2. Installing your Scientific Computing Environment

• 2.1. Overview
• 2.2. Prepare to Install
  • 2.2.1. Find out what kind of hardware you have
  • 2.2.2. Downloading the Appropriate Software Items
  • 2.2.3. Next Steps
• 2.3. Install VirtualBox
• 2.4. Creating a Virtual Machine (VM)
  • 2.4.1. Video for this section
• 2.5. Defining the VM
• 2.6. Turn on Virtualization in your BIOS?
• 2.7. Configuring the VM
• 2.8. Attach the Fedora Scientific ISO Disk
• 2.9. Installing Fedora Scientific on your VM
  • 2.9.1. Video for this Section
• 2.10. Booting Linux from the DVD
• 2.11. Install to Your Hard Drive
• 2.12. Create Root and User Accounts
• 2.13. Boot Linux from Your Hard Drive
• 2.14. Installing ” Guest Additions ” on your VM
  • 2.14.1. Video for this Section
• 2.15. First Look at Linux
• 2.16. Prepare for Guest Additions
  • 2.16.1. Update your system
• 2.17. Upgrade your Kernel
  • 2.17.1. Run the Guest Additions Script
• 2.18. Configuring the Look-and-Feel
  • 2.18.1. Video for this section
• 2.19. Shared Folders
• 2.20. Terminal/Shell Startup Configuration: the .bashrc file
• 2.21. Examine .bashrc
• 2.22. Fixing the Shared Folders
• 2.23. Fonts and Colors
• 2.24. Homework