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10 best Linux distros for 2010

1. The best distro for beginners: Ubuntu 10.04

There can be few people who haven't heard of Ubuntu. It's a word that's become synonymous with Linux, raising both praise and chagrin from the Linux community in equal measure. But outside the community squabbling, there's no doubt that this is a distribution to be reckoned with. Especially if you're a beginner.

Installing Broadcom Wireless STA Driver in Fedora 11/12

The following instructions will walk you through the installation of Broadcom Wireless STA driver in Fedora 11/12. This driver is for use with Broadcom's BCM4311-, BCM4312-, BCM4321-, and BCM4322-based hardware.

1. First you need to enable rpmfusion repositories.

The broadcom-wl and wl-kmod RPMs that we need are in the rpmfusion non-free repository which also requires the rpmfusion free repository. To enable these repositories in Fedora 11/12 you need to open a terminal window and enter the following command. You may simply copy and paste the below command.

[shibipnr@fedora ~]$ 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'

Internet through GPRS/EDGE enabled handset in Fedora 11/12

Now it's very easy to connect to Internet through your GPRS/EDGE enabled handset. You can use the package 'wvdial' to synchronize your mobile phone with Fedora Laptop/Desktop for the same. Here are the steps.

Firstly, your computer need to detect the modem on your mobile phone. For that, please connect your mobile phone to computer using data cable.

Now you need to enter the following command on a terminal window as root, which will give you some output similar to the one given below.

[root@fedora ~]# wvdialconf /etc/wvdial.conf
Scanning your serial ports for a modem.