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My previous posts on doing Fedora upgrades cover most of the topic but I realized there were a few things I left out. Installing additional applications The first thing has to do with some useful applications that Mauriat Miranda doesn’t cover on his excellent Fedora installation guidelines. xpdf – a […]

Upgrade addendum: other packages of interest, configuring a Wacom ...


I did a yum update on my F10 x86-64 box at work today and discovered a minor bug in the packaging: Transaction Check Error: file /usr/lib64/libmarblewidget.so.4 conflicts between attempted installs of kdeedu-libs-4.1.2-2.fc10.x86_64 and kdeedu-marble-4.2.0-7.fc10.x86_64 A google for this found only one mention on a fedora forum, but it was in […]

F10 update bug: libmarble (kdeedu libs) conflicts on x86-64


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If you’re using xrandr on a box with an Intel graphics chip in order to setup your dual displays then you might have noticed that GNOME moves its main panel to the monitor connected to the external VGA port.  This happens because the Intel chip says that the external VGA […]

Intel graphics, xrandr and GNOME: the case of the ...



Judging from the most used searches and posts  (thank you wordpress stats), interest in the Intel Xorg. driver is extremely high.  While it’s easy to see that’s true on the X.org mailing list, looking at my own blog stats was the first time I realized other end users were having […]

Intel driver updates: 2.5.99.2 and 2.6.0, plus a little about ...


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Finding off the shelf supported hardware is a tough task for Linux.  The problem with such lists is that they often include hardware that you can no longer purchase from retails outlets.  So it’s easier to get a list of what the outlets have available and then search the list […]

Linux Hardware Compatibility – getting started with off the shelf ...