Linux

Install Internet Explorer on Fedora Core 8

Before you start you'll need to make sure you have wine and cabextract installed:

$ yum -y install wine cabextract

Then just download the latest script, extract and run it.

The example below is based on version 2.0.5 ;

$ gtar xzvf ies4linux-2.0.5.tar.gz
$ cd ies4linux-2.0.5
$ ./ies4linux
Welcome, greg! I'm IEs4Linux.
I can install IE 6, 5.5 and 5.0 for you easily and quickly.
You are just four 'enter's away from your IEs.

how to increase the upload filesize limit

To check your upload_max_filesize setting, create a php file called info.php in your web root directory with the following code in it

phpinfo();

and view it in a browser.Check your current upload limit .
To make changes to the upload limit you will have to edit the php.ini file .
For Fedora users it is present at /etc/php.ini .

Open the php.ini and check for
upload_max_filesize 32M

You can change it whatever file size you wan to upload .
Once the changes have been done restart apache .

Installing ffmpeg & Lamemp3 for FlashVideo module

Got a whole lot of instructions from multiple sources

Instructions

http://www.webhostingtalk.com/archive/index.php/t-565563.html
http://www.webhostingtalk.com/showthread.php?p=4234345#post4234345
http://dev.gemin-i.org/wiki/index.php/Ffmpeg_install_instructions

Flash Player installation instructions for Firefox

Download the latest version of the flash player from
http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer/

Depending on the type of installation follow the instructions .

Installation instructions for .rpm

1. Click the download link to begin installation. A dialog box will appear asking you where to save the file.
2. Save the .rpm file to your desktop and wait for the file to download completely.

Installing RealPlayer 11 for Linux machines

Download the latest version of the Real Player from:
http://www.real.com/linux
OR
Download the latest version of the player depending on the OS from
https://player.helixcommunity.org/Image:2005/downloads

Installation Instructions using rpm

1. login as root

$ su -l
Password: 

2. run the rpm command to install the realplayer.

$ rpm -ivh RealPlayer11Gold.rpm