The purpose of these web pages is to provide an overview of the Fedora Linux distribution, including Installation Notes and HOWTOs. The pages have emerged primarily because I needed a way of organizing all of the text-based information that I have developed over the years about Fedora, after jumping ship from RedHat after their subscription-based Enterprise system was released. Feel free to use them however you like, so long as you provide proper references and appropriate links back to this website. Generally speaking, what is written on this portion of my Web Server falls under the GNU Free Documentation License.
Both the Installation Notes and HOWTOs are drawn heavily from my own notes, as well as a variety of other sources — including Stanton Finley's (defunct) and Mauriat Miranda's (current) web pages and some newer references for Fedora. In either case, I have tried to document the sources that have been used (wherever possible), but some of the notes come from years of modifications and adjustments made from so many different locations that true references may be difficult to provide. If you have a suggestion about a source (or lack thereof), send me an e-mail.
Shown below is a screenshot of Fedora 9 using Compiz Fusion on my system:
Enlightenment (E17)
I currently am using the Enlightenment Window Manager DR17 (E17), whose lead developer is Carsten "Rasterman" Haitzler. E17 is technically superior to both Gnome (too dumbed down) and KDE (too bloated), even though it is still in Alpha development. Information about the installation of E17 is drawn from primarily from my web site with supplemental information provided by www.get-e.org. If you do not feel faint of heart, you may compile the system yourself using the current snapshot of enlightenment at enlightenment.freedesktop.org or by using the easy_e17.sh script provided by Brian Miculcy. As a much simplier alternative, you may also install E17 via yum since I am now providing RPM packages on my Kriehn Fedora Repository.
Why Choose Fedora? (Fedora vs. Ubuntu)
I seem to have received quite a bit of flak for writing a page outlining my experience with Ubuntu and comparing it against Fedora. There are a couple of inconsistencies in the writeup, and I would not consider it to be technically robust (and the review is becoming quite dated), but it was my experience.
Professor Kriehn's Fedora Repository
Looking for my Fedora Repository? Then you have come to the right place...
Fedora Linux Systems Administration Pages
Please note that the older pages are more or less static. If you find an error (and more importantly, can provide me with a correction), contact me and I will update the pages. The latest version of Fedora will always be well supported (in terms of feedback and updates), and to a lesser degree, the next-to-latest version as well.
Systems Administration Overview, Installation Notes, and HOWTOs
