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How to Install Firefox 4 in Fedora, RHEL and CentOS

Mozilla Firefox 4 has finally been released after such a long development cycle, when compared to the development of the recent releases of Internet Explorer and Google Chrome.

For those who have been waiting all this time. It can be painful waiting for the new version of Firefox to show up on the default repositories.

Here is a way to install the new Firefox 4 without having to wait,[ad#300x250insideposts]

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Four Most Effective Ways To Learn Linux

Tux Linux LogoYou might be completely new to Linux or have already started using Linux but might be wondering where else to go to learn Linux. I am here to give you the best ways to learn Linux from nothing.

Following I believe are the most effective ways of learning about Linux, there are further methods which can be just as effective but I believe these are the easiest for those with limited knowledge on Linux,

  1. Jumping In

    2. This step is to just install Linux as your default operating system. Get rid of your current operating system and live within the Linux goodness. When you find that you can’t find a feature that you were using before, try and search for that feature and see how you can do it on Linux.
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Howto: Install New Yum Repositories in Fedora/Redhat

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There are a acouple of ways of adding repositories in Fedora/Red Hat. All repositories are stored in the /etc/yum.repos.d directory in Fedora/Redhat.
For well known repositories it is best and more simpler to install a .rpm package to add the repositories to your system. Such as below, which will add the livna-release repositories to your system. You would substitute the URL with one you have found on the internet.

rpm -Uvh http://ftp-stud.fht-esslingen.de/pub/Mirrors/rpm.livna.org/livna-release.rpm[ad#insideposts]

For repositories that need to be installed manually it is a little bit different we have to create a Read More »Howto: Install New Yum Repositories in Fedora/Redhat