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3 Update The System
*o+ it,s time to chec- .or updates and insta// them) his is done usin0 Software Update) Start it .rom Activities > Applications > Update Manager:
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he Software Update +i1ard comes up and chec-s .or the /atest updates) C/ic- on Install Updates to insta// them:
Some o. the updates mi0ht need to insta// pac-a0es they depend on) C/ic- Continue to 0o on:
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2n some cases a restart is re3uired a.ter updatin0 the system) Do so by c/ic-in0 on Restart Computer:
he system is no+ up%to%date)
4 Disable SELinux
secure system! and it usua//y causes more prob/ems than advanta0es (thin- o. it a.ter you have done a +ee- o. troub/e% shootin0 because some service +asn,t +or-in0 as e6pected! and then you .ind out that everythin0 +as o-! on/y S45inu6 +as
S45inu6 is a security e6tension o. Fedora that shou/d provide e6tended security) 2n my opinion you don,t need it to con.i0ure a
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causin0 the prob/em)) here.ore 2 choose disab/e it! a/thou0h you mi0ht pre.er to 0o +ith it) 2 haven,t tested this setup +ith the prob/em is 0one) o disab/e S45inu6! open a termina/ (Activities > Applications > Terminal))
S45inu6 enab/ed % it mi0ht +e// be that it +or-s +ithout prob/ems! but i. it does not! you can try to turn S45inu6 o.. and see i.
7pen /etc/sysconfig/selinux as root: sudo gedit /etc/sysconfig/selinux ))) and set SELINUX to disabled:
# This file controls the state of SELinux on the system. # SELINUX= can take one of these three values: # enforcing - SELinux security policy is enforced. # permissive - SELinux prints warnings instead of enforcing. # disabled - SELinux is fully disabled. SELINUX=disabled # SELINUXTYPE= type of policy in use. Possible values are:
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# targeted - Only targeted network daemons are protected. # strict - Full SELinux protection. SELINUXTYPE=targeted
o ma-e the chan0e e..ective! +e must reboot the system: reboot
5 Inventory Of What We Have So Far

*o+ /et,s bro+se a// menus to see +hich o. our needed app/ications are a/ready insta//ed:
You shou/d .ind the .o//o+in0 situation ([x] mar-s an app/ication that is a/ready insta//ed! +hereas [ ] is an app/ication that is missin0): 'r# hics( [ ] The GIMP [x] Shotwell Photo Manager [ ] Pinta Internet( [x] Firefox [ ] FileZilla [ ] Thunderbird [ ] Deluge [ ] Skype [ ] Marble [ ] Pidgin [ ] Dropbox [ ] Gwibber Social Client
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)ffice( [ ] LibreOffice Writer [ ] LibreOffice Calc [ ] Adobe Reader [ ] GnuCash [ ] Scribus Soun" * +i"eo( [ ] Audacity [ ] Banshee [ ] dvd::rip [ ] VLC Media Player [ ] K3B [ ] Multimedia-Codecs [ ] Winff Progr#mming( [ ] KompoZer [ ] Eclipse )ther( [ ] VirtualBox [ ] TrueType fonts [ ] Java [x] Read/Write support for NTFS partitions [x] gedit So some app/ications are a/ready on the system) * FS read%/+rite support is enab/ed by de.au/t on Fedora $()
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