====== Build a new Fedora 10 machine for general CS Use. ======

**Note well, Fedora 11 is now the current version of Fedora Linux as of 21 July 2009**

  * Install Fedora 10 from "network install" CD.  Use default disk partitioning, and add the "development" tools package.  I believe that all other items are default (**check!**).
  * use NTP to set the clock.  Add two ntp servers: ntp.cs.wpi.edu and ntp.wpi.edu.  Set the machine to grab an initial date from NTP (it's a checkbox).
  * once mahcine has installed, rebooted etc start terminal, run this command (below) to add RPMFUSION.NET software repositories to the machine.

      su -c 'rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm'

  * goto adobe.com and add flash and adobe reader to the machine.
  * automate security updates:  system->prefs->system->software updates, check for updates daily, and automatically install only security updates.  Check for major upgrades weekly.
  * add software (see below)
  * enable denyhosts: system->administration->services; find "denyhosts" in the list on the left and enable the service.  Then start a terminal, and run "sudo denyhosts-control start"
  * using the same services tool, enable nscd, the nameservice cache daemon, if it not already enabled.
  * add to /etc/hosts.allow:

       sshd: 130.215.* : ALLOW

  * add nullrelay sendmail.mc file (/etc/mail/sendmail.mc):

       divert(-1)dnl
       include(`/usr/share/sendmail-cf/m4/cf.m4')dnl
       VERSIONID(`setup for linux')dnl
       OSTYPE(`linux')dnl
       FEATURE(`nullclient',`cs.wpi.edu')

  * check /etc/hosts to make sure that 127.0.0.1 entry looks like this, to prevent stupid "localhost.localdomain" header crap:

      127.0.0.1  hostname.wpi.edu hostname localhost

  * do CUPS printer setup.  To fix Media Type and Input Tray stuff, run this for each printer:

      lpoptions -p [printer] -o MediaType=Letter -o InputSlot=Auto

  * witholding the "-p [printer]" and running the command without a printer name may change the global lp options, which might be a better idea.

===== Software to add to the built fedora box =====

In no particular order at all.

  * sudo (edit sudoers to allow wheelgroup access to sudo)
  * xterm
  * emacs-vm
  * alpine
  * xfig
  * sendmail-cf (for sendmail custoimizations)
  * uulib-devel
  * wireshark
  * xpdf
  * gvim (vim is std, but not graphical version)
  * gnuplot
  * denyhosts

====== Fedora 10 Online Documentation ======

[[http://docs.fedoraproject.org/release-notes/f10/en_US/|Fedora 10 Docs are here.]]