From the DVD, install Basic Desktop for Fedora Core 6. However, much more is required (and the dependencies will be pulled in automatically).
yum install yum-fastestmirrorrpm -ivh http://rpm.livna.org/livna-release-6.rpmrpm –import http://rpm.livna.org/RPM-LIVNA-GPG-KEYyum update
Programming :yum install joe scite
Japanese :yum install scim-anthyyum install VLGothic-fonts　fonts-japanese.noarchyum install gnome-sudoku
Graphics :yum install inkscapeyum install koffice-kritayum install xscreensaver-gl-extras-gss rss-glx-gnome-screensaver
Music :yum update kernel alsa-lib alsa-utilsyum [...]

Added scripts for Linux so that the CLI options were automatically correctly chosen. The GUI on WinXP is nice, but become repetitive after a while.
mount-fieldstone :#! /bin/bashtruecrypt –user-mount /media/1GB/Fieldstone.truecrypt /media/Fieldstone
umount-all :#! /bin/bashtruecrypt –dismount
Also, so that normal users can mount and dismount truecrypt drives :# chmod u+s /usr/bin/truecrypt

Anaconda bug had i586 kernel being installed on Dell 600m laptop, with uname -a mis-reporting an i686 installation.
i586 -> i686 kernel change required, then truecrypt modules on farm.repo work like magic.
When installing packages with kmods (e.g. the rt2500 and truecrypt drivers) you might run into trouble like this:Transaction Check Error: package kernel-2.6.18-1.2798.fc6 is [...]

ScitePM is a lightweight, Gtk-based project manager for use with the SciTE editor.
ScitePM allows the user to organize a set of files as a project, like most IDEs, and then open them within SciTE.
The User interface now defaults to being a ’skinny’ column of files / project items on the LHS [...]

Speedtouch driver now part of Fedora Core 6 (FC6).
http://www.linux-usb.org/SpeedTouch/fedora/index.html
awk ‘/4061/ { print $5 }’ /proc/bus/usb/devices
http://www.speedtouch.com/download/drivers/USB/SpeedTouch330_firmware_3012.zip
unzip SpeedTouch330_firmware_3012.zip &&chmod +x firmware-extractor &&./firmware-extractor ZZZL_3.012
When ppp calls up your ISP it will need to know your username and password. Open a text editor (On the top Panel, Applications > Accessories > Text Editor) and enter one line in this [...]

Bought from WWW.PC-RACK.COM via e-bay. Sweet deal. Well put together machine (80Gb PATA HD, 512Mb of DDR2 DRAM).
Problem areas :

Read that choice of Apperture size (64Mb) is important.
Getting correct screen resolution (using only LCD display for set-up).

Disappearing network interface:

Software Shutdown has no effect.
Front panel power-off (held down until power-down) has [...]

Set up DHCP – don’t create a DNS bit :
Set up Bind :

No Problemo! Wireless, etc, flawless.
Remember to install Wireless Assistant.
USB mouse works instantly.
Suspend works fine (need to /etc/init.d/network restart to reinstate wireless sometimes. Hibernate doesn’t seem to work right.

Best solution : nspluginwrapper
Gnash looks promising, but has problems :

Lack of aliased fonts
Memory leaks cause small Flash panels to take over machine after a couple of dormant hours
No embedded video for video.google.com or youtube.com

http://gwenole.beauchesne.info/en/projects/nspluginwrapper/help#release_notes-rw-r–r– 1 platformedia users 53132 Dec 31 19:39 nspluginwrapper-0.9.91.2-1.x86_64.rpm-rw-r–r– 1 platformedia users 50362 Dec 31 19:39 nspluginwrapper-i386-0.9.91.2-1.x86_64.rpm
# rpm [...]

On “Networking – Linux Firewall” tab of webmin add the following :
Packet Filtering (filter) table (drop-down box at top of page) :
Forwarded packets (FORWARD) section :
Rule #1:Comment : #Forward stuff from eth0Action: Acceptif: incoming interface = eth0
Rule #2:Comment : #defaultAction: Run Chain RH-Firewall-1-INPUTif: (always)
Network Address Translation (nat) table (drop-down box at top of page) [...]