Installation of programs.

For my own entertainment an ease i needed some programs installed.

Installing programs in Fedora 15 is fairly easy.

There are two ways to install stuff. 

You can use the add/remove programs function (found under Activities/Applications/System tools or you can do it with yum.

I prefer to use yum, why you ask?

Well i choose yum because it gives you more the feeling that you are working on a computer.

Working with yum is easy, you just need to know a few small commands to use it.

These are the most used commands for me (more can be found with Google):

1. yum update

2. yum install "package name"

3. yum remove "package name"

Lock the "Activities" button

Like i said before, i like Fedora 15 allot.
One thing i didn't like at all was the fact that if you work with full screen windows and you are to fast with your mouse that the "Activities" pane appears and you loose focus of the window you are working in.
After a bit of research i found (again thx to my good friend Mr. Google) a way to make sure that wont happen again.
When you follow the next steps the Activities pane will only open when you click on it.
here is how to do it:

Installing a network printer (HP Deskjet 3050)

First thing i needed on my Fedora system was that i could print trough my wireless network at home.
Because the CD i had from the printer was only with drivers for Windows and i had no idea how to install it on Linux i asked my good friend Mr. Google.
Google sometimes lets me down on my search and doesn't give me the answers i am looking for but not this time, this time i found it right away.

Google send me to this website: http://hplipopensource.com/hplip-web/install/install/index.html
When i followed all the steps the printer worked like a charm.
Even better, in Windows i always needed to go to the printer's webpage to scan a page wireless, now thanks to this i have an application that does the scanning.
I use a HP Deskjet 3050 but this description works for most HP printers, wired or trough WiFi.

Welcome to my blog

Hi there and welcome to my blog.

Let me tell you what this blog will be about.

In the past i always used Microsoft Windows an OS on all my computers, laptops and netbooks.
I once started with Windows 3.11 and worked my way up to Windows 7.
Never really had to complain about Windows, except for the occasional BSOD, system crashes and other problems everybody faces with computers.
You will never hear me say that Linux cant crash, but for the short time i am using it now i must say it runs better than Windows and looks much more stable.