EasyLinux Fedora Frog: Fedora Core 5 for the Desktop
At last, EasyLinux has a tool that will make Fedora Core 5 up and running for the desktop. Raivis Dejus has created this tool called Fedora Frog. Fedora Frog is a GUI tool that will install all the needed applications, plugins, and codecs to make your Fedora Core 5 a power desktop computer.
Fedora Frog can do the following:
- Install extra repositories [RPMForge]
- Note: Not all repositories are mutually compatible.
- Install GUI frontend for yum [yumex]
- Install commonly needed multimedia codecs
- Install DVD playback capability
- Install Java JRE and its plugin for Firefox
- Note: You will have to accept Sun's licence
- Install Macromedia Flash plugin for Firefox
- Note: You need to restart Firefox after installation
- Install extra fonts (including msttcorefonts)
- Install graphics drivers for nVidia and ATI cards
- Note: You should restart your computer after the installation
- Install Gnome Configuration Editor
- Install numlockx to turn on NumLock on startup
- Set up Gnome to open System Monitor every time you push Alt-Ctrl-Del
- Disable CD blocking in CD-ROM
- Set up Nautilus to open new folders in the same window
- Install rar archiver
- Install Adobe PDF reader
- Note: This is not necessery to read PDF documents, you can read them using Evince too.
- Install Gwenview and digiKam imageviewers
- Install XMMS (analog of Winamp)
- Install amaroK media player
- Install stream directory browser Streamtuner
- Install CD ripper Grip
- Install Xine, VLC, Mplayer multimedia players
- Install RealPlayer 10
- Install Skype
- Install Thunderbird e-mail client
- Install Liferea RSS reader
- Install Opera web browser
- Install CD/DVD burning utility K3b
- Install FTP utility gFTP
- Install File share utility DC++
- Install P2P BitTorrent client Azureus
- Install P2P eMule Client aMule
- Install P2P Gnutella Client LimeWire
- Install KDE Edutainment programms
- Install Photo-realistic nightsky renderer Stellarium
- Install Some additional games
- Install Alacarte Gnome menu editor
- Install Shortcut to browse files as root
- Install Some desktop backgrounds, icons, themes and screensavers
- Note: Try changing your desktop background and look in Theme Details of System -> Preferences -> Theme
- Install fortune and make Gnome Fish-applet to use it
Note: It is recomended to run update before you run Fedora Frog
To install Fedora Frog run these commands in terminal [Applications -> Ststem Tools -> Terminal
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wget -c http://easylinux.info/uploads/frog.tar.gz
tar zxvf frog.tar.gz -C ~
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To Run Fedora Frog:
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xterm -e ~/.frog/frog.run
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wget -c http://easylinux.info/uploads/frog-fc4.tar.gz
tar zxvf frog-fc4.tar.gz -C ~
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To Run Fedora Frog:
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xterm -e ~/.frog/frog.run
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Some Known Issues:
If you have problems with zenity try as root (su -)
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yum install zenity
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tar: C: Not found in archive
Try
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tar zxvf frog.tar.gz
xterm -e .frog/frog.run
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