setup sudo:

echo 'monkeymike ALL=(ALL) ALL' >> /etc/sudoers

sudo rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm
sudo rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-stable.noarch.rpm


sudo yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
sudo yum localinstall --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm


sudo yum install yumex yum-plugin-fastestmirror espeak mc stellarium kdeedu codeblocks easytag gparted bluefish rkward k3b gnome-tweak-tool codeblocks htop stellarium  gpodder vlc scite easytag amarok phpmyadmin mysql-workbench kile xine evince evince-dvi p7zip unrar qcomicbook phpmyadmin mariadb filezilla audacious audacious-plugins-freeworld* xine-lib-extras-freeworld alacarte

sudo yum groupinstall MATE-Desktop
sudo yum localinstall --nogpgcheck -y https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm

…and possibly:

SAGE math (don't forget to copy over the .sage directory from /home)
Game Menu
wine
kmod nvidia
GoogleEarth

and make sure some stuff is running:

sudo systemctl start httpd
sudo systemctl enable httpd.service
sudo systemctl start mysqld
sudo systemctl enable mariadb.service

oh and how to run a jar, minecraft for instance:

java -jar Minecraft.jar

Either “su” and leave off the sudo or make sure you’re user account is a sudo’er


sudo chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/opt/google-earth/librender.so'
sudo chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/opt/google-earth/libauth.so'
sudo chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/opt/google-earth/libminizip.so'
sudo chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/opt/google-earth/libevll.so'
sudo chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/opt/google-earth/libmeasure.so'
sudo chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/opt/google-earth/liblayer.so'
sudo chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/opt/google-earth/libflightsim.so'
sudo chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/opt/google-earth/libnavigate.so'
sudo chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/opt/google-earth/libgooglesearch.so'
sudo chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/opt/google-earth/libinput_plugin.so'
sudo chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/opt/google-earth/libgps.so'
sudo chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/opt/google-earth/libbasicingest.so'
sudo chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/opt/google-earth/libminizip.so'
sudo chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/opt/google-earth/libmoduleframework.so'
sudo chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/opt/google-earth/libgoogleearth_lib.so'
sudo chcon -t textrel_shlib_t '/opt/google-earth/libcollada.so'


Keep and eye on SELinux after to make sure any others haven’t been added.

Download the required 32 bit packages (to let you run it on a 64 bit system) use:
http://bigjim-network.be/2009/06/24/google-earth-on-fedora-11-64-bit/