Fedora 17 on Dell 530s



yum -y update
(umask 022; sudo http_proxy=http://proxy:3128 ftp_proxy=http://proxy:3128 yum install yum-plugin-fastestmirror yum-plugin-{downloadonly,keys,priorities,remove-with-leaves,show-leaves,verify} nedit rxvt-unicode-256color xscreensaver\* xorg\*font\*Type1 xorg\*font\*misc screen dump rxvt rxvt-unicode-256color)
yum groupinstall LXDE
yum install kernel-devel gcc bison
vi /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo

[google-chrome]
name=google-chrome
baseurl=http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub

chmod 644  /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo
chown root:root  /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo
yum install google-chrome-stable

sudoedit /etc/default/grub
# s/rhgb quiet/verbose/

sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

(umask 022; sudo yum -y groupinstall "Development Tools" "Development Libraries")

Installing virtualbox
curl http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.asc > oracle_vbox.asc
sudo rpm --import oracle_vbox.asc
rm oracle_vbox.asc
wget 'http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/rpm/fedora/virtualbox.repo'
sudo cp virtualbox.repo /etc/yum.repos.d
sudo chown root:root /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo
sudo chmod 0644 /etc/yum.repos.d/virtualbox.repo
(umask 022; sudo yum install VirtualBox-4.2)
sudoedit /etc/group
## add users to vboxusers
sudo VirtualBox
## File->Preferences->Extensions
### add Oracle VM VirtualBox Extension Pack (if you are licensed for it)

sudoedit /etc/mail/sendmail.cf
s/^DS.*$/DSct-svcs.example.com./

systemctl restart sendmail.service

(umask 022; sudo yum install ntp )
sudoedit /etc/ntp.conf
server  127.127.1.0     # local clock
fudge   127.127.1.0 stratum 10

sudoedit /etc/sysconfig/network
NETWORKWAIT=1

sudoedit /etc/hosts
## delete localhost from ipv6 line

sudo systemctl enable ntpd.service
sudo systemctl start ntpd.service

Openbox Configuration Manger -> Mouse -> Focus windows when mouse pointer moves over them


xinetd + tigervnc

sudo yum install xinetd tigervnc-server-minimal
sudoedit /etc/gdm/custom.conf
[security]
RelaxPermissions=0
[xdmcp]
Enable=1
HonorIndirect=1
[greeter]
Quiver=1
sudo useradd -d /var/empty/vncuser -m -s /bin/false vncuser
sudoedit /etc/services
vnc-1280        5900/tcp                        # VNC Listener
vnc-1440        5910/tcp                        # VNC Listener

sudoedit /etc/xinetd.d/vnc
# BEGIN
service vnc-1280
{
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = vncuser
server = /usr/bin/Xvnc
server_args = -inetd -query localhost -desktop 1280x1024x24 -once -geometry 1280x1024 -NeverShared securitytypes=none
}
# END
# BEGIN
service vnc-1440
{
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = vncuser
server = /usr/bin/Xvnc
server_args = -inetd -query localhost -desktop 1440x900x24 -once -geometry 1440x900 -NeverShared securitytypes=none
}
# END
sudo systemctl start xinetd.service
sudo systemctl status prefdm.service
sudo systemctl restart prefdm.service






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