Ok, so I've recently installed Fedora Core 9 on my Inspiron 1525 laptop, and it's been running fine, but there are several hiccups that I don't really know how to deal with. Thanks in advance.

1. WPA. I've tried using wpa_supplicant, and then tried using NetworkManager to set the passphrase, neither of them worked. Then I had the bright idea of erasing and then reinstalling wpa_supplicant. Poof, both it and NetworkManager went. I managed to get them back, but now NetworkManager doesn't show up in the system tray anymore. To top it off, I still can't get WPA to work. This was my wpa_supplicant.conf file, with some obvious edits:
Code:
ctrl_interface=/var/run/wpa_supplicant
network={
	ssid=<ssid>
	#psk=<passphrase>
	psk=<code from wpa_passphrase>
	pairwise=TKIP
	key_mgmt=WPA-PSK
        proto=WPA
}
2. This is less of a problem, but I'm trying to find a better C++ IDE for Linux. I'm currently using gedit and compiling using g++ from the terminal, but I'd like a better solution, with some code completion, code folding and one button compile support if possible. I've tried several others (Eclipse, Anjuta, emacs etc) but none of them are what I'm after. Ideally I'd like to find something like Dev Cpp but with the console output built into the editor like Eclipse.

3. I'm trying to set up an FTPd on this computer so I can transfer files over from my Windows computer to this one. Samba seems kinda weird and I'd think FTP would be more convenient. I installed pure-ftpd via yum, but the number of command line options is pretty overwhelming and for something like this I think it'd be much better just to have a GUI, but I can't find any for Linux. I need either a guide to set up an FTP server (for use in LAN) or a GUI for one, preferably pure.

4. Finally there are some general usability things that I want to change.
On Windows, whenever I press Ctrl+<number> it switched to <number> tab in Firefox. I'd like to get that back.
In Nautilus, when opening different folders, new windows appear for all of them. How do I change this so it just changes the path of the current folder?
On Windows I use RocketDock as a program launcher. I don't know what to use here, though. I tried Avant Window Navigator but I prefer to leave compositing turned off.

This is a relatively long post, but I hope it's readable enough. The main points are underlined. Again, thanks in advance.