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  • Fedora, Linux, IR Remotes, LiRC and MythTV

    This post is mostly focused around getting a Microsoft MCE, Media Centre Edition, infra-red remote working with a MythTV frontend. However I will be covering as much as I can about about generic issues. My setup has Fedora 16 running with a hard drive install of Fedora LiveCD and I did this work in May… read more…

    Fedora, Linux, IR Remotes, LiRC and MythTV
  • Gnome Schedule – a GUI to CRON or AT

    If you want a recurring job or task to run on a Unix/Linux box the standard has been CRON. To add extra jobs or tasks can be done from a command line but I tend to be a lazy fellow so I look for a GUI front end that makes my life easier. At the… read more…

    Gnome Schedule – a GUI to CRON or AT
  • Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 18

    This post is about the upgrade process I followed to upgrade a VM from Fedora 14 to Fedora 18. I had struggled with this in the past but managed to get it working now. It probably helped that some time had passed and I did more research. As it transpired the upgrade from F14 to… read more…

    Upgrading from Fedora 14 to 18
  • Renaming a Fedora host

    This article explains, to the best of my knowledge, what to do when renaming a Fedora server. My notes relate most recently to Fedora 14 and 16. Basically open up and edit the following files: /etc/sysconfig/network /etc/hosts /etc/samba/samba.conf /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-Auto_eth* It should be that all you change are any references to the name of the host.… read more…

    Renaming a Fedora host