In the wake of Ubuntu’s 9.10 release, many distributions were forgotten. But one distribution, in particular, keeps getting better and better under the radar. That distribution? Fedora. Just this week Fedora 12 was released, brining some serious improvements not only to the cutting edge distribution, but to Linux in general.
Upon installation you might not immediately [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Nov 18th, 2009
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Major improvements with Fedora 12
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Jul 1st, 2009
- Comments: 2
Should you upgrade your Linux distribution?
So you’re working with Ubuntu 8.04 or Fedora 10 and you’re jonesing over the new release of your distribution. You have always kept up with the most recent releases, but time is critical and your machine is working well. How do you know if you should upgrade? Is it worth it? What would stop you [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: May 15th, 2009
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Create your own version of Fedora with Revisor
Do you use Fedora? Do you have Fedora tweaked to the point you would like to either share your vision of this distribution? Or would you like to have an image of your tweaks so that the next time you need to install you won’t have to go back, after the basic install is done, [...]
Fedora Live USB Creator
Fedora Linux is a popular Linux distribution. It can be installed on a computer system or started from a Live CD or USB stick. The Fedora Live USB Creator aids users in the creation of the Fedora operating system on an USB stick.
The tool will setup Fedora on the USB stick giving the user the [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Mar 17th, 2009
- Comments: 3
Adding a Name-Based Virtual Host in Apache
If you are an Apache user for the hosting of either internal or external web sites then you know how flexible this web server can be. But did you know you can host more than one site on that server? You can thanks to Virtual sites. You can host virtual sites based on either IP [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Mar 12th, 2009
- Comments: 3
Manage Network Devices in Fedora
Those of you who are thinking of giving Linux a try, but are worried that you won’t know how to do simple tasks such as controlling network devices, can let out a sigh of relief. Believe it or not, managing network devices is easier in Linux than it is in Windows.? With the help of [...]
- Author: Jack Wallen
- Published: Feb 18th, 2009
- Comments: 6
Get To Know Linux: Live CD
I have mentioned, many times, various Live CDs to use for giving Linux a try or installing Linux. I have had some feedback asking to explain just what a Live CD is. Some users are hesitent to use a Live CD for fear of deleting their data or damaging their hard drive. My hope is [...]

