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CentOS 4 in 1 minute

Change default language for the console:

1. Edit /home/USERNAME/.bash_profile
2. Add the line export LANG=de (example given for German)

Change keyboard for the console:

Edit KEYTABLE in /etc/sysconfig/keyboard

Apply software updates

To manually check and install updates, run yum update
To automatically download updates nightly, run chkconfig yum on && /etc/init.d/yum start

Install new software

yum list # lists all available software
yum list "*WORD*" # lists all available software containing WORD
yum install PACKAGE # installs PACKAGE, from the list

Where is the GUI?

It's not installed. This is a server installation. If you still want a gui, run:
yum groupinstall "GNOME Desktop Environment" "X Window System"
gdm

Documentation/Guide

Release announcement (CentOS 4.6)

Release Notes (CentOS 4.6)

All documentation

Install VMware Tools

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CentOS 5 in 1 minute

Change default language in Gnome:

Choose language on login screen.

Change default keyboard in Gnome:

System> Control Center> Hardware> Keyboard> Layouts

Change default language for the console:

1. Edit /home/USERNAME/.bash_profile
2. Add the line export LANG=de (example given for German)

Change keyboard for the console:

Edit KEYTABLE in /etc/sysconfig/keyboard

Apply software updates

Edit /etc/yum/yum-updatesd.conf to have yum-updatesd download or install the updates automatically. It can also e-mail you when an update is available.
To manually check and install updates, run yum update

Install new software

yum list # lists all available software
yum list "*WORD*" # lists all available software containing WORD
yum install PACKAGE # installs PACKAGE, from the list

Documentation/Guide

Release announcement (CentOS 5.2)

Release Notes (CentOS 5.2)

All documentation

Install VMware Tools

How to install VMware Tools in CentOS 5

Debian 3.1 (Sarge) in 1 minute

Change default language for the console:

1. Edit /home/USERNAME/.bash_profile
2. Add the line export LANG=de (example given for German)

Change keyboard for the console:

dpkg-reconfigure console-data

Apply software updates

apt-get update # refresh apt's cache
apt-get upgrade # run the upgrade

Install new software

apt-get update # refresh apt's cache
apt-cache search pkgnames # lists all available software containing
apt-cache search pkgnames | grep -i WORD # lists all software containing WORD
apt-get install PACKAGE # installs PACKAGE (found from list above)

Documentation/Guide

Release notes, Documentation

Install VMware Tools

How to install VMware Tools in Debian 3.1 (Sarge)

Debian 4.0 (Etch) in 1 minute

Change default language for the console:

1. Edit /home/USERNAME/.bash_profile
2. Add the line export LANG=de (example given for German)

Change keyboard for the console:

dpkg-reconfigure console-data

Apply software updates

aptitude update # refresh apt's cache
aptitude upgrade # run the upgrade

Install new software

aptitude update # refresh apt's cache
aptitude search pkgnames # lists all available software containing
aptitude search pkgnames | grep -i WORD # lists all software containing WORD
aptitude install PACKAGE # installs PACKAGE (found from list above)

Documentation/Guide

Release notes, Documentation

Install VMware Tools

How to install VMware Tools in Debian 4.0 (Etch)

Fedora Core 4 in 1 minute

Change default language in Gnome:

Choose language on login screen.

Change default keyboard in Gnome:

Desktop> Preferences> Keyboard> Layouts

Change default language for the console:

1. Edit /home/USERNAME/.bash_profile
2. Add the line export LANG=de (example given for German)

Change keyboard for the console:

Edit KEYTABLE in /etc/sysconfig/keyboard

Apply software updates

yum update

Install new software

yum list # lists all available software
yum list "*WORD*" # lists all available software containing WORD
yum install PACKAGE # installs PACKAGE, from the list

Documentation/Guide

Release notes

Fedora Core 5 in 1 minute

Change default language in Gnome:

Choose language on login screen.

Change default keyboard in Gnome:

Desktop> Preferences> Keyboard> Layouts

Change default language for the console:

1. Edit /home/USERNAME/.bash_profile
2. Add the line export LANG=de (example given for German)

Change keyboard for the console:

Edit KEYTABLE in /etc/sysconfig/keyboard

Apply software updates

yum update

Install new software

yum list # lists all available software
yum list "*WORD*" # lists all available software containing WORD
yum install PACKAGE # installs PACKAGE, from the list

Documentation/Guide

Release notes

Install VMware Tools

How to install VMware Tools in Fedora Core 5

Fedora Core 6 in 1 minute

Change default language in Gnome:

Choose language on login screen.

Change default keyboard in Gnome:

Desktop> Preferences> Keyboard> Layouts

Change default language for the console:

1. Edit /home/USERNAME/.bash_profile
2. Add the line export LANG=de (example given for German)

Change keyboard for the console:

Edit KEYTABLE in /etc/sysconfig/keyboard

Apply software updates

Updates are automatically discovered using yum-updatesd, but puplet must be running to find out about them.
To manually check and install updates, run yum update

Install new software

yum list # lists all available software
yum list "*WORD*" # lists all available software containing WORD
yum install PACKAGE # installs PACKAGE, from the list

Documentation/Guide

Release notes

Install VMware Tools

How to install VMware Tools in Fedora Core 6

Fedora 7 in 1 minute

Change default language in Gnome:

Choose language on login screen.

Change default keyboard in Gnome:

System> Control Center> Hardware> Keyboard> Layouts

Change default language for the console:

1. Edit /home/USERNAME/.bash_profile
2. Add the line export LANG=de (example given for German)

Change keyboard for the console:

Edit KEYTABLE in /etc/sysconfig/keyboard

Apply software updates

Updates are automatically discovered using yum-updatesd, but puplet must be running to find out about them.
To manually check and install updates, run yum update

Install new software

yum list # lists all available software
yum list "*WORD*" # lists all available software containing WORD
yum install PACKAGE # installs PACKAGE, from the list

Documentation/Guide

Release notes

Install VMware Tools

How to install VMware Tools in Fedora 7

Fedora 8 in 1 minute

Change default language in Gnome:

Choose language on login screen.

Change default keyboard in Gnome:

System> Control Center> Hardware> Keyboard> Layouts

Change default language for the console:

1. Edit /home/USERNAME/.bash_profile
2. Add the line export LANG=de (example given for German)

Change keyboard for the console:

Edit KEYTABLE in /etc/sysconfig/keyboard

Apply software updates

Updates are automatically discovered using yum-updatesd, but puplet must be running to find out about them.
To manually check and install updates, run yum update

Install new software

yum list # lists all available software
yum list "*WORD*" # lists all available software containing WORD
yum install PACKAGE # installs PACKAGE, from the list

Documentation/Guide

Release notes

Feature List

Install VMware Tools

Coming soon!

Fedora 9 in 1 minute

Change default language in Gnome:

Choose language on login screen.

Change default keyboard in Gnome:

System> Control Center> Hardware> Keyboard> Layouts

Change default language for the console:

1. Edit /home/USERNAME/.bash_profile
2. Add the line export LANG=de (example given for German)

Change keyboard for the console:

Edit KEYTABLE in /etc/sysconfig/keyboard

Apply software updates

Updates are automatically discovered using yum-updatesd, but puplet must be running to find out about them.
To manually check and install updates, run yum update

Install new software

yum list # lists all available software
yum list "*WORD*" # lists all available software containing WORD
yum install PACKAGE # installs PACKAGE, from the list

Documentation/Guide

Release notes

Feature List

Install VMware Tools

How to install VMware Tools in Fedora 9

Fedora 14 in 1 minute

Change default language in Gnome:

Choose language on login screen.

Change default keyboard in Gnome:

System> Control Center> Hardware> Keyboard> Layouts

Change default language for the console:

1. Edit /home/USERNAME/.bash_profile
2. Add the line export LANG=de (example given for German)

Change keyboard for the console:

Edit KEYTABLE in /etc/sysconfig/keyboard

Apply software updates

Updates are automatically discovered using yum-updatesd, a notification will appear in the try area when an update is available.
To manually check and install updates, run yum update

Install new software

yum list # lists all available software
yum list "*WORD*" # lists all available software containing WORD
yum install PACKAGE # installs PACKAGE, from the list

Documentation/Guide

Release notes

Feature List

Install VMware Tools

Soon! For now, see How to install VMware Tools in Fedora 9

FreeBSD 6.x in 1 minute

Change default language for the console:

1. Edit /home/USERNAME/.login.conf
2. Add the lines
   me:\
   :charset=ISO-8859-1:\
   :lang=de_DE.ISO8859-1: (example given for German)

Change keyboard for the console:

Run sysinstall, then Configure> Console

Networking

Run sysinstall, then Configure> Networking> Interfaces> lnc0. Let it DHCP probe for an address.

Apply software updates

For core software (i.e. not in FreeBSD ports), run freebsd-update fetch && freebsd-update install
For software installed from FreeBSD ports, look at the portupgrade tool (see pkg_info portupgrade)

Install new software

# whereis lsof # search for the package name
lsof: /usr/ports/sysutils/lsof
# cd /usr/ports
# make search name=lsof # show the package information
Port: lsof-4.56.4
Path: /usr/ports/sysutils/lsof
Info: Lists information about open files (similar to fstat(1))
Maint: obrien@FreeBSD.org
Index: sysutils
B-deps:
R-deps:
# pkg_add -r lsof # install the package
# pkg_info | grep lsof # show installed package information
# pkg_delete lsof-4.56.4 # delete a package

Documentation/Guide

FreeBSD Handbook

Release announcement: 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4

Release notes: 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4

Errata: 6.0 6.1 6.2 6.3 6.4

Wikipedia summary of FreeBSD 6.x

FreeBSD 7.0 in 1 minute

Change default language for the console:

1. Edit /home/USERNAME/.login.conf
2. Add the lines
   me:\
   :charset=ISO-8859-1:\
   :lang=de_DE.ISO8859-1: (example given for German)

Change keyboard for the console:

Run sysinstall, then Configure> Console

Networking

Run sysinstall, then Configure> Networking> Interfaces> lnc0. Let it DHCP probe for an address.

Apply software updates

For core software (i.e. not in FreeBSD ports), run freebsd-update fetch && freebsd-update install
For software installed from FreeBSD ports, look at the portupgrade tool (see pkg_info portupgrade)

Install new software

# whereis lsof # search for the package name
lsof: /usr/ports/sysutils/lsof
# cd /usr/ports
# make search name=lsof # show the package information
Port: lsof-4.56.4
Path: /usr/ports/sysutils/lsof
Info: Lists information about open files (similar to fstat(1))
Maint: obrien@FreeBSD.org
Index: sysutils
B-deps:
R-deps:
# pkg_add -r lsof # install the package
# pkg_info | grep lsof # show installed package information
# pkg_delete lsof-4.56.4 # delete a package

Documentation/Guide

FreeBSD Handbook

Release announcement

Release notes

Errata

Wikipedia summary of FreeBSD 7.x

What's New in FreeBSD 7.0

FreeBSD 7 VMware tweaks (faster networking, better time keeping)

Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake) in 1 minute

Note: Ubuntu uses sudo, rather than the root account. To use a command that would normally require switching to root, instead prefix it with sudo. See below.

Change default language for the console:

1. Edit /home/USERNAME/.bash_profile
2. Add the line export LANG=de (example given for German)

Change keyboard for the console:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-data

Apply software updates

sudo apt-get update # refresh apt's cache
sudo apt-get upgrade # run the upgrade

Install new software

sudo apt-get update # refresh apt's cache
apt-cache search pkgnames # lists all available software containing
apt-cache search pkgnames | grep -i WORD # lists all software containing WORD
sudo apt-get install PACKAGE # installs PACKAGE (found from list above)

Where is the GUI?

It's not installed. This is a server installation. If you still want a gui, run:
sudo aptitude install xorg gnome

Documentation/Guide

Dapper Drake wiki page

Install VMware Tools

How to install VMware Tools in Ubuntu 6.06 (Dapper Drake)

Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft) in 1 minute

Note: Ubuntu uses sudo, rather than the root account. To use a command that would normally require switching to root, instead prefix it with sudo. See below.

Change default language for the console:

1. Edit /home/USERNAME/.bash_profile
2. Add the line export LANG=de (example given for German)

Change keyboard for the console:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup

Apply software updates

sudo apt-get update # refresh apt's cache
sudo apt-get upgrade # run the upgrade

Install new software

sudo apt-get update # refresh apt's cache
apt-cache search pkgnames # lists all available software containing
apt-cache search pkgnames | grep -i WORD # lists all software containing WORD
sudo apt-get install PACKAGE # installs PACKAGE (found from list above)

Where is the GUI?

It's not installed. This is a server installation. If you still want a gui, run:
sudo aptitude install xorg gnome

Documentation/Guide

Edgy Eft wiki page

Install VMware Tools

How to install VMware Tools in Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy Eft)

Ubuntu 7.04 (Feisty Fawn) in 1 minute

Note: Ubuntu uses sudo, rather than the root account. To use a command that would normally require switching to root, instead prefix it with sudo. See below.

Change default language for the console:

1. Edit /home/USERNAME/.bash_profile
2. Add the line export LANG=de (example given for German)

Change keyboard for the console:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup

Apply software updates

sudo aptitude update # refresh apt's cache
sudo aptitude upgrade # run the upgrade

Install new software

sudo aptitude update # refresh apt's cache
aptitude search pkgnames # lists all available software containing
aptitude search pkgnames | grep -i WORD # lists all software containing WORD
sudo aptitude install PACKAGE # installs PACKAGE (found from list above)

Where is the GUI?

It's not installed. This is a server installation. If you still want a gui, run:
sudo aptitude install xorg gnome

Documentation/Guide

Feisty Fawn wiki page

Install VMware Tools

Soon!

Ubuntu 7.10 (Gutsy Gibbon) in 1 minute

Note: Ubuntu uses sudo, rather than the root account. To use a command that would normally require switching to root, instead prefix it with sudo. See below.

Change default language for the console:

1. Edit /home/USERNAME/.bash_profile
2. Add the line export LANG=de (example given for German)

Change keyboard for the console:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup

Apply software updates

sudo aptitude update # refresh apt's cache
sudo aptitude upgrade # run the upgrade

Install new software

sudo aptitude update # refresh apt's cache
aptitude search pkgnames # lists all available software containing
aptitude search pkgnames | grep -i WORD # lists all software containing WORD
sudo aptitude install PACKAGE # installs PACKAGE (found from list above)

Where is the GUI?

It's not installed. This is a server installation. If you still want a gui, run:
sudo aptitude install xorg gnome

Documentation/Guide

Gutsy Gibbon wiki page

The Gutsy Gibbon feature tour

Install VMware Tools

Soon!

Ubuntu 8.04 (Hardy Heron) in 1 minute

Note: Ubuntu uses sudo, rather than the root account. To use a command that would normally require switching to root, instead prefix it with sudo. See below.

Change default language for the console:

1. Edit /home/USERNAME/.bash_profile
2. Add the line export LANG=de (example given for German)

Change keyboard for the console:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup

Apply software updates

sudo aptitude update # refresh apt's cache
sudo aptitude upgrade # run the upgrade

Install new software

sudo aptitude update # refresh apt's cache
aptitude search pkgnames # lists all available software containing
aptitude search pkgnames | grep -i WORD # lists all software containing WORD
sudo aptitude install PACKAGE # installs PACKAGE (found from list above)

Where is the GUI?

It's not installed. This is a server installation. If you still want a gui, run:
sudo aptitude install xorg gnome

Documentation/Guide

Gutsy Gibbon wiki page

The Gutsy Gibbon feature tour

Install VMware Tools

Soon!

Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex) in 1 minute

Note: Ubuntu uses sudo, rather than the root account. To use a command that would normally require switching to root, instead prefix it with sudo. See below.

Change default language for the console:

1. Edit /home/USERNAME/.bash_profile
2. Add the line export LANG=de (example given for German)

Change keyboard for the console:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup

Apply software updates

sudo aptitude update # refresh apt's cache
sudo aptitude upgrade # run the upgrade

Install new software

sudo aptitude update # refresh apt's cache
aptitude search pkgnames # lists all available software containing
aptitude search pkgnames | grep -i WORD # lists all software containing WORD
sudo aptitude install PACKAGE # installs PACKAGE (found from list above)

Where is the GUI?

It's not installed. This is a server installation. If you still want a gui, run:
sudo aptitude install xorg gnome

Documentation/Guide

Intrepid Ibex wiki page

The Intrepid Ibex feature tour

Install VMware Tools

How to install VMware Tools in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)

Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) in 1 minute

Note: Ubuntu uses sudo, rather than the root account. To use a command that would normally require switching to root, instead prefix it with sudo. See below.

Change default language for the console:

1. Edit /home/USERNAME/.bash_profile
2. Add the line export LANG=de (example given for German)

Change keyboard for the console:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure console-setup

Apply software updates

sudo aptitude update # refresh apt's cache
sudo aptitude upgrade # run the upgrade

Install new software

sudo aptitude update # refresh apt's cache
aptitude search pkgnames # lists all available software containing
aptitude search pkgnames | grep -i WORD # lists all software containing WORD
sudo aptitude install PACKAGE # installs PACKAGE (found from list above)

Where is the GUI?

It's not installed. This is a server installation. If you still want a gui, run:
sudo aptitude install xorg gnome

Documentation/Guide

Maverick Meerkat general information page

The Maverick Meerkat release notes

Install VMware Tools

Soon! For now, see How to install VMware Tools in Ubuntu 8.10 (Intrepid Ibex)

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