Firefox 2.0 on Fedora Core 6

Note: As of today (November 30th 2006), for whatever reason Mozilla is not releasing a version of Firefox 2.0 that is compatible with FC6. That said, they are allowing an untested beta version to be installed. Here's how to get it...

1> Log in as root:

$ su root

2> Download and install it:

$ yum --enablerepo=development install firefox

3> Enjoy. I've been using it and it seems to work fine. Not sure about security issues but it does seem stable enough.

16 Hidden Windows XP Goodies

1. Installer music
Start > Run > "C:\Windows\system32\oobe\images\title.wma" > Ok

2. Hibernate
Start > Turn Off Computer... > press Shift key to change the "Stand By" button to "Hibernate"

3. Hidden Devices
Control Panel > System > Hardware > Device Manager > select "View" and Show hidden devices

4. Character Map
Start > Run > "charmap.exe" > Ok

5. Clipboard Viewer
Start > Run > "clipbrd.exe" > Ok

6. Dr Watson
Start > Run > "drwtsn32.exe" > Ok

7. IExpress Wizard
Start > Run > "iexpress.exe" > Ok

8. Old Windows Media Player 5.1
Start > Run > "mplay32.exe" > Ok

9. ODBC Data Source Administrator
Start > Run > "odbcad32.exe" > Ok

10. Object Packager
Start > Run > "packager.exe" > Ok

11. System Monitor
Start > Run > "perfmon.exe" > Ok

12. Network shared folder wizard
Start > Run > "shrpubw.exe" > Ok

13. File siganture verification tool
Start > Run > "sigverif.exe" > Ok

14. System Configuration Editor
Start > Run > "sysedit.exe" > Ok

15. Driver Verifier Manager
Start > Run > "verifier.exe" > Ok

16. Windows for Workgroups Chat
Start > Run > "winchat.exe" > Ok

Things are starting to look good

So today I got my midterm grade back. I only got a C but that's fine with me because I thought I did much worse. The class is UNIX Shell Programming. Anyway, at the time I think I just studied way too much and burnt out my brain cells. But over the Thanksgiving holiday, I was able to have a more relaxed approach to my studies and figured out a lot of things I wasn't really getting before. Anyway, hopefully I can get a B in the class as long as I do well on the final. Well,.. time to go get some sleep now because starting tomorrow I will begin my final 2 week stretch to finish this class and I must master this stuff before the final exam.

Hidden Program In Windows XP

Hidden Program In Windows XP
Go to Start>Run. Type in eudcedit - this will open up a font editor - allowing you to design your own custom fonts and characters to be used in things like MS Word.

Common 'nix vi commands

These are some commonly used commands that can be used from within the vi editor in any UNIX or Linux based operating environment. Sorry for the jpg, but if people want to use these commands, I'd rather see them type the commands in then just copy/paste from here. :)