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How to install Moblin on Fedora 12

Moblin is a feature of Fedora 12 as an easy to install desktop environment.

The below how-to information is copied directly from http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_install_Moblin, and is used here thanks to the CC BY SA 3.0 Unported it is licensed under:

Moblin is a lightweight Linux desktop environment especially suited for small form computers (netbooks et al).

Installation is straightforward.

Using the command line

  1. Open a terminal (shell).
  2. Install the Moblin group: su -c 'yum install @moblin-desktop'

Using the graphical package manager

  1. Go to System > Administration > Add/Remove Software.
    • Note: the name of the Add/Remove Software application is PackageKit.
  2. In the left side pane choose Moblin desktop.
  3. Click Apply to install the package set.