Category: Fedora
Focus Follows Mouse in Gnome Shell
Having recently moved my desktop to Fedora 15 I am now using Gnome Shell (more on this later). However, as with many of the configuration settings for Gnome, having focus follow mouse is no longer something you can set using installed graphical programs. Fortunately, a one line command can rectify...
Adding an Alias to Fedora
For some reason, Fedora comes with vim, but calls vi, even though it is the full `vim` program rather than the older `vi`. Given that the other systems that I have use the standard name for vim (you know, calling `vim` `vim` instead of `vi`. So, the only good solution...
Sleep Inhibit Applet For Fedora Gnome
When I installed Fedora, I went looking to add the sleep inhibit applet to my panel, but discovered that unlike the install on Ubuntu, this applet is not included by default. This applet comes in handy when you are watching a video on your computer, preventing the screen from turning...
Resurrection of a Desktop - An Epic in Computer Repair
As my computer has aged, it has revealed a personality that is rather cranky - a personality it expresses with part failures. Unfortunately for me, a few days ago, the expression of my computer's nature lead it to prevent me from logging into to Fedora, prompting me to begin a...
Get Focus Follows Mouse Mode in Fedora
I don't like the conventional way of changing a window's focus by clicking within it. Some time ago, I read about the concept of focus follows mouse, in which to change the window currently in focus, you simply point your cursor at it. Needless to say, on systems without this...
Set Unified Inbox for Thunderbird
For anyone with multiple email accounts that they regularly check, being able to view all of the contents of every inbox at one time is a great boon, and is one of the few reasons that email clients are still more worthwhile then the web interface. To find a way...
Now on Fedora
After a day of struggles, I finally managed to installed Fedora 13, specifically the [Electronics Lab Spin](http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedoraElectronicLab), on my desktop. Not that the amount of time it took me to install should deter anyone else, the trick that finally made it install was resetting my BIOS to its defaults. Why...
Fedora: Not the Best of Starts
Sadly, after all of my troubles with Gentoo, my switch to Fedora hasn't been easy so far. Currently, I am stuck, trying to get the Live CD to allow me to install to the hard drive. The problem isn't in the installation itself - its the fact that the Live...