Desktops

Fedora Core on 64bit desktops.

Adding the Flash Player Plugin — by scott_glaser — last modified May 19, 2008 02:15 PM

Macromedia Flash Player is the high performance, light-weight, highly expressive client runtime that delivers powerful and consistent user experiences across major operating systems, browsers, mobile phones and devices. Installed on over 500 million internet-connected desktops and mobile devices, Flash Player is the backbone of the Flash Platform and enables organizations and individuals to build and deliver great digital experiences to their end users.

Blackdown Java Installation x86_64 — by scott_glaser — last modified Jan 30, 2008 02:30 AM

For many of us that run Fedora Core x86_64, there is no option for a 64 bit version of Java, there are many us that do not want to degrade the performance of our Installation by downgrading to the x86 version of Firefox. The people at Blackdown.Org have created a 64 bit version of Java for us, here is a "down and dirty" installation without having to rebuild any packages. Steps 1 - 7 cover the basic plugin for Mozilla and Firefox. Steps 8 - 17 cover the requirements for programs that require Java, such as Limewire.

Installing Compiz-Fusion in Fedora 9 — by opsec — last modified Jun 17, 2008 09:53 PM

This brief howto will go over installing and configuring Compiz-Fusion in Fedora 9 using yum in the GNOME Desktop Environment. The default system install includes only Compiz, not Compiz-Fusion.

Installing Mplayer 32bit on x86_64 — by daMaestro — last modified Jan 30, 2008 02:30 AM

This howto explains the process of installing 32bit Mplayer on a x86_64 Fedora Core to support binary only 32bit codecs.