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RHEL 6 for the Clueless: Sun Java

Posted on January 16, 2011 by ehurst

The bundled Open Java on RHEL is okay. It’s also painfully slow, particularly compared to the competition. Most people still call it Sun Java, though it’s now owned by Oracle. Because we have installed the development packages, we have the … Continue reading →

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RHEL 6 for the Clueless: Generic Software Build

Posted on January 15, 2011 by ehurst

For our last desktop oriented article, I promised we would build one item using the generic Open Source scripted building process. For this project, I chose something only slightly complicated, and likely to be favored by most users: PySolFC, the … Continue reading →

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RHEL 6 for the Clueless: More RPM

Posted on January 14, 2011 by ehurst

With a little less hand-holding this time, I am going to outline for you building a bigger SRPM project which had lots of dependencies. When you run that rpmbuild command on a spec file, one of the first things to … Continue reading →

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RHEL for the Clueless: RPM

Posted on January 13, 2011 by ehurst

You probably know everything on your computer is just zeroes and ones, grouped together in eights and sixteens, and so forth. You might know a bunch of folks type out lines of instructions (“code”) for computers which have to be … Continue reading →

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RHEL for the Clueless: Fonts

Posted on January 12, 2011 by ehurst

Linux is capable of superior font display handling. On my hardware, it’s better than any version of Windows, but it’s not turned on in RHEL by default. There are several issues involved. First, let’s get some better fonts. If you … Continue reading →

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RHEL Series Note: Samba

Posted on January 11, 2011 by ehurst

Once we finish the desktop tutorial series here, we will jump right into the low level server stuff. This evening I got Samba working and my wife’s computer can now browse shared folders and open the files. Also, in order … Continue reading →

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RHEL for the Clueless: File Management

Posted on January 11, 2011 by ehurst

There is a world of difference between Windows and Linux in file handling. Your immediate need is to understand the business of permissions. One of the fundamental security advantages in Linux is every file is owned by someone, and the … Continue reading →

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RHEL for the Clueless: Multimedia Capability (Updated)

Posted on January 10, 2011 by ehurst

RHEL (and clones) does not come with very much multimedia capability. It has to do with politics, copyrights, and philosophical debates. Even if we tried to outline all the issues here, chances are quite good you don’t care a whit. … Continue reading →

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RHEL 6 for the Clueless: Initial Configuration of the Desktop

Posted on January 8, 2011 by ehurst

Orient yourself to the desktop. The main menu system is in the upper left-hand corner. In the upper right is the notification area (“Systray”). On the lower toolbar, the left is where the open windows are listed, and the lower … Continue reading →

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RHEL 6 for the Clueless: Installation

Posted on January 7, 2011 by ehurst

Please get a copy of the Installation Guide from this page; I recommend you keep a copy of the PDF version. Scan through it, because the visuals will help you understand what to expect. Now, drop the DVD into the … Continue reading →

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