Fixing Fedora
Wednesday 5 December 2012
Insert symbol into GIMP text
Select the Text Tool in the Toolbox and click on the canvas to open the GIMP Text Editor.
Press "Ctrl," "Shift" and "U" together on the keyboard.
Type the Unicode number of the character you wish to insert, then press "Enter."
Unicode characters can be found here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Unicode_characters
Saturday 24 November 2012
Remove old kernels
Query kernels:
$ rpm -q kernel
This will remove all but two kernels:
$ package-cleanup --oldkernels --count=2
$ rpm -q kernel
This will remove all but two kernels:
$ package-cleanup --oldkernels --count=2
Tuesday 20 November 2012
Make MATLAB fonts work properly in figures
yum install fonts xorg-x11-font*
Useful tools to install
yum install git gitk
yum install vim
yum install dia
yum install gnome-shell-extensions
yum install gnome-applets
yum install gimp
yum install nautilus-open-terminal nautilus-extensions
yum install kile kbibtex
yum install vim
yum install dia
yum install gnome-shell-extensions
yum install gnome-applets
yum install gimp
yum install nautilus-open-terminal nautilus-extensions
yum install kile kbibtex
Make Nautilus always show the address bar
gnome-tweak-tool
Click 'Files'
Switch on 'Always use the location entry, instead of the pathbar'
Click 'Files'
Switch on 'Always use the location entry, instead of the pathbar'
Activate MATLAB
When installing MATLAB, fedora's ethernet device names are not recognised.
Do this before installing MATLAB:
yum remove biosdevname
Do this before installing MATLAB:
yum remove biosdevname
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