From the command line: # yum install -y kde-runtime.x86_64 kdm @kde-desktop Optionally, if you want to run KDM instead of GDM: # systemctl disable gdm # systemctl stop gdm # systemctl start kdm Note: This guide should work on Fedora 19 as well; but I haven’t tested it. Source: http://marcofalchi.blogspot.com.au/2013/10/fedora-1920-install-kde-kdm-swith-from.html

Today is the first time I ever saw a compressed file in *.xz format. According to this page TIP: extract .xz format, we can decompress it by running the following command: $ unxz sample.xz Just make sure you have “xz-utils” package, on Debian system, or something equivalent on other distros installed.

To enable CPAN behind proxy: # perl -MCPAN -e shell Terminal does not support AddHistory. cpan shell -- CPAN exploration and modules installation (v1.9402) Enter 'h' for help. cpan[1]> o conf init /proxy/ If you're accessing the net via proxies, you can specify them in the CPAN configuration or via environment variables. The variable in the $CPAN::Config takes precedence. <ftp_proxy> Your ftp_proxy? [] <http_proxy> Your http_proxy? [webproxy.yourdomain.com:8080] <no_proxy> Your no_proxy? [] If your proxy is an authenticating proxy, you can store your username permanently. If you do not want that, just press RETURN. You will then be asked for your username in every future session. Your proxy user id? [] Please remember to call 'o conf commit' to make the config permanent! cpan[2]> o conf commit commit: wrote '/usr/share/perl5/CPAN/Config.pm' Ref: ...

Add the following to /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo: google-chrome] name=google-chrome - 64-bit 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 Pick a version, stable, beta or unstable and install with the following command: # yum install google-chrome-stable Ref: http://www.if-not-true-then-false.com/2010/install-google-chrome-with-yum-on-fedora-red-hat-rhel/

This post is mainly to remind me how to disable the search indexing. On the start screen type: services.msc. Once the service dialog windows opened, look for “Windows Search”. Right click on it, and select Properties. In the Startup type drop-down list, select Disabled. Full credit goes to this link: http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/how-to-permanently-disable-search-indexing-in-windows-8/.