If you’re new to Fedora you’ll notice there are a few special cases with Fedora. #1, they do not ship any packages that are not within compliance with GPL and that means Sun Java.
In this tutorial I’ll show how you can install Sun Java (which can replace an openjdk installation).
Q: Why Would You Want Sun Java?
A: Well in my case there are some [ continue reading... ]

Recently the openSUSE team announced that LXDE (Lightweight Desktop Environment) would be included as an option in the installer on openSUSE 11.3.
In the openSUSE 11.3 Milestone 1 Release, they tout LXDE as
You can find more about LXDE in general at http://lxde.org.
Being as impatient as I am, I decided to give LXDE a shot prior to waiting for openSUSE 11.3. The LXDE team makes [ continue reading... ]

Goolge Chrome is a kick ass browser that is taking the browsing industry by storm. Its stunning speed has been winning users over since it’s initial launch.
Linux enthusiasts have also been adapting to the ever updated Google Chrome, which recently was put into official “Beta” natively for Linux. I’ve previously wrote how to install the rpm on openSUSE and Fedora but now it’s time [ continue reading... ]

The KDE Team release KDE 4.3.5 which is available for openSUSE in its ever functional and friendly build service.
This guide will help you install KDE 4.3.5 on openSUSE 11.2.
The first thing you must do is add the correct Stable KDE Repository:
Note: -f is optional and is setting it to autorefresh
Upgrade to the packages on the new repository:
This will upgrade all [ continue reading... ]

Recently the Wine HQ team announced that Wine Development Branch 1.1.37 has been released. You can read more about the release here
This tutorial will show you how to install the said version of Wine on openSUSE Linux, 11.0 – 11.2).
Add the Wine Emulator Repository and set to Auto Refresh:
Upgrade to packages in the new repository:
If you haven’t yet installed Wine, you can [ continue reading... ]

Today was the announcement of the release of KDE 4.4 RC2 which provides you, the user, with the ability to try out this great release candidate on some of your favorite distributions.
Today, we’ll show you how to setup the repositories to upgrade to KDE 4.4 RC2 on openSUSE and Kubuntu.
For openSUSE 11.2
First add the required repository (KDE:KDE4:Factory:Desktop a.k.a KKFD)
You can set this repository [ continue reading... ]

Today the Mozilla Developers released Firefox 3.6, which has been promptly added to the openSUSE Mozilla Stable Repository.
You can read more about the release in a previous blog post.
To install this new version Firefox on openSUSE 11.2, we’ll have to add the Mozilla repository, then upgrade. Here’s a guide on how to do just that:.
Add the Mozilla Repository which includes the new [ continue reading... ]

Now that you’ve installed Arch Linux following some of my previous blog enteries, it’s time to install 3 of the major components when it comes to browsing the internet.
#1 Firefox (there are other browsers, but this is the most commonly used browser in the Linux realm).
To install do
#2 Our favortie thing of all.. Java (/sarcasm)
To install lets do:
#3 the thing that crashes [ continue reading... ]