RedHat Openstack

Redhat or what i call the giant has reached the clouds , redhat started it cloud virtual seloutions and call the project openstack also there is a certificate for the open stack now in the market it need the RHCSA ( RedHat certified system admin.) and i think i will go hitting the openstack certificate i will go over the RHCSA topics in brief and i will be posting few words about each topic as i had already finished the RHCSA once before but few changes has been made so reviewing it wont harm, i will add in another post all the brief contents of the RHCSA and then start hit the topics one by one.

Fedora post installation tasks....

Fedora might be one of the best linux distros out there ( if not the best in my mind ) , but still like any operating system in the world after you are done with the installation it need a bit utilization to fits your usage,
i will try to post the most common things to be done after the installation is done however the limits of that is yours and depends on your usage u can also script the commands do whatever you want so enough with the talk and here we go with the commands:


First : adding fusion repo. for  yum 

#yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm

note: some people at the su -c put i think it is easier to just go into root do what you have to do then exit
so i will consider that you issued the su command and you have you root.



Second : installing multimedia support

For you guys who never tried fedora before yes fedora doesn't come with mp3 support due to some legal stuff in some country but u can easily add it just by adding this commands

#yum install gstreamer-plugins-good gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer-plugins-ugly

and this for DVD support

#yum install libdvdread libdvdnav lsdvd


Third : installing media players :

note: there is a wide varieties and i mean it when i say wide of media players that comes in all shapes and size                 so it  is up to you to pick i will put the players i use the one i see most reliable.
#yum install amarok phonon-backend-gstreamer audacious audacious-plugins vlc mplayer smplayer



Fourth : installing google-chrome:

#yum -y localinstall https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm


Fifth : installing gnome-shell extensions, tweaktool and themes :

i will put it all in one command but don't worry it works and it also install all the themes available on the fusion repos so you will have pretty cool looks themes after this command but u have to log-out and in
again to work so here we go

#yum install gnome-shell-extension-drive-menu.noarch gnome-shell-extension-weather.noarch gnome-shell-extension-cpu-temperature.noarch gnome-shell-extension-common.noarch gnome-shell-extension-theme-selector.noarch gnome-shell-theme* gnome-tweak-tool.noarch  gscribble.noarch gnome-shell-extension-alternative-status-menu.noarch

note : there is more extensions and themes u can issue "yum search gnome-shell" for extensions
and hit www.gnome-looks.org for the themes and icons packs but i just added the most common
extensions

also u can install all the extensions with the following command:

#yum install gnome-shell-extension*



sixth : installing flash-plugin

installing the flash plugin was a real pain in the a** but no longer thanks for the open source programmers
so u can use Gnash which is open source replacement for flash player but some website just don't go that well with the open source and free idea so you have to use the adobe flash player
 
     -for Gnash:

#yum install gnash

     -for flash player:

Adobe Repository 32-bit x86  #rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm #rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux

 Adobe Repository 64-bit x86_64 

#rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
#rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux

#yum check-update

#yum install flash-plugin nspluginwrapper alsa-plugins-pulseaudio libcurl

seventh : installing libreoffice :

#yum install libreoffice

#yum install libreoffice

yep that's pretty much everything thanks for reading using whatever you came here to do later in 

another post.

Init Vs. Upstart

my very first post will be about the revolutionary change that Redhat decided to do, changing the boot process from the init method that work in all Linux destros to a new method named "upstart". yet not all the boot scripts and services are transferred to upstart but many of the service move even the init start script are now like a child process that start by the upstart. Redhat declared that the upstart method will decrease the boot time and will make the system more smoother during the start up. i will give it a close look and post a brief about both and the cons of the new "upstart" but i don't think there will be any after all Redhat guys knows what the market really needs.