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Gnome Shell 3.2 and Multiple Monitors

Robert Hollencamp — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 21:33:52 +0000

Gnome Shell has great support for multiple monitors; here are some of the configurable tweaks you can make to multiple monitor setups

No Timezone Redirection for Non-Windows RDP Clients?

AdamD. — Tue, 06 Sep 2011 16:40:21 +0000

As I previously mentioned, we're rolling out some Fedora-based thinclient-like devices in our warehouse that boot up, connect to wireless, and then immediately start a full-screen FreeRDP session to our 2003 R2 terminal server, which is situated on the GMT timezone, with the "Allow timezone redirection" Group Policy option set. We run an (Windows-based) application on there that is central to the manufacturing process, that also relies on access to correct timestamp information, which is must pull for multiple timezones based on the host client that is connecting. That's where the issue is.

Realtek RTL8191SEvA Wireless in Fedora 15: Now Out-Of-Box!

AdamD. — Fri, 05 Aug 2011 19:00:28 +0000

As an update to an earlier post, there's now mainline kernel support in Fedora 15 as of 2.6.40 for the Realtek RTL8191SEvA wireless chipset. This is a huge win for a lot of people, as a lot of small nettop/netbox/netbook devices make use of this wireless chipset and it's variants. As mentioned, the 2.6.40 kernel in Fedora 15 contains a lot of features from 3.0, which is currently available in Rawhide, but there's no need to grab that just for this wireless.

Gnome Volume Change Preview

Robert Hollencamp — Sat, 30 Jul 2011 04:39:17 +0000

Gnome on Ubuntu Natty 11.04 does not play preview sound when you change the volume; learn how to enable this option

nVidia GeForce GTX560 under Linux

AdamD. — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 05:06:06 +0000

The occasional in-Windows gamer, I like to enjoy the full resolution on my monitor as well as the crisp graphics that come with such a high-class card. However, Nouveau does not support this card as of yet. So, that means no hardware acceleration under Fedora 15 for me. So, killing a small piece of me, I installed the proprietary driver from RPMFusion's repos. Here's the difference in framerates.

Realtek RTL8191SEvA Wireless in Fedora

AdamD. — Mon, 20 Jun 2011 16:48:27 +0000

We're rolling out a bunch of Fedora-based thinclient-like devices at work that contain a RTL8191SEvA chipset. Unfortunately, this isn't built into the kernel as of 2.6.38.8-32.fc15 (I think there are licensing issues at play), so it has to be compiled and inserted by hand.

Default File Association in Gnome 3.0

AdamD. — Mon, 30 May 2011 08:13:14 +0000

This apparently holds true back to at least GNOME 2.12 or before, but more importantly it still holds true for GNOME 3.0. As a former primarily-Windows user, I always kind of expected to be able to change default file association …

Fedora 14 DNS Name Registration to Windows DHCP

AdamD. — Fri, 01 Apr 2011 04:36:25 +0000

This is a problem that plagued me for quite while, and it required two fixes in my setup (which runs Server 2003; not sure how this affects 2008/R2). One of the fixes now lets the Windows Server 2003 DHCP service update DNS dynamically for any client that connects. The other fix is a problem with Fedora 14's NetworkManager. More of a workaround, though.

The $1500 SAN: Part 1

AdamD. — Wed, 30 Mar 2011 17:34:43 +0000

Inspired by the folks over at Backblaze, who describe in this post how they build (pretty much from scratch, and with a breakdown of components and basic wiring diagram) their own Debian-based SAN devices to power their backup business, I've decided to try and build my own Linux-based iSCSI SAN device.

RHEV for Servers 2.2 Administration Guide Notes

AdamD. — Wed, 16 Mar 2011 03:25:30 +0000

At my place of business we're gearing up to deploy Redhat Enterprise Virtualization for Servers 2.2, and, as such, I had to read the Administration Guide. 200+ pages of technical information. Not the most entertaining read, but highly informative. If you also need to read it and have been putting it off, or just want to see what it's all about, I've embedded my key-points notes (AdamD's Notez™) so you can get a general idea of what it's all about.