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Getting Skype running on Fedora 16

Download and install the latest skype rpm ( I installed Skype (Beta) Version 2.2.0.35) Try it and you get missing libs... libQtDbus and libQtgui and all sorts of missing libs So run ldd /usr/bin/skype to track down what's missing then go and install the packages # I'm...

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Fedora 16 and the winner is… Useability

I installed the Fedora 16 beta a few weeks back and was mostly pleasantly suprised at Beta things just worked. I've heard a few neg reviews regarding brain dead install failures namely install failing if you have a separate /var partition. But apart from that. Fedora...

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Symantec Backup Exec VMDK Corrupt

See if you can follow my train of thought here: I'm trying to use Backup Exec to copy a vmdk file to tape. The VMDK file was copied off an ESXI server to a Linux Server running Samba. I used ftpput from ESXI to get it to the Linux Box and then a Samba share on the...

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Bluefish Function Reference

If you are wondering where the Bluefish Function Reference is hiding. You need to enable the Info Browser plugin. Goto Edit ==> Preferences ==> Plugins, check the Info Browser checkbox, click OK and then restart Bluefish

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Who’s down with systemd?

Fedora 16 take a bow... Gnome 3 makes me feel like I own an Apple. I feel really smart and stylish using it. Even better is the bump from the 2.* series kernels up to 3. However progress means change and for years I've been comfortable with chkconfig --list to display...

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