Articles/Install and Customise Fedora 10

# become a superuser first.
 
su
# Enter Password
echo $USER 'ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL' >> /etc/sudoers
exit

# creating shortcut command 'ip' for getting interface details 
sudo ln -s /sbin/ifconfig /bin/ip 
 
# change nautilus and gedit settings
 
gconftool-2 --set "/apps/nautilus/preferences/always_use_browser" --type bool TRUE
gconftool-2 --set "/apps/nautilus/preferences/click_policy" --type string "single"
gconftool-2 --set "/apps/gedit-2/preferences/editor/auto_indent/auto_indent" --type bool TRUE
gconftool-2 --set "/apps/gedit-2/preferences/editor/bracket_matching/bracket_matching" --type bool TRUE
gconftool-2 --set "/apps/gedit-2/preferences/editor/line_numbers/display_line_numbers" --type bool TRUE
 
 
# set keepcache  = 1 for fast yum download
sudo gedit /etc/yum.conf
#### Find and change the keepcache parameter keepcache=1
 
 
# Install extra repos
 
sudo rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
sudo rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm
sudo rpm -Uvh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
cd /etc/yum.repos.d/
sudo wget http://www.jpackage.org/jpackage17.repo
 
#install 32 bit google repo
## as a root user , run this commands to add google repo
cat <<EOF > /etc/yum.repos.d/google.repo
[google]
name=Google - i386
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/rpm/stable/i386
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1  
EOF
 
 
 
# install good applications
 
#installing yum tools
sudo yum -y install yum-presto yumex
 
#installing player 
sudo yum -y install vlc mplayer-gui libdvdread kino k9copy flash-plugin libquicktime
 
#installing administrative tools
sudo yum -y install gparted homebank gconf-editor
 
#installing internet applications
sudo yum -y install prozilla skype pidgin gftp linuxdcpp 
 
#installing needed tools
sudo yum -y install unrar scribus nautilus-open-terminal liveusb-creator K3b 
 
#installing other tools
sudo yum -y install  gdesklets easytag sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin sun-java6-fonts