID#55772

And this is why fedora rules...

Because only supports and includes free and open source software. No proprietary programs are included in Fedora. That way things like this cannot happen the way they do in ubuntu

I would so much rather have openJDK and have to install Sun java myself if I needed it then have it available from the OS vendor and have to worry about license changes removing it on it me. Here is why Fedora does not include specific proprietary software

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Category: linux

11/09/11 02:07 - ID#55470

Fedora 16 - Easiest Upgrade Ever?

So far everything works. I didn't have to destroy anything. It has been the easiest upgrade ever. I will post any weirdness I find tomorrow.

sudo rpm --import https://fedoraproject.org/static/A82BA4B7.txt
sudo yum update yum
sudo yum clean all
sudo yum --releasever=16 --disableplugin=presto distro-sync
sudo reboot

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Category: linux

11/04/11 11:48 - ID#55438

4 more days till Fedora 16

I am so excited about the new fedora

build. It is interesting to learn that it was supposed to be named Beefy Miracle but apparently they extended the voting period and it ended up being called Verne. Doesn't extending a vote period seem illegitimate?

Anyways, Fedora 17 got the Beefy Miracle name after all

Here is the history behind the name

tinypliny writes at 11:23:40 11/08/11 - Comment #66027: Well??? WHERE is the 1st day scoop?????????!!!!!!! WHERE is it????

uncutsaniflush writes at 09:42:40 11/05/11 - Comment #65974: I hope my wireless card works with Fedora 16. It seems the driver is broken in Debian with 3.0.x kernels. I had to go back to a 2.6 kernel in AV Linux (which is a media production distro based on Debian) I reckon I will find out in a few days.

tinypliny writes at 08:59:47 11/04/11 - Comment #65959: I wholeheartedly agree with you. I think my current low blood pressure is due to my forgetting that I am even running a linux distro. I have started preferring to work on Fedora 15 more than win xp and that is a huge step for me. It has started staying out of the way. I was just telling (e:paul), I am definitely not upgrading till he thinks there is a massive improvement in many ways. I will be waiting for his review. :)

The new R came out yesterday and so did RStudio. I prefer a clean install of both. I am hoping that by the end of this month I will be done with the majority of my analyses so along with the new R/RStudio, I could as well get the new F16 if again, (e:Paul) says its definitely better.

uncutsaniflush writes at 08:31:56 11/04/11 - Comment #65957: My advice to anyone, no matter what operating system, is the same. If ain't broke, don't fix it. Especially on a "production" box. Change for the sake of change isn't always happy.

Specifically, (e:tinypliny), if you got Fedora 15 working for you, why would you want to upgrade to Fedora 16? Is there anything that would give you a better computing experience with Fedora 16?

Of course, this is from someone who historically has pushed software to the breaking point much to the dismay of his wife. But, then again, for the last 5 years or so, (e:leetee) has a stable box that is upgraded only when necessary.

metalpeter writes at 05:45:13 11/04/11 - Comment #65936: Well Beefy Miracle sounds very sexual like a girl or boy who is expecting one size and gets one like twice that....

tinypliny writes at 05:25:47 11/04/11 - Comment #65933: I am going to wait till thanksgiving to switch... I have had not one incident of craziness for the past 3 weeks. I don't want it to implode just when things are going somewhat smoothly.

uncutsaniflush writes at 12:28:44 11/04/11 - Comment #65930: I'm waiting for Fedora 16 to be released as well.

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Category: linux

10/11/11 11:48 - ID#55282

Fedora 17 gets a name - Beefy Miracle

I really need to start participating in these votes.

Votes :: Name

1182 :: Beefy Miracle
1035 :: Liege
881 :: Never
791 :: Gernsback
641 :: Rocky Ripple
628 :: Alpharabius
550 :: Panguipulli
505 :: Tubeteika

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Category: linux

07/26/11 11:47 - ID#54795

Issue With Fedora 15 Terminal Transparency in Gnome 3

It has been making me absolutely crazy that since I switched to Fedora 15, Gnome 3 I lost my terminal transparency due to a bug in Mutter which caused the drop shadow of windows to be opaque. The bug report was filed with redhat back on March 3rd

but the problem was with mutter not Fedora so they had to wait for a fix. On June 29th it was fixed in mutter and we have been waiting since then for the bug fix to make it into fedora.

I understand this kind of thing takes a while, but a status update would be nice. Finally, I decided to try the mutter/clutter version that comes with Fedora 16 (rawhide) and it works. I cannot wait for someone to back port this to Fedora 15.

If you need terminal/windows transparency in the meantime, you can update to the fedora 16 version using fedora 15.

sudo yum install fedora-release-rawhide
sudo yum update clutter mutter --enablerepo=rawhide update

Afterwards, I got perfectly normal transparency on windows with a drop shadow.

tinypliny writes at 01:56:27 07/28/11 - Comment #63925: I bet he stumbled on my blog searching for Fedora and that wireless card because of your zillion posts about fedora.

tinypliny writes at 01:55:45 07/28/11 - Comment #63924: Why don't you write to him yourself? :) Tell him how ardent of a fan you are! (I am forwarding you the email!)

paul writes at 01:10:59 07/28/11 - Comment #63922: Ask them about this bug report. I would be so happy to get the mutter updates ported back to f15 to solve the transparency issue.

tinypliny writes at 12:56:25 07/28/11 - Comment #63921: Someone from the core Fedora testing team send me a message here at (e:strip) saying that he would be glad to help out with my wireless card issues if I decided to switch to Fedora 15. How randomly cool is that?! I think I am very close to switching... if only these transparencies would work. ;-)

uncutsaniflush writes at 09:07:29 07/28/11 - Comment #63919: (e:tinypliny) - debian gets the names it uses from the movie Toy Story. Sid is always the unstable branch. Ubuntu likes aliterative names like "Votive Voles". Hope that helps.

mike writes at 12:08:26 07/28/11 - Comment #63918: totally unrelated to this topic but you are not answering my text: did yo u get a cat? if you did , I am totally disgusted and feel like you were a fake your whole life. haha

tinypliny writes at 08:15:57 07/27/11 - Comment #63905: sudo yum clutter mutter? lol

tinypliny writes at 08:15:10 07/27/11 - Comment #63904: zod, bitmore, rawhide, oneiric ocelot, moonshine, etch, sid, warty warthod, gutsy gibbon, breezy badger, psyche, shrike, dapper drake, lucid lynx, zoot, taroon, nahant, tikanga, sarge, woody, potato... seriously, where do these people come up with these names!

heidi writes at 06:18:27 07/27/11 - Comment #63899: Sounds terrible. Keep us posted. ;-)

paul writes at 12:16:49 07/27/11 - Comment #63890: To be fair, this caused an issue where the UI would crash when a save dialogue was opened.

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Category: linux

06/05/11 11:00 - ID#54429

Fedora 15 - monitor rotation - Dell m4500

This is so great. I haven't had a one horizontally rotated monitor with one vertically rotated monitor setup since I left the mac platform, more than a year ago. The problem was I was always using the stupid closed source nvidia drivers because the open source nouveau drivers were not ready.

Apparently there is some complicated way of trying to get this to work ith the nvidia drivers andd xinerama but it never worked for me.

Well, this has all changed since fedora 15. All of the hardware acceleration I need is in the nourveau drivers. It runs the desktop great.

Monitor suport is so easy with these drivers. Simply plug the monitor in and it works - no configuration necessary. If you want to rotate one monitor, open system-settings->displays and select the rotation desired.

It works great and you can touch either monitor's top left corner to bring up activities mode in Gnome 3. I still prefer the hot key. Its amazing how efficient my computer usage is with Gnome 3. At first it was so different. Now I hate it when I find myself on a computer with anything else.

Sure these drivers get a few less fps than the closed drivers but nothing is noticeable as I am not playing games and the convenience of not having to deal with the nvidia drivers is amazing.

UPDATE: Not only is this so totally easy. It also remembers the settings when you log back in and reconect the monitor without even having to visit display preferences.

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Category: linux

06/01/11 12:20 - ID#54392

I love Fedora 15

I don't feel like enough people thank the Gnome 3 and Fedora team for what they do. This release is nothing but awesome. I don't care what the people who are not ready to give up gnome 2 say. The workflow of this new interface is great. It really keeps the clutter out of the way and forces me to not use my desktop like a trash can.

The effects are also much more useful than the old compiz ones for me. I never used the cube and the wobbly windows had no real purpose while the activity interface on gnome 3 is extremely useful in making getting to apps easy ,as well as, keep my interface clean. That plus just about everything can be done with the keyboard.

uncutsaniflush writes at 12:00:51 06/09/11 - Comment #62883: (e:paul) - wiping out xorg.conf dropped me down to the vesa driver. I can't remember if I reinstalled the kernel. Which probably means I didn't. Thanks I keep forgetting that they aren't drivers anymore but kernel modules. I'll try to give it a try tomorrow.

I was happy to find that Fedora had a decent e17 despite the package being an orphan. I wish I had the current skill set to maintain e17 for fedora or anyone else. but I'm more idiot than savant these days. I just don't have the time to keep up with anything. Linux was more uncomplicated ten years ago.

paul writes at 11:02:59 06/08/11 - Comment #62878: Can't you just wipeout you /etc/X11/xorg.conf, then just ctrl+alt f2 to drop out of x, killall Xorg and you are back in minus proprietary driver. You might need to reinstall the kernel and any remove any mods you added. Its been forever since I worked with ATI, not sure if that works or not, but it gets rid of my nvidia driver.

tinypliny writes at 10:46:18 06/08/11 - Comment #62876: What?? ATI radeon HD doesn't play well with Fedora 15?! Really? I am not going near this release then... I really was all set to try it this weekend. I have had enough trouble with my graphics to invite even more. :/

uncutsaniflush writes at 10:00:05 06/08/11 - Comment #62870: The heart was an oopsy. I've been living with gnome shell and fedora 15 for about a week. My major frustration is support for my ati radeonhd card. Or lack thereof. My fps is around 85 fps in Fedora. And around 1500 fps with Ubuntu.

After installing the ati catalyst module, I learned that gnome shell doesn't play well with it. I like gnome shell. I also like ubuntu's unity. It would be epic if someone made something using the best ideas from both projects.

I like gnome shell better as a usable desktop but I like the way unity manipulates windows. There are legacy buttons for old farts like me.

I think I may have to reinstall fedora 15 to get rid of my workarounds for the ati driver issue. I think too much config got changed auto magically. And not enough cofig got reverted auto magically.

tinypliny writes at 01:05:15 06/01/11 - Comment #62645: I really want to try it out... Currently, I don't have a "desktop" at all in my debian modified install so there is no concept of a trashcan. But yes, I do use the desktop as a trashcan uniformly in all my windows systems...

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