List of Things to be Installed Immediately After Getting Linux Work in My Laptop

I’ve installed Fedora 11 i386 on my Lenovo X61 three times. Well, it’s not that I wanted to break my own hard disk… It’s just that I did small mistakes that made me [to think] to reinstall Fedora.

I guess I always install the same additional plugins and applications after each of the Linux installations. So… I think I should list them here.

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Repositories to be Added

• Fedora 11 – i386 (during Fedora 11 installation)
• RPM Fusion Free (you’ll get the Non-Free as well)

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Downloaded from Websites + Manually Installed

1. Adobe Flash & Adobe Reader Plugin
   I got the RPMs instead of bins so that I could just double click them to install.
2. Latest Netbeans (full)
3. Canon MP145 (printer/scanner) drivers

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Installed via Add/Remove Software (Yum)

I have installed too many applications via Add/Remove Software, so… These are just the ones that I can recall immediately.

1. Compiz Fusion + Emerald Theme Manager +
   Fusion Icon + Avant Window Navigator
   I’m not sure how much useful these eye candy things are.. but I guess they are great for showing off my Fedora desktop
   Additionally, they may be useful for conducting presentation (look for PDF cube thing in Add/Remove Software).
2. VLC (RPM Fusion Repositories needed)
   I think this is the only all-in-one media player that supports frequently used codecs without hassles.
3. Audacious & most of its plugins (RPM Fusion Repositories needed)
   The reasons why I choose Audacious are that it has extra stereo plugin and repeat one option (by setting no playlist advance + repeat)
4. Lyx
5. Some Gnome Applets
   I can’t remember so many, but I try to list it here. Timer applet, hardware sensors, music applet, open in terminal… hmm… Those are the things I can remember. ^^;

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Stuff Added in Firefox

Add-Ons

I’ve ever installed a lot of add-ons, but the ones that I remember immediately are as follows.

• DownThemAll
• DownloadHelper
• FireGestures
• WOT

Bookmarks

I moved all the default bookmarks from bookmarks toolbar to bookmarks menu. After that I put Bookmark on Delicious, Share on Facebook, and Press This (WordPress) onto the bookmarks toolbar.

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Phew! That’s all for today. I’m going back to Facebook to play Scrabble. Cya!