From 474326ca04d07458f1050255fd91f9e256dd3553 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Mikaela Suomalainen Date: Sat, 8 Dec 2012 21:14:43 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] articles/cheatsheets/rpm.html.md: trying with Fedora. Add note to recommend installing yum-plugin-fastestmirror which CentOS includes by default. --- articles/cheatsheets/rpm.html.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/articles/cheatsheets/rpm.html.md b/articles/cheatsheets/rpm.html.md index e110480..702e7fd 100644 --- a/articles/cheatsheets/rpm.html.md +++ b/articles/cheatsheets/rpm.html.md @@ -19,6 +19,12 @@ This is my cheatsheet for setting up distribution using rpm. I am more experienced with distributions using dpkg, so I need this a little in the beginning. +Note on Fedora: install package "yum-plugin-fastestmirror" to always get the fastest mirror!. It comes with CentOS by default and is like http.debian.net and mirrors.ubuntu.com from Debian side of Linux family. + +``` +yum install yum-plugin-fastestmirror +``` + ## Installing Virtualbox guest additions Start by installing dkms from [EPEL](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/EPEL#How_can_I_use_these_extra_packages.3F).