Fedora x86 64 Desktop Notes

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Notes Related to Running Fedora 64-bit as a Desktop

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JRE Plugin for Firefox

Getting the java plugin to work under F11 x86_64 firefox 3.5.x requires: 

[mfreemon@shark plugins]$ ln -s /usr/java/default/jre/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so /home/mfreemon/.mozilla/plugins/

Windows Fonts on Linux

Copy the font files for Ariel, Tahoma, Verdana, Courier New and Times New Roman from the windows system to the linux system into a new directory under /usr/share/fonts, and then: 

fc-cache -f -v

64-bit Flash

  • Install nspluginwrapper 
yum install nspluginwrapper.i586 nspluginwrapper.x86_64
  • Firefox check location "about:plugins"

http://www.linuxheadquarters.com/howto/64-bit/flash64.shtml

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