Color disk usage on Fedora

2012-01-21 1 min read Fedora

For this tip, you would need to setup the rpm-shere repository. You can get the information here. Once you have done that you need to install the cdu package with the following command:

sudo yum install cdu

And then you can use “cdu” to view the disk usage in all beautiful colors with the command:

cdu

and the output looks like this:

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Consistent ethernet device names in Verne

2011-12-13 1 min read Fedora

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Fedora now supports consistent device names across the network with bios device names for the ethernet devices. If you upgraded your earlier version of Fedora then you may need to go to root access to get this working.

Here is what you need to do:

Quickly install most of the things that you need on Fedora.

2011-10-30 1 min read Fedora

easyLife is a user friendly program that installs packages on Fedora as well as adjustments most users want. It makes new users’ experience easy and fun, providing the means to set the OS up quickly and painless.

This app does not really require any more introduction.

http://sourceforge.net/projects/easylife-linux/

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gnome-tweak-tool gets a fantastic new Font Selector window

2011-10-27 1 min read Fedora

Here is the quick look at how the Font Selector looks like now. And its not just for the gnome-tweak-tool, its for all the places for font selection. I really loved it. So intuitive to use and amazingly good to look. This is what a good design and thinking can do. Kudos to Gnome team for coming up with this.

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Fedora 16 screenshot with conky and bmpaenl2

2011-10-21 1 min read Fedora

For all those who used to keep complaining about the bottom panel of Gnome which used to show a list of windows, you can get it back with bmpanel2 (there are lot of other options too, but this one is light.). You can have themes for the panel also.

And the best part about using gnome-shell is that I always getting a feeling that I now have more space on the Desktop. And, thus conky looks good too on the Desktop. Here’s a screenshot.

Screenshot of Gnome3 with awn

2011-08-25 1 min read Fedora GNOME Linux

Here is another screenshot of my laptop desktop with Gnome 3 and AWN (Avant window Navigator) running. Looks beautiful, isn’t it?

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Gnome 3 screenshot with conky dock

2011-08-18 1 min read Fedora GNOME

Just to give you a idea of how beautiful it looks, here’s a screenshot 🙂

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