Tag Archives: Fedora

Command of the Day

One of my Fedora feeds had an announcement of the Rawhide version of a nifty little utility called rpl. Here’s its help screen:
Usage: rpl [options] old_string new_string target_file(s)
Options:
–version show program’s version number and exit
-h, –help show this [...]

New Fedora Project Member

I’ve done something about getting involved in the Fedora Project. Step one was to create an account, and sign the legalese otherwise known as the Contributor License Agreement(CLA).
I’ve also registered a nick with IRC, generated all the ssh and gpg keys necessary, and uploaded them to my Fedora account.
Now, there’s tons of reading to do, [...]

And the Badge is Updated

The Fedora 9 Sulfur badge in the right sidebar has lost its “days until” verbiage, meaning that it’s released. I found a decently fast mirror, and am downloading the install DVD iso as I type this.
I also made another decision; some way, somehow, I want to be involved with the Fedora Project. [...]

The Wireless Broadband lives, too

And my Sprint wireless broadband card is functioning OK under Fedora 8, too.  Providing this post shows up, that is.
-k-tbbs tags: Geek, Fedora

From the Laptop

OK,  upgrade done, wi-fi drivers recompiled and reinstalled, and alls good in Geeksville.
-k-’tbbs tags: Geek, Fedora

Busman’s Holiday

Enough turkey, Shiners and football for a bit. I’m flipping back and forth from QVC to the Washington Redskins game, whilst upgrading the Toshiba laptop to Fedora 8.
I normally do fresh installs; this time I’m doing an upgrade. This all in spite my carefully making backups of valuable files, in preparations for a [...]