Jason Farrell

drafts — by zcat — last modified Feb 03, 2008 02:50 AM

 

A new /home — by zcat — last modified Feb 03, 2008 02:41 AM

 

Yum & RPM FAQ — by zcat — last modified Oct 10, 2009 02:26 PM

Solutions to some of the most commonly asked yum and rpm questions.

How to shrink a default install LVM PV to create another partition — by zcat — last modified Jul 02, 2008 02:53 PM

A default installation of Fedora will use all available free space to create two new partitions: a small /boot, and all the remaining space for a single LVM physical volume (PV). This sometimes poses problems for those who later wish to make room for more regular partitions, to install Another Operating System into, for example. The short solution: reinstall Fedora with custom sizes to leave free space; the long solution: this howto.

Using akmods — by zcat — last modified Jun 24, 2010 05:25 PM

How & why to use rpmfusion's "automagical" source akmods instead of regular binary kmods (kernel modules).

fpaste.py — by zcat — last modified Aug 06, 2009 09:42 AM

Uploads file(s) or stdin to the fpaste.org pastebin.

Using Sun Java instead of OpenJDK — by zcat — last modified Sep 07, 2011 02:15 PM

How to download, install, and switch to Sun's Java. Covers the JRE (browser plugin, java runtime, utils), and the JDK (JRE + dev tools); 32-bit and 64-bit.