Some Fedora FAQ (Frequently Asking Questions)

Q:I Cant Play *.Mp3 Files,*.MPG,*.Avi files on my fedora OS ?


Ans: Hi Friends, Fresh Fedora OS,cant play anything of the above,You want 2 install some additional packages in order to play the above files.

For that you want to download 2 additional rpms from rpmfusion.org

link: http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration

the rpms are

1)rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
2)rpmfusion-non-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm

(rpm installation is quite simple,double click on the rpm file,enter root password to authenticate

otherwise take terminal from applications-->system tools-->terminal,

type su
then enter root password,
after dat type

rpm -ivh /home/username/Downloads/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
rpm -ivh /home/username/Downloads/rpmfusion-non-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm

)


after that try to play one mp3 file,then our system automatically checking for plug-ins from the repository which added above, same as in the case of
*.avi,*.mpg files

Winows Equivalents In Linux...Try to Use Linux,,,Stop Thinking abt Viruses,Formatting etc

Windows Software	Linux Equivalent/Alternative
3D Home Architect	Sweet Home 3D ( http://sweethome3d.sourceforge.net/index.html )
3D Studio Max	K-3D ( http://www.k-3d.org/ ) Wings 3D ( http://www.wings3d.com/ ) Art of Illusion ( http://www.artofillusion.org/ ) Blender ( http://www.blender.org/ )
ACDSee	KuickShow ( http://kuickshow.sourceforge.net/ ) ShowImg ( http://www.jalix.org/projects/showimg/ ) Gwenview ( http://gwenview.sourceforge.net/ ) GQview ( http://gqview.sourceforge.net/ ) Eye of GNOME ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/eog/ )
Adobe Acrobat Reader	okular ( http://kpdf.kde.org/okular/ ) Xpdf ( http://www.foolabs.com/xpdf/ ) Evince ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/evince/ ) ePDFView ( http://trac.emma-soft.com/epdfview/ ) KPDF ( http://kpdf.kde.org/ )
Adobe Audition	Audacity ( http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ )
Adobe Illustrator	Skencil ( http://www.skencil.org/ ) Inkscape ( http://www.inkscape.org/ ) Karbon14 ( http://www.koffice.org/karbon/ ) Xara Xtreme for Linux ( http://www.xaraxtreme.org/ )
Adobe PageMaker	Scribus ( http://www.scribus.net/ )
Adobe PhotoAlbum	F-Spot ( http://f-spot.org/Main_Page ) KPhotoAlbum ( http://www.kphotoalbum.org/ ) digiKam ( http://www.digikam.org/ )
Adobe Photoshop	CinePaint ( http://www.cinepaint.org/ ) Krita ( http://www.koffice.org/krita/ ) GIMP ( http://www.gimp.org/ )
Adobe Premiere	PiTiVi ( http://www.pitivi.org/wiki/Main_Page ) LiVES ( http://lives.sourceforge.net/ ) Kino ( http://www.kinodv.org/ ) Cinelerra ( http://cvs.cinelerra.org/ ) kdenlive ( http://kdenlive.sourceforge.net/ ) Jahshaka ( http://www.jahshaka.org/ )
Ant Movie Catalog	Moviefly ( https://savannah.nongnu.org/projects/lmc/ )
AOL Instant Messenger (AIM)	Kopete ( http://kopete.kde.org/ ) Pidgin ( http://pidgin.im )
APC PowerChute	Network UPS Tools ( http://www.networkupstools.org/ ) Apcupsd ( http://www.apcupsd.com/ ) PowerD ( http://power.sourceforge.net/ )
CDex	Sound Juicer ( http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/sound-juicer ) Rubyripper ( http://wiki.hydrogenaudio.org/index.php?title=Rubyripper ) ripperX ( http://ripperx.sourceforge.net/ ) Grip ( http://nostatic.org/grip/ ) KAudioCreator ( http://www.icefox.net/programs/?program=KAudioCreator )
Collectorz	aviManager ( http://avimanager.sourceforge.net/ ) GCstar ( http://www.gcstar.org/ ) Tellico ( http://periapsis.org/tellico/ ) Alexandria ( http://alexandria.rubyforge.org/ ) Griffith ( http://griffith.vasconunes.net/ ) vMovieDB ( http://vmoviedb.sourceforge.net/ ) Katalog ( http://salvaste.altervista.org/ )
Dreamweaver	Quanta Plus ( http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/ ) Geany ( http://geany.uvena.de ) Nvu ( http://www.nvu.com/index.php ) Screem ( http://www.screem.org/ ) KompoZer ( http://www.kompozer.net/ ) Bluefish ( http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html )
DVDShrink	k9copy ( http://k9copy.sourceforge.net/ ) OGMRip ( http://ogmrip.sourceforge.net/ ) Thoggen ( http://thoggen.net/ ) xdvdshrink ( http://dvdshrink.sourceforge.net/ ) DVD Rip-O-Matic ( http://dvdripomatic.sourceforge.net ) qVamps ( http://vamps.sourceforge.net/ ) dvd::rip ( http://www.exit1.org/dvdrip/ ) AcidRip ( http://untrepid.com/acidrip/ )
Everest	HardInfo ( http://hardinfo.berlios.de/web/HomePage )
Finale	Lilypond ( http://www.lilypond.org ) Denemo ( http://denemo.sourceforge.net/index.html ) Rosegarden ( http://www.rosegardenmusic.com/ ) NoteEdit ( http://noteedit.berlios.de/ ) Brahms ( http://brahms.sourceforge.net/ )
Flash	F4L ( http://f4l.sourceforge.net/ )
Fontographer	FontForge ( http://fontforge.sourceforge.net/ )
Forte Agent	Pan ( http://pan.rebelbase.com/ )
FruityLoops	LMMS ( http://lmms.sourceforge.net/ ) Hydrogen ( http://www.hydrogen-music.org/ )
Google Desktop Search	Google Desktop ( http://desktop.google.com/linux/index.html ) Beagle ( http://beagle-project.org/ )
Guitar Pro	TuxGuitar ( http://www.tuxguitar.com.ar/home.html ) DGuitar ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/dguitar/ ) kguitar ( http://sourceforge.net/projects/kguitar/ )
iTunes	Banshee ( http://banshee-project.org/Main_Page ) aTunes ( http://www.atunes.org/ ) Quod Libet ( http://www.sacredchao.net/quodlibet ) SongBird ( http://www.songbirdnest.com ) Exaile ( http://www.exaile.org/ ) Amarok ( http://amarok.kde.org/ ) Listen ( http://listengnome.free.fr/ ) Rhythmbox ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/rhythmbox/ ) gtkpod ( http://www.gtkpod.org/ )
Legacy Family Tree	GRAMPS ( http://gramps-project.org/ )
LimeWire	FrostWire ( http://www.frostwire.com/ )
Meal Master	krecipe ( http://krecipes.sourceforge.net/ ) Gourmet Recipe Manager ( http://grecipe-manager.sourceforge.net/ )
Microsoft Access	Kexi ( http://www.koffice.org/kexi/ ) knoda ( http://www.knoda.org ) GNOME-DB ( http://www.gnome-db.org/ )
Microsoft Excel	KSpread ( http://www.koffice.org/kspread/ ) Open Calc ( http://www.openoffice.org/product/calc.html ) Gnumeric ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/gnumeric/ )
Microsoft Frontpage	Quanta Plus ( http://quanta.kdewebdev.org/ ) Nvu ( http://www.nvu.com/index.php ) KompoZer ( http://www.kompozer.net/ ) Bluefish ( http://bluefish.openoffice.nl/index.html )
Microsoft HyperTerminal	minicom ( http://alioth.debian.org/projects/minicom/ ) GtkTerm ( http://freshmeat.net/projects/gtkterm/ )
Microsoft Internet Explorer	Epiphany ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/epiphany/ ) Opera ( http://www.opera.com/download/ ) Firefox ( http://www.mozilla.com/firefox/ ) Konqueror ( http://www.konqueror.org/ )
Microsoft Money	KMyMoney ( http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net/ ) GNUcash ( http://www.gnucash.org/ ) Gnofin ( http://gnofin.sourceforge.net/ ) Grisbi ( http://www.grisbi.org/ )
Microsoft Office	GNOME Office ( http://www.gnome.org/gnome-office/ ) KOffice ( http://www.koffice.org/ ) OpenOffice ( http://www.openoffice.org/ )
Microsoft OneNote	BasKet ( http://basket.kde.org/ )
Microsoft Outlook (Express)	Thunderbird ( http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/ ) Evolution ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/evolution/ )
Microsoft Powerpoint	Open Office Impress ( http://www.openoffice.org/product/impress.html ) KPresenter ( http://www.koffice.org/kpresenter/ )
Microsoft Project	KPlato ( http://www.koffice.org/kplato/ ) OpenProj ( http://openproj.org/openproj ) GanttProject ( http://ganttproject.sourceforge.net/ ) Planner ( http://live.gnome.org/Planner ) TaskJuggler ( http://www.taskjuggler.org/ )
Microsoft Visio	Dia ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/dia/ ) Kivio ( http://www.koffice.org/kivio/ )
Microsoft Windows Media Center	Freevo ( http://freevo.sourceforge.net/ ) Elisa Media Center ( http://www.fluendo.com/elisa/ ) XBMC Media Center ( http://xbmc.org/ ) MythTV ( http://www.mythtv.org ) LinuxMCE ( http://www.linuxmce.com/ )
Microsoft Word	Open Office Writer ( http://www.openoffice.org/product/writer.html ) AbiWord ( http://www.abisource.com/ ) Kword ( http://www.koffice.org/kword/ )
mIRC	Konversation ( http://konversation.kde.org/ ) KVIrc ( http://www.kvirc.net/ ) BitchX ( http://www.bitchx.org/ ) Xchat ( http://www.xchat.org/ ) ChatZilla! ( http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/ ) irssi ( http://www.irssi.org/ ) Pidgin ( http://pidgin.im )
Mp3tag	Kid3 ( http://kid3.sourceforge.net/ ) Pinkytagger ( http://pinkytagger.sourceforge.net/ ) EasyTAG ( http://easytag.sourceforge.net/ ) Cowbell ( http://more-cowbell.org/ ) Audio Tag Tool ( http://pwp.netcabo.pt/paol/tagtool/ )
MSN messenger	Mercury Messenger ( http://www.mercury.to/ ) Kopete ( http://kopete.kde.org/ ) aMSN ( http://amsn-project.net/ ) Pidgin ( http://pidgin.im )
Mudbox	SharpConstruct ( http://sharp3d.sourceforge.net )
Nero Burning Rom	X-CD-Roast ( http://www.xcdroast.org/ ) Brasero ( http://perso.orange.fr/bonfire/index.htm ) GnomeBaker ( http://gnomebaker.sourceforge.net/ ) Graveman! ( http://graveman.tuxfamily.org/ ) K3b ( http://www.k3b.org/ )
NetMeeting	Ekiga ( http://www.gnomemeeting.org/ )
NetStumbler	Kismet ( http://www.kismetwireless.net/ ) SWScanner ( http://www.swscanner.org/ )
NewzCrawler	RSSOwl ( http://www.rssowl.org/ ) Liferea ( http://liferea.sourceforge.net/ ) BasKet ( http://basket.kde.org/ ) Akregator ( http://akregator.kde.org/ ) Blam ( http://www.cmartin.tk/blam.html ) Straw ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/straw/ )
Notepad	leafpad ( http://tarot.freeshell.org/leafpad/ ) NEdit ( http://www.nedit.org/ ) jEdit ( http://www.jedit.org/ ) Kate ( http://kate-editor.org/ ) gedit ( http://www.gnome.org/projects/gedit/ ) Scribes ( http://scribes.sourceforge.net/ ) tpad ( http://tclpad.sourceforge.net/ )
OrangeCD Catalog	GWhere ( http://www.gwhere.org )
Origin	SciGraphica ( http://scigraphica.sourceforge.net/ )
Partition Magic	Partimage ( http://www.partimage.org/Main_Page ) GParted ( http://gparted.sourceforge.net/ ) QtParted ( http://qtparted.sourceforge.net )
Picasa	F-Spot ( http://f-spot.org/Main_Page ) KPhotoAlbum ( http://www.kphotoalbum.org/ ) digiKam ( http://www.digikam.org/ )
Pro Tools	Ardour ( http://www.ardour.org )
Quicken	KMyMoney ( http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net/ ) GNUcash ( http://www.gnucash.org/ ) Gnofin ( http://gnofin.sourceforge.net/ ) Grisbi ( http://www.grisbi.org/ )
SoulSeek	Nicotine ( http://nicotine.thegraveyard.org/ ) Nicotine-Plus ( http://nicotine-plus.sourceforge.net/ )
SoundForge	ReZound ( http://rezound.sourceforge.net/ )
TexnicCenter
Total Commander	GNOME Commander ( http://www.nongnu.org/gcmd/ ) xfe ( http://roland65.free.fr/xfe/ ) Tux Commander ( http://tuxcmd.sourceforge.net/ ) Midnight Commander ( http://www.ibiblio.org/mc/ ) Krusader ( http://krusader.sourceforge.net/ )
Traktor DJ	Mixxx ( http://mixxx.sourceforge.net/ ) terminatorX ( http://www.terminatorx.org/ )
Videora	thin liquid film ( http://thinliquidfilm.org/ )
Winamp	Audacious ( http://audacious-media-player.org/Main_Page ) Amarok ( http://amarok.kde.org/ ) XMMS ( http://www.xmms.org/ )
Windows Media Player	KPlayer ( http://kplayer.sourceforge.net/ ) VideoLAN ( http://www.videolan.org/ ) xine ( http://xinehq.de/ ) mplayer ( http://www.mplayerhq.hu/design7/news.html )
Windows Movie Maker	PiTiVi ( http://www.pitivi.org/wiki/Main_Page ) LiVES ( http://lives.sourceforge.net/ ) Open Movie Editor ( http://openmovieeditor.sourceforge.net/HomePage ) Avidemux ( http://fixounet.free.fr/avidemux/ ) Cinelerra ( http://cvs.cinelerra.org/ ) kdenlive ( http://kdenlive.sourceforge.net/ )
WinIso	ISO Master ( http://littlesvr.ca/isomaster/ ) KIso ( http://kiso.sourceforge.net/ )
WinMerge	KDiff3 ( http://kdiff3.sourceforge.net/ ) Meld ( http://meld.sourceforge.net/ ) xxdiff ( http://furius.ca/xxdiff/ ) Kile ( http://kile.sourceforge.net/ )
WinTV	XdTV ( http://xawdecode.sourceforge.net/ ) tvtime ( http://tvtime.sourceforge.net/ )
WS_FTP	gFTP ( http://gftp.seul.org/ ) FireFTP ( http://fireftp.mozdev.org/ )
Zbrush	SharpConstruct ( http://sharp3d.sourceforge.net )
ZoneAlarm Google Talk	Guarddog ( http://www.simonzone.com/software/guarddog/ ) Firestarter ( http://www.fs-security.com/ ) Pidgin,Gyache,empathy try using command "yum install pidgin* "