How to install Skype 4 on Fedora 18

The latest version of Skype for Linux is 4.1.0.20. On this tutorial I am going to show you how to install Skype on Fedora 18. Fedora 18 is the most recent version but it still in Beta version. This tutorial will install Skype on Fedora 18 via command line. Steps to install Skype on Fedora 18 Open Terminal and type the following command wget http://download.skype.com/linux/skype-4.1.0.20-fedora.i586.rpm yum install alsa-lib.i686 libXv.i686 libXScrnSaver.i686 qt.i686 qt-x11.i686 rpm -ivh  skype-4.1.0.20-fedora.i586.rpm Now you can start...

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Tutorial How to install nVidia Driver on Fedora 17

I have been looking around to find a simple and straight forward tutorial on how to install and enable the nVidia graphic card driver on my Fedora 17. Finally I found it on Unixmen, thanks to you buddy. When I tried to boot my Fedora 17 on a nVidia powered computer, it won't start smoothly. There are many weird habit on my screen and at the end, I...

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How to install Cairo Dock on Fedora 17

How to install Cairo Dock on Fedora 17 Cairo Dock is my favorite docking system that makes my Fedora 17 looks like a Mac. This tutorial will show you how to install Cairo Dock on Fedora 17. Its pretty easy to get Cairo Dock installed on Fedora 17 since Cairo Dock is integrated with RPM Fusion Repository. Steps to install Cairo Dock on Fedora 17 1. Add the RPM Fusion repository to Fedora 17. Read our previous tutorial on how to enable RPM Fusion repository on Fedora 17. 2. Install Cairo Dock with this command yum install cairo-dock Once finished,...

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Fedora 17-How to enable RPM Fusion repository

This tutorial is going to show you how to enable the RPM Fusion repository on Fedora 17. RPM Fusion repository provides many applications and packages for RPM based Linux including Fedora 17. In order to enable the RPM Fusion repository, you can simply paste the following command on Terminal as root. su -c 'yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm...

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How to start ssh service on Fedora 18

How to start ssh service on Fedora 18 By default, ssh server is not enabled on Fedora 18. But we can easily enable the service using command line. SSH server is required to enable the secure remote connection to the Fedora 18 machine. Do the following to start the sshd service on Fedora 18. Open Terminal and do this command as root service sshd start...

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