New to all of this tired of microsoft

[wakejumper]

im new to Linux os, i just got fedora cause im tired of windows xp and vista. i need help on the basic stuff in fedora like how to install programes i guess there is no software to just clike next 4 times and it installs it self so if some one could just help me try to leran about fedora and how it works it would be great

have have fedora instaled on a old dell labtop and once used to it ill put it on my gameing pc
im try to get instaled :
firefox
java so i can use java websits onless some thing else
a webcam software
vuze
itunes

Thanks Dylan
if u have links that show me how to thats just as good

[oz]

Welcome to the forums!

You can get quite a bit of information about installing, setting up, and using Fedora from these guides:

Fedora10 - Fedora Guide

Personal Fedora 10 Installation Guide

Common F10 bugs - FedoraProject

If you should have problems with something specific, post the details, error messages, etc, and maybe someone can help get you past any bumpy spots.

Also, check the link in my signature for lots of good general information about getting started with Linux.

Hope you have fun with it.

[Euralis]

Your a tuxy now, I would be glad to help you. Ozar (the super moderator) is actually very helpfull and that is not an automatic response; but for him it does get tiring to answer the same questions over and over again. But fear not, thats why I am here. I was once just like you, so I would be happy to help.

So, you asked about how to get firefox on your comp, well this is how you do it: Go into your "programs menu" and look under "system" (i think its the same for all desktops) but regardless, you need to look for something called "Terminal".
---The terminal is what all linux users use when we want to install something on redhat. A more user friendly version may be ubuntu or debian, these use a program called synaptic to help you install things. The terminal is a command line, similar to DOS on windows. Dont be afraid though; I will explain everything.

Once you have found the Terminal, enter the following command:

su -

Next enter your password. This stands for super user. In linux, much like the newer versions of windows, you cannot install things without administrator permissions. Thats exactly what this is.

Now that you are in super user mode, enter the following command:

yum search firefox

YUM is the name of our installing program; ever see in windows the "windows installer" which would pop up for games and programs like MS Word when installing. That is what this program is, but linux works on a different principal. Rather than only installing the programs, it also searches the internet for the program you want. However, it does not search the whole internet, instead it only searches sites that you designate as repositories. The best of which is something called the Livna repository. We will worry about this later, and if the install/search does not work, chances are that you have no designated repositories.

Now that you have typed in "yum search firefox" in you should see something like this in your Terminal:

beagle-firefox.i386 : Beagle Indexer Extension for Firefox
firefox.i386 : Mozilla Firefox Web browser
flash-plugin.i386 : Adobe Flash Player 10.0
gecko-mediaplayer.i386 : Gnome MPlayer browser plugin
gnash-plugin.i386 : Web-client flash movie player plugin
kdocker.i386 : Dock any application in the system tray
kgtk.i386 : Allows Gtk and Qt applications to use KDE's file dialogs
mathml-fonts.noarch : Mathematical symbol fonts
openclipart.noarch : Open Clip Art Library
serpentine.noarch : Audio CD Burner
swfdec-mozilla.i386 : Mozilla/Gecko player Flash plugin using swfdec

what you want is the web browser presumably, hence you would type in the following command:

yum install firefox.i386

Yum should assemble everything for you once you tell it Yes to installing it. I am going to add more links to the commands for entering designated repositories to YUM.

Here is the first: Configuration - RPM Fusion -- click on the free fedora 8, 9, 10 one, this will download a package that will automatically update your computers repositories I think.
Here is the second rpm.livna.org -- click on "This Link" highlited in blue on the page and just hit enter a couple of times. [If you read this though, the package instaler will not work on KDE (if thats the desktop your using)

By the way the Package Installer is the thing that will install things for you if you personally downloaded them off of the internet. I would not advise doing this, because usually the files do not have everything they need with them.

If you have any problems, post again, ill check back later, but I am a college student, so it could be a while.