Fedora 12 Installation and Post Installation Guide |
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13. IRC Clients* KonversationA Qt based IRC client for KDE userssu -c 'yum install konversation' * xchatA gtk+ based IRC client for GNOME userssu -c 'yum install xchat' You will find it under Applications -> Internet -> IRC 14. MSN Messenger ClientsUse an Instant Messenger to communicate with your friends. Ok, you all know what Instant Messengers are. Aparth from those above you can also read my 6 Best Linux Instant Messengers tutorial.* EmpathyEmpathy is the default IM of Fedora 12. It supports many different networks such as Jabber, Salut, Google Talk, AIM, Gadu Gadu, GroupWise, ICQ, MSN, QQ and Yahoo. It's in Applications -> Internet -> Empathy Instant Messenger. If it's not there install it by typing:su -c 'yum install empathy empathy-libs' * PidginPidgin was the default IM client of Fedora 11. If you don't have it intalled just type:su -c 'yum install pidgin' * KopeteKopete is KDE's IM client. If you are a Gnome user it will download a lot of KDE packages and other utilities so be prepared. Install it by typing:su -c 'yum install kdenetwork' * aMSNAnother pretty good IM is amsn. It has plugin support also.su -c 'yum install amsn amsn-plugins' You will find it under Applications -> Internet -> aMSN * EmeseneYou could also try Emesene.su -c 'yum install emesene' 15. Author, Burn and BackUp CD/DVDs* Sound-JuicerSound Juicer is a CD ripping tool. It supports flac, oga, mp3, wav and spx output formats. It is installed by default and you can find it under Applications -> Sound & Video -> Audio CD Extractor. If it's not there install it with:su -c 'yum install sound-juicer' * BraseroBrasero is the default Fedora 12 CD/DVD disc authoring tool for the Gnome desktop.su -c 'yum install brasero' * GnomeBakerA CD/DVD burning utility for GNOME.su -c 'yum install gnomebaker' It's under Applications -> Sound & Video -> CD/DVD Writer GnomeBaker. * k3bProbably the best Linux CD/DVD burning program. It comes along with a lot of KDE dependencies if you are using GNOME.su -c 'yum install k3b' To enable all encoding features and programs for k3b type: su -c 'yum install k3b-extras-freeworld vcdimager normalize transcode lame lame-libs' * k9copyK9copy is the linux version of DVDshrink.su -c 'yum install k9copy' su -c 'yum install libdvdread libdvdnav lsdvd' * DeVeDeDeVeDe is a very good dvd authoring tool. It allows you to convert any type of video format to DVD so that you can watch it in any player you like.su -c 'yum install devede' For those who would like more info I have written a guide on How to create a custom DVD using DeVeDe . * dvd::ripDVD::rip is an utility for ripping your DVDs in Linuxsu -c 'yum install dvdrip' For those who would like more info I have written a guide on How to rip a DVD to DivX/XviD/H264 using DVD::Rip. |
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