1. Download source file from HandBrake.

2. Extract

3. Install jam and yasm via yum

4. Go to folder of Handbrake

5. Run in commandline: make

6. You’re good to go!

Finally, here are my initial observations on Fedora 11 Beta that was released last March 31, 2009.

I installed Fedora 11 Beta on my VirtualBox with 12MB memory for video, 300MB RAM, 7GB virtual disk space and shared cpu from my notebook that has Intel Core 2 Duo 1.67 GHz.

The specifications I alotted for the VBox are quite low but somehow, after going through rough times, I was able to make it possible.

At first I thought the developers did not bother to change the wallpaper like they always used to because during installation, the same magestic eclipse was there. And again, I thought, maybe because this is only a beta release, a new back drop is yet to be chosen.

I went over the usual installation process, and I chose the default packages to simulate a ‘Fedora out of the Box’ feeling.

Alas! I finally saw the infamous Plymouth. But considering my resources, I did not achieve the 20-second bootup. Aaawww…

On the other hand, I checked the default applications. The goody goody Pidgin was there alongside with Evolution, OpenOffice, Gimp and Firefox. Background is totally different from the previous releases, it actually gave me an Olympian feeling (remember, Zeus’ temple at Olympia). hehehe

The surprising goodies are:
Indic Onscreen Keyboard (iok) and Brasero (CD/DVD burning utility).

All in all, I wouldn’t have noticed I was using a beta release except for my version of series of unfortunate events during the entire process. Although, it would really help if there’d be an easier way of adding repositories for yum. But that’s just me. hehe.

Yay! It might be a late reaction on the release of Songbird 1.0 rpms for Fedora 10 but still, I am soooo relieved.

Thanks to DigitalRuin for building one although I previously used tarball for Songbird 1.0.0 rc3 (my first installation on F10).

Simply download rpm and run in terminal:

root@localhost ~]# rpm -ivh songbird*.rpm

Fedora 11, aka Leonidas will have its Alpha release by February 3, 2009, supposedly. I can’t expect myself to download it yet since Beta release is not that far behind (March 28).

But, Fedora Project initially stated that it will be delayed for a few days due to a bug.

In any case, that won’t stop fanbois from grabbing their own copies few days from now.

UPDATE!!!

Fedora 11 Alpha is now available for download. Click here to grab a copy.

Yes, it’s true. You can actually play your audio files via command line. And to simplify this, I’ll only include playing mp3s.

To play mp3 format, first, mpg321 package must be installed:

root@localhost ~]# yum -y install mpg321

Then, run the command:

[root@localhost mp3]# mpg321 Always\ Be\ My\ Baby\ \(Studio\ Version\).mp3

You can also play an entire track:

[root@localhost mp3]# mpg321 *.mp3

Nicey!

**Disclaimer: This was tested on Fedora 10.