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How to use google.com as the default search engine instead of local search engine? If you prefer your search engine to return results from google.com instead of google.co.uk or google.com.xx, you can do so temporary by going to the specific site such as www.google.com and vice versa. By default Google uses your IP address to find your location and the search engine will return results that is more suitable for your locality. To permanently set the default of the search engine to return search result from google.com in your Chrome browser, follow the steps: Select the wrench icon >> "Settings" , under "Search" click on "Manage search engine" you should notice that the default search engine is set to google.co.uk or google.com.xx and you can't amend the URL. However, you can copy the default URL as follows: {google:baseURL}search?{google:RLZ}{google:acceptedSuggestion}{google:originalQueryForSuggestion}{google:searchFieldtr...

This is a simplified guide for choosing a wireless n router. I've simplified some of the terms and concept for those who are not into networking and just want to buy a decent router. What is 802.11 WiFi Standard? Before we discuss the types of router in the market, we will discuss what is 802.11 and what is the difference between b router, g router and n router. 802.11 is the wireless protocol standard specified by IEEE. The letters appended behind is standard describes it characteristics of the router a 802.11 a router uses a 5GHz radio that supports a data transfer rate of 54Mbps a 802.11 b router uses 2.4GHz radio and supports a data transfer rate of 11Mbps a 802.11 g router uses 2.4GHz radio and supports a data transfer rate of 54Mbps a 802.11 n router supports 2.4GHz radio and/or 5GHz radio and supports a data transfer rate of 75Mbps and up to 600Mbps (600Mbps is in theory, most router supports up to 450Mbps) Types of Router in the Market There are fe...

This installation and configuration procedure has been tested for Fedora 15, Fedora 16 and Fedora 17 Installing Beesu Open a terminal and install the following packages: sudo yum install beesu sudo yum install nautilus-beesu-manager Configuring Beesu After you have installed the packages above, use the following command to run Beesu Manager [Note: Please ensure that you closed all nautilus file explorer before running the command] nautilus-beesu-manager The Beesu configuration screen will appear as below:   You choose the options that you will use most often. The recommended settings are: Edit with gEdit Execute/Execute Application Files and Folders/Delete Selected Files Files and Folders/New File Here Files and Folders/New Folder Here Open Terminal Here Using Beesu To use Beesu, open Nautilus ( Applications >> Accessories >> Files ) and navigate to the file or folder you want to manage. Right-Click the mouse, select "Scripts ...

Update (16 Jan 2013): Hi! Fedora 18 is here, for installing VirtualBox on Fedora 18 check out this post  Install VirtualBox on Fedora 18 . You might also want to check the following: Fedora 18 Installation Guide Fedora 18 Post Installation Software Configuration Guide Install Oracle VirtualBox on Fedora 16 / Fedora 17 This installation procedure has been tested for Fedora 15, Fedora 16 and Fedora 17. If you had follow my post before and confident with my script, you can scroll down to the bottom of the post and download the script. The script will automatically download, configure and install VirtualBox. Manual Procedure First, you need to download the repository file from: http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo Then you need to move the file "virtualbox.repo" to the folder /etc/yum.repos.d/. In the terminal, navigate to the location where you kept the file and use the command: sudo mv virtualbox.repo /etc/yum...

Update (16 Jan 2013): Hi! Fedora 18 is here, for installing Dropbox on Fedora 18 check out this post  Install Dropbox on Fedora 18 . You might also want to check the following: Fedora 18 Installation Guide Fedora 18 Post Installation Software Configuration Guide Install Dropbox on Fedora 16 / Fedora 17 This installation guide has been tested for Fedora 16 and Fedora 17. To install Dropbox in Fedora 17, we need to configure a Dropbox repository and perform a yum install from the system terminal. Configure Dropbox Repository Create a file called dropbox.repo with the following: [Dropbox] name=Dropbox Repository baseurl=http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/$releasever/ gpgkey=http://linux.dropbox.com/fedora/rpm-public-key.asc You can also download a copy from here . Place the file under /etc/yum.repos.d. Installing Dropbox Run yum install using the command: sudo yum install nautilus-dropbox Note: If you encounter any error while downloading nautilus-d...

Update (3 July 2013) The instructions to install Adobe AIR has been tested on Fedora 16, Fedora 17, Fedora 18 and Fedora 19. However, the testing of AIR applications under Fedora 19 is less than satisfactory. Please see section under Install AIR Applications . This will be the last update on running AIR on Fedora. Special Note Please be aware that Adobe no longer supports Adobe Air for Linux. You can get further explanation from Adobe from this post . Adobe will not provide any updates including security updates for Adobe Air.   You could still install the latest version of Adobe Air for Linux (which is version 2.6) from the archive provided that the air applications you are running still supports Adobe Air version 2.6. Caution (Important !) For security concerns I do not recommend installing Adobe AIR version 2.6 unless you really need to run the AIR apps in Linux. For TweetDeck users, you can install the Chrome version of TweetDeck instead of desktop version....

Update (16 Jan 2013): Hi! Fedora 18 is here, for installing Adobe Flash Player on Fedora 18 check out this post  Install Adobe Flash Player on Fedora 18 . You might also want to check the following: Fedora 18 Installation Guide Fedora 18 Post Installation Software Configuration Guide Install Adobe Flash Player on Fedora 16 / Fedora 17 You need to install Adobe Flash Player to play embedded video from YouTube and various websites. This installation guide allows user to install Adobe Flash Player on Fedora 15, Fedora 16 or Fedora 17.  Configuring YUM Repository File First you need to download the rpm file from https://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/   Select  "Yum for Linux" as shown below. You will be downloading a file "adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm" into your download folder. Navigate to your download folder and issue the following command: sudo rpm -ivh adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm Then issue this command ...

Update (16 Jan 2013): Fedora 18 is here, for installing Chrome in Fedora 18 check out this post Install Google Chrome on Fedora 18 . You might also want to check the following: Fedora 18 Installation Guide Fedora 18 Post Installation Software Configuration Guide Install Google Chrome on Fedora 17 The recommended way to install Google Chrome is to navigate to the Google Chrome site at https://www.google.com/chrome , the site will automatically detect your operating system and display the appropriate download for you. The installation screenshot is listed below. Installing Google Chrome (Recommended Method) First visit the site https://www.google.com/chrome . The site will detect you operating system and display the appropriate download page as below. Click "Download Google Chrome" Select 32-bit or 64-bit rpm file (For Fedora/openSUSE). Click "Agree and Install" . If you are using Firefox browser, it will displ...

This is the installation guide for Fedora 17 Desktop Editions. I've tested this version of Fedora using a Core 2 Duo Intel based computer with 4GB in RAM. This computer also has a basic NVIDIA graphics card with at least 128MB of RAM. Getting Fedora 17 You can download the latest version of Fedora from the home page https://fedoraproject.org/ or you can get Fedora at https://fedoraproject.org/get-fedora . Click " Download Now " and you will download a disc image in ISO format named "Fedora-17-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso" . Alternatively, if you would like to download other spins or the full DVD, there are more download option at https://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-options . Burn this image to a blank CD or DVD. Please search the web for instrutcions on how to burn a disc image to a CD/DVD. Hardware Requirement  The official hardware recommendations are: 400MHz Pentium Pro or better. Recommended RAM of 1152MB. Getting Help You can u...