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By default, Rar is not available in Fedora 10. If all you need to do is extract files from a Rar archive, unrar from RPM Fusion’s YUM repositories will work. If you need to create Rar archives, then you will have to download and install the complete Rar package from DAG. The instructions below show [...]

FreeMind is a free mind mapping application written in Java which runs on Microsoft Windows, Mac OS and Linux operating systems. I successfully installed in my Fedora 12 desktop. The following is the detailed steps. 1. Install Java Runtime Environment (JRE): FreeMind requires pure Sun’s Java Runtime Environment. Please refer this link to install Sun’s [...]

Fedora came with OpenJDK Java Runtime Environment, which is a part of Fedora Project. However, many applications still require Sun’s Java. When I tried to install FreeMind, a mind mapping software in Java, it required Sun’s JRE. I installed the Sun’s JRE as following steps successfully. My environment is Intel Dual Core 32-bit CPU, 4GB [...]

After your installation of a 64-bit Fedora 12, you will find that you cannot web pages which have flash movies embedded.

My Fedora 12 could not play any .wav and .wmv files and shown above error messages.