Installing Linux Fedora Core 10

Most of the info can be found here

I will only add some relevant steps to InSAR processing as I use it and steps I found useful.

installing gnome and most of the distro (including tcsh as it is my favorite shell)

- change nautilus to open always in browser
- remove SElinux policy
- remove option in keyboard options - allow mouse to be controlled by keypad
- add vino vnc option to user
- change autologin for user: vi /etc/gdm/gdm.schemas
- add user to sudo:

su --login -c 'visudo'
Now go below the line:
root    ALL=(ALL)       ALL
press a, and type the following
username ALL=(ALL)      ALL
where username is the username you use to login. Next press Escape.
Now, if you want to be prompted for your root password each time you use the sudo command go to this line:
# %wheel        ALL=(ALL)       ALL
and with your cursor pointing on # press x
If you don't want to be prompted for your root password each time you use the sudo command go to this line:
# %wheel        ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD: ALL
and with your cursor pointing on # press x
Next, press :wq to save and exit. (type the : as well)
* Adding your user to the wheel group
Just type:
su -c 'gpasswd -a username wheel'
* Testing sudo
To test if you have done it correctly as a simple user type:
$ sudo whoami
If everything is working properly the command should return the word 'root'.

- adding windows fonts:
  wget http://www.my-guides.net/en/images/stories/fedora10/msttcore-fonts-2.0-2.noarch.rpm
  su -c 'rpm -ivh msttcore-fonts-2.0-2.noarch.rpm'
- open terminal here in nautilus
  su -c 'yum install nautilus-open-terminal'
- Enable Num Lock on GNOME startup
  su -c 'yum install numlockx'
  su -c 'cp /etc/gdm/Init/Default /etc/gdm/Init/Default_backup'
  su -c 'gedit /etc/gdm/Init/Default'
  And add the following lines at the end of the file before the exit 0.
  if [ -x /usr/bin/numlockx ]; then
    /usr/bin/numlockx on
  fi

- add to install:
  yum extender
  yum Fastest Mirror Plugin
  GMT
  qgis
  grace
  filezilla
  ipython
  KDocker
  google-earth
  wine
  g77
  bluecurve icons
 gnash - for flash viewing

- setting /etc/X11/xorg.conf for display with no monitor attached:
make sure to use a video card which is not onboard (or perhaps this is only valid for the 965 intel mobo?)

- edit /etc/fstab for mounting external HD (LAN):
//XXX.XX.XX.XX/DATA /mountpoint cifs auto,owner,rw,username=XXX,uid=XXX,gid=XXX 0 0
NOTE! - it will not mount on startup. need to do: "sudo mount mountpoint" to mount. one can add password=[user-passwd] after username=[username] or instead username and password : credentials=[path to a file containing user and password]
the file should contain the remote system properties:
username=[username]
password=[userpassword]

- adding python modules
for gui: http://easygui.sourceforge.net/index.html
scipy
numpy
matplotlib
ipython
pylab

in a case of emergency: enabling write on a system error:
mount -t ext3 /dev/sda1 / -o remount,rw

- installing ROI PAC
- adding axillary data