My, how time flies. I didn't realize this would be my first post for 2013. Maybe life presents itself outside Linux and blogging more days now than before.
Installation notes on Fedora 18:
1. Using a Samsung netbook (without the benefit of a built-in or portable DVD reader), I download the live 32 bit of this distro and also the Windows USB creator.
Links:
Gnome 32 bit Fedora 18
liveusb creator
2. Burned the ISO on USB, using the liveUSB creator tool of Fedora, and booted the netbook with the USB.
3. After the installation, which proceeded with incident, I installed my fave apps from the software utility of Fedora (e.g. Gimp, Phatch)
4. Also using the Software app of Fedora (you would think they would come up with a more imaginative name like Fedora Download Center, or something)
5. The core of this post, though, is making my audio (music) files in my iPod to play using Fedora's Rhythmbox app. It kept asking for MP3 codecs that were unfortunately not part of the default installation.
5.1 It seemed simple enough, after mistakenly trying to install an older (i.e. Fedora 16 package) of RPM Fusion. Luckily going to their site, I saw that the packages for the Fedora 18 distro was available. Clicked on the free and non-free packages, each download not saved as files, but executed (in Firefox) with Open with -> Software Install (default) option.
5.2 Then after that, open a terminal, type "su -" for root access, then enter the root password.
5.3 Then type "yum install vlc".
5.4 Still when I play music directly using Rhythmbox, it complains needing MP3 codecs. So I click on the Search button, and let Fedora do its thing downloading and installing the necessary packages.
Now enjoying the music! ;-)
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