CentOS 6.4 Installation Notes

1. Setup network: System -> Preferences -> Network connections or simply run the following command in terminal:

   sudo nm-connection-editor

2. Enable sudo without passwd:

   sudo visudo

   and append line:

   username  ALL=(ALL)       NOPASSWD:ALL

3. Install and enable rpmforge repositories
4. Install epel repositories and set their priorities
5. Set up http proxy
6. Configure printer:

   • sudo yum install system-config-printer
     sudo system-config-printer

     or System -> Administration -> Printing
   • Configure Toshiba eStudio 4540C
7. Install Oracle Java 7
8. Install Skype
9. Install Dropbox
10. Install KeepassX
11. Install VirtualBox
12. Install unrar, p7zip and file-roller (unrar is to extract .rar archives, p7zip is to extract .7z archives and file-roller is the gui archive manager). You need to enable rpmforge repository(see step 3) to install these packages:

    sudo yum install unrar p7zip file-roller

13. Install openssh-server
14. Install LibreOffice:

    sudo yum install libreoffice-core libreoffice-writer libreoffice-impress libreoffice-calc

15. Install gnome-screenshot:

    sudo yum install gnome-utils -y

16. Install Firefox addons: xmarks, lastpass
17. Install flash plugin
18. Install ibus and pinyin Chinese input method 
19. Install git

    sudo yum install git

20. Install FreeNX server
21. Download and install NoMachine NX client

    sudo rpm -Uvh http://web04.nomachine.com/download/3.5.0/Linux/nxclient-3.5.0-7.x86_64.rpm
    

22. Download and install Ubuntu font:

    cd ~/Downloads; wget http://font.ubuntu.com/download/ubuntu-font-family-0.80.zip
    sudo mkdir /usr/share/fonts/ubuntu; cd /usr/share/ubuntu
    sudo unzip ~/Downloads/ubuntu-font-family-0.80.zip
    sudo mkfontdir; sudo mkfontscale; sudo fc-cache -fv 

23. Mount Window FAT32 partition:

    sudo vi /etc/fstab

    and add the line like below:

    /dev/sda5 /windows vfat rw,uid=500,gid=500,umask=077 0 0

    then run

    sudo mount -a

24. Mount NTFS partition