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=Fedora at Virginia Tech=
 
=Fedora at Virginia Tech=
 
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==Mirrors==
 
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[[Campus computing]] [http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/pub/fedora/ mirrors Fedora]. Recent versions of Fedora can use the following pre-written files.
=Tips and Tricks=
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* [http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/yum.repo.d/fedora.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora.repo]
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* [http://mirror.cc.vt.edu/yum.repo.d/fedora-updates.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo]
  
 
==Edit Hosts file==
 
==Edit Hosts file==
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==VT Wireless==
 
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To get wireless configured, follow the NetworkManager instructions in the [[VT-Wireless]] article.
  
 
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==Flash x64==
  
 
[[Category:Linux distributions]]
 
[[Category:Linux distributions]]

Revision as of 13:14, 1 March 2010

About Fedora

Fedora at Virginia Tech

Mirrors

Campus computing mirrors Fedora. Recent versions of Fedora can use the following pre-written files.

Edit Hosts file

A hosts file[1] is an easy way to block a wide range of domains (ads, malware, etc). This works in Windows and Mac as well, but the file is in a different location. I found the MVPS hosts file[2] to be nice, but there are others available. You can also edit the file to add domains to block individually.

In Fedora, the hosts file is located in '/etc/hosts'. To edit or replace the file, you must be logged in as root. SELinux will not allow you to do this, so once you've moved your new hosts file, you have to restore the default security context.

su -
(your password here)
mv /home/(username)/hosts /etc/hosts
restorecon -v '/etc/hosts'

Wacom Driver

VT Wireless

To get wireless configured, follow the NetworkManager instructions in the VT-Wireless article.

Flash x64