What things to do after installed Mageia 2

First boot into mageia gnome 3 fallback mode. Update the the repository for software download base. Install AMD display driver. Reboot.

Install gnome-tweak-tool for setting up theme, font etc.
Install dconf-editor for gnome 3 system setting
Install gstreamer0.10-faad for f4v playback
Install flash player

These software is a must but not included in the installation.

Mageia 2 experience

I installed Mageia 2 with gnome 3.4 environment for more than one week. I really don't like the gnome-shell and shift to fallback mode. For many years of using gnome. It is getting better and better, but until gnome 3 came out. It is really a disaster. So many software and utilities are not install by default. I have to one by one added by myself.
Yesterday I tried out Linux Mint 13 Maya with cinnamon environment. It's great. Almost like gnome 2 have all the thing I use to have and do. To my surplise, they update firefox 13.

Launch nautilus as root in Mageia

I just found a way to launch nautilus as root in Mageia.

1. To install gksu.
2. Press alt+F2 to launch Run dialog box.
3. Type in: gksu nautilus
4. Enter password and press OK.
5. It is done.

Drivers for wireless usb adapter - Mageia1

I recently bought a new wireless usb adapter. But my Mageia1 can't detect it. I search the net but can't find any. Something that cross my mind. I had a Backtrack 5 DVD. It is for cracking wifi. It support many wireless and it should have the driver my want. That's it I found the driver in the /lib/firmware folder. I copy the files in that folder. It works!!!

Install reaver-wps1.4 in Mageia2

First download it from: http://code.google.com/p/reaver-wps/downloads/list
Then, update the repository. Install libpcap-dev and sqlite3-devel.
Compile reaver-wps with ./configure, make, make install and make clean.
That's it.

Add Windows 7 to Mageia Linux boot loader

I found a simple way in the net that can easily add windows 7 to Mageia boot loader.

I have two harddisk. One with Mageia and the pther with Windows 7.

I just ad the the following to /boot/grub/menu.lst

title windows 7
root (hd1,0)
chainloader +1

After reboot I can select Windows 7 from the boot menu.

P/S From my new installed Mageia 2. I found that the brub boot setting for windows 7 is as follow:

title windows
root (hd1,0)
map (0x81) (0x80)
map (0x80) (0x81)
makeactive
chainloader +1

Setup axel downloader in Flashgot

If you install axel downloader in your Linux machine, you only use it with command line. If you set it up in Flashgot, when you use firefox to download youcan right click and select download with Flashgot and have it download with axel downloader.

The setting is just like the diagram below: