Tag Archives: Linux

VirtualBox (installation on Fedora 14)

Posted on March 31, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

I was trying to install VirtualBox using the yumex Fedora tool (or yum) but I was getting dependencies errors. Moreover, it was as if it was not installed, whereas the executable was available. This may have been a previous version … Continue reading →

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Mount Android folder under linux (fedora)

Posted on March 28, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

If you have an Android and you want to access its folder from Linux, or you simply want to copy some data from your computer to your android, then you will need to find a mechanism to connect them. Under … Continue reading →

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Install Apache and test PHP

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

Under fedora, install apache sudo yum install php Then, you should edit httpd.conf in /etc/httpd/conf and add AddType application/x-httpd-php3 .php3 or equivalent Then, under Fedora, go to system/service and start the httpd service. Alternatively type sudo service httpd start Finally, … Continue reading →

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Firefox and Linux box slow

Posted on March 11, 2011 by Thomas Cokelaer

Under different version of Linux Fedora box, I’ve noticed that Firefox is far slower than under Windows box. After some googling, a suggested solution is to disable the IPv6 option Under firefox: type “about:config” in a new tab as a … Continue reading →

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