Fedora 17

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 * Released on 29 July 2012.

Download:
 * https://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-all
 * Torrent: http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/


 * Common Bugs: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Common_F17_bugs
 * Fedora 17 Installation Guide - Very complete
 * Anaconda options
 * Boot Options


 * Anaconda boot options modified for Fedora 17
 * Anaconda memory requirements for Fedora 17 (08 June 2012)
 * "We dropped the requirement to 512 MB. Also the 'nomemcheck' parameter was added to disable the minimum check if people really want to try installing with 384 MB or 256 MB."

PowerPC

 * Fedora 17 PPC release notes

[[File:Gnome_icon.png]] Fedora GNOME 3 shell

 * See GNOME 3 desktop.
 * gsettings-overide:http://www.burtonini.com/blog/computers/gsettings-override-2011-07-04-15-45

Dracut

 * http://wwoods.fedorapeople.org/dracut-notes/dracut-notes.html
 * "Dracut is like 98% shell scripts, so you’re gonna need to know some sh/bash to do anything with it."

UEFI Boot

 * Lenovo info
 * UEFI Boot

Dynamic Firewall
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/DynamicFirewall
 * "This feature adds support for a dynamically managed firewall that is able to handle firewall changes without the need to rebuild the whole firewall. The firewall daemon manages the firewall and has a D-BUS interface to interact with clients or services, that request firewall changes."

CD boots EFI to MAC and into a PC

 * no persistence when running from CD

Persistent boot USB

 * MAC: MacBook persistent SoaS v5 and SoaS v6 EFI Boot USB instructions
 * PC-Linux Downloads

Anaconda (installer)

 * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_Anaconda_updates.img_via_local_media
 * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda_Boot_Options
 * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Options
 * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Updates

Systemd

 * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Systemd
 * http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/SysVinit_to_Systemd_Cheatsheet
 * https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_debug_Systemd_problems
 * http://0pointer.de/public/systemd-man/systemd.service.html
 * http://0pointer.de/blog/projects/socket-activation.html

F17 Unity Desktop Port

 * Note: Experimental
 * Info: http://www.muktware.com/3961/unity-ported-fedora-using-opensuse-open-source-rocks-collaboration
 * Repo: http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/GNOME:/Ayatana/Fedora_17/