Pimp up Gnome3 make it more Gnome2-ish

So you are using Gnome3, and you missed how Gnome2 looks, well there is good news for you. There is an extension for Gnome3 that make your desktop look like this. The extension is GNOME Shell frippery.

click to see more clearly :)

Changes after using the extension;
1. Clock is moved to the left
2. Shortcuts on the right
3. Drop down menu
4. Shutdown option(when you click will bring you to all power options)
5. Dynamic workspace disabled.

click here for extension download and instruction.
to enable desktop icons click here

Using Google Chrome with proxy in Fedora 15

If you are searching how to install google chrome in fedora 15 click here.

Gnome3's proxy setting is quite messed up right now and so far that i am concern there are some fixes using gconf-editor package to get proxy to work for certain app such as pidgin.

But for google chrome, it just don't happen. Well, i really need google chrome as it is nice to have a fast secondary browser instead of firefox. The idea is to create a launcher and use google chrome with proxy options that is build-in. so here is how to do it.

1. Right-click on the desktop. (well if you cannot, read this first)
2. Click Create launcher
3. Copy this command to the command box

google-chrome --proxy-server="http:/proxy:port-num"

4. Enter name and comment as you like
5. Click ok

Fedora 15: What to do after fresh install?

Well this list is not complete yet, and i am updating this post from time to time.

1. Setup proxy for yum(skip this if you don't use proxy). View it here.

2. Setup free and nonfree repositories. (at this time of post, u need Fedora RPM Fusion free and nonfree for Fedora Rawhide ). View how you can setup RPM Fusion repositories here.

3. Install Flash, mp3 and other codecs, skype, java and a lot others, install Fedora Plus(before this it was called autoten). Installing just takes one line command, view it here.

before Fedora 15, I was using easyLife but they haven't done a version that supports Fedora 15 yet, so i am using Fedora Plus. But they are basically the same this, make installing software easier. 

Update: easyLife is supporting Fedora 15 now!

4. Claim your desktop icons back! install gnome-tweak-tool by copying the command below

su -c 'yum -y install gnome-tweak-tool'

and open the gnome-tweak-tool, the File Manager tab, set the file manager handle the desktop to on. Reboot!

5. Install Google Chrome! Look here

More Update: to use google chrome with proxy, view here

I am more than pleased if you can comment or add anymore below. Thanks in advance.

Setting up proxy for YUM for Fedora 15, 14, 13, 12

If your current network is using proxy, than to enable yum through proxy, you must setup the yum.conf file. The proxy setting from the network proxy is not enough to use yum with proxy. This problem i had face since F12(my first fedora, haha).

1. Open terminal
2. Type su
3. Enter your root password
4. Type nautilus or sudo nautilus
5. Open File System folder
6. Open etc folder
7. search for yum.conf
8. open in text editor
9. add you proxy url and port number (eg. http://myproxy:8080)

 there is another simple way that is type

sudo gedit '/etc/yum.conf'

and enter your proxy url.


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