Fedora 18

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some of the older versions listed here ^ may be security risks- for archive purposes only

Released Jan 15 2013

http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/18/Fedora/

http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/releases/18/Spins/

Mirrors:http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/

Anaconda Defaults to LVM format from 18.23

This can be changed in custom- (See tutorial below)

Tutorial:How to use newUI Anaconda in F18

Details on how to use the new installer - with screenshots

DevConf_2013 newUI Slide show (.pdf): http://vpodzime.fedorapeople.org/Anaconda_DevConf_2013.pdf

Details on how newUI works.

Fedora 18 Documentation

Release annoncement: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F18_release_announcement
Installation Guide:https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/18/html/Installation_Guide/index.html

"To install Fedora to your hard disk in Fallback Mode, press Alt+F2 together. In the box that appears, type 'liveinst' (without the quotation marks) and press Enter."

anaconda NuUI installer is NEW and has bugs:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart

http://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/current

http://www.redhat.com/about/news/press-archive/2013/1/fedora-18-features-updated-user-interfaces-and-desktop-environments

A major feature of Fedora 18 is the development of newUI, a new anaconda.
How to add startup programs in GNOME 3

"RPM Fusion provides software that the Fedora Project or Red Hat doesn't want to ship. That software is provided as precompiled RPMs for all current Fedora versions and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6; you can use the RPM Fusion repositories with tools like yum and PackageKit."

How to install from the repo on the DVD

[Bug 888307]--Satellit 12:35, 18 December 2012 (EST)

--- Comment #1 from Andre Robatino <robatino@fedoraproject.org> ---
I've found (testing on F17) that if I create a local.repo file in
 /etc/yum.repos.d/ with the contents:

 [local]
 name=Local
 baseurl=file:///dev/sr0/
 enabled=0
 gpgcheck=0

I  can then use the DVD as a local repo (disabling all other repos to avoid
downloading updated packages) with a command such as
yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=local install XXXXX

Caching remote data for multiple computers

yum wiki

Change hostname in Fedora 18

The step by step procedure shows the simplest way to change the hostname on a Fedora machine.

UEFI Secure boot

Booting-Linux-using-UEFI-can-brick-Samsung-laptops

Read this first before trying to run linux

The Ubuntu bug report includes posts from users reporting that the problem also affects
300E5C, NP700Z5C, NP700Z7C and NP900X4C series laptops

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.efi/551/focus%3D1426515

Sugar on a Stick v8 ʻŌhelo ʻai

ʻŌhelo ʻai is the name of a native Hawaiian berry.

fedora_18_live_SoaS_x86_64.iso

New 05/29/2013
Download : http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/fedora_18_live_SoaS_x86_64.iso
Notes:

A Remix done from a modified fedora nightly compose kickstart file in a Fedora 18 install using livecd-tools.

Fedora 18 live SoaS x86 64-login

Uses lightdm for login

Live System User

[ ]openbox (Do not use)

[X]Sugar (Select Sugar)

See Sugar on a Stick v8 ʻŌhelo ʻai.

Tutorial: Make a SoaS.img file for repeated installs

Note: The following are .img files are provided to workaround the bug that SoaS 8 fails to run a non-Live install to a hard disk or USB drive.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893218#c15

Prebuilt sugar.img files to dd write to a USB drive

Look at the tutorial above to see how to write to a USB drive.

firstboot has not been run

http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Soas_8.img 3.7G

netinstall of sugar-desktop to / ext4 (real install)

http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Soas_8_litd.img 1.9G

liveiso to disk img of SoaS-8-live with persistence

Note USB drives used with these files seem to require Fedora "liveusb-creator --reset-mbr" to be run on them to make them boot-able again for other uses.

How to install VirtualBox in fedora 18

Updated 03/08/2013

RECOMMENDED: Oracle VirtualBox downloads

VirtualBox downloads Windows/Linux/Intel Macs

Oracle VirtualBox install does not start as downloaded and installed (dkms and gcc are not installed in f18)
In root terminal:

yum install dkms gcc

/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup

Tutorial: How to do an install in VirtualBox

Pre built Sugar-Desktop Virtual Box appliance to import

Install from SoaS live CD/dd USB

NOTE the following method does not seem to always work for SoaS live spins (Installs to VirtualBox do work).: In terminal application:

su
liveinst

Install Sugar 0.98.2 from another Desktop

Terminal:

yum groupinstall sugar-desktop
yum install sugar-emulator

Start Sugar from Education/Sugar

More information

Fedora 18 Feature List
Fedora 18 Preliminary Notes:

NewInstallerUI, Anaconda Rework for Fedora 18, Secure Boot, Draft version info

Customize with kickstart files

Fedora 18 anaconda will now promote a kickstart file for customization.
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart#Chapter_3._Package_Selection
http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/18/html/Installation_Guide/sn-automating-installation.html
Anaconda Boot Options: http://wwoods.fedorapeople.org/doc/boot-options.html

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda_Boot_Options?rd=Anaconda/Options

sample /root/anaconda-ks.cfg

After an install of Fedora 18 look for this file.

Put it in a USB stick and anaconda will use it to repeat install.

This file can be modified and still will work

sample .ks for Fedora 18 Live desktop install SAMPLE DO NOT USE

Autogenerated by anaconda

Can be used for multiple automatic installs

#version=DEVEL
# System authorization information
auth --enableshadow --passalgo=sha512
# Network information
network  --bootproto=dhcp --hostname=localhost.localdomain
# Run the Setup Agent on first boot
firstboot --enable
ignoredisk --only-use=sda
# Keyboard layouts
keyboard 'us'# System language
lang en.UTF-8
# Installation logging level
logging --level=info
# Root password
rootpw --iscrypted $6$f/DeD7AZFW91051J$Av3OQOPsY8syofC6ysN63psWjHzH.Pdr7D/s3CTfNuYLm1jLlJ.ZyUzICMjBlXz4i88wm9MfNALVsBXXx1Kl3.
# System services
services --enabled="chronyd"
# System timezone
timezone America/Los_Angeles
# System bootloader configuration
bootloader --location=mbr --boot-drive=sda
autopart --type=plain
# Partition clearing information
clearpart --all --initlabel --drives=sda

%packages
authconfig
chrony
e2fsprogs
grub2
system-config-firewall-base

%end

MATE Desktop

Debian Fork of Mate

Point Linux is a GNU/Linux distribution that aims to combine the power of Debian GNU/Linux with the productivity of MATE, the Gnome 2 desktop environment fork.

Cinnamon desktop

Working in f19 05/17/2013

Use f19 BetaTC4 Netinstall: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/19-Beta-TC4/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-19-Beta-TC4-x86_64-netinst.iso

Was broken in 3.8 kernel due to changes by gnome3 developers.

updated 05/09/2013

Gnome Shell

Details and links

How to Upgrade to f19 from f18

1-)Fedora Instructions:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum#Fedora_18_-.3E_Fedora_19_.28pre_release_branched.29

2-)Tested-install f18 from one of these files:

Default gnome install - this is fully updated due to netinstall

http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-18-x86_64-netinst.iso

Update to f19

Root terminal-2448 files

yum distro-sync --releasever=19 --nogpgcheck --skip-broken

Gdm sessions:

gnome

gnome-classic

Credits

elad: (IRC GIMPNet #fedora-desktop)
adamw: #fedora-qa 03/28/2013

Upgrading Fedora

updated 04/24/2013

The simplest way to get Fedora 18: back up /home and /etc and do a fresh install.

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading

f17 > f18 ;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum#Fedora_17_-.3E_Fedora_18

f18 > f19 :https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_upgrade_fedup_cli_previous_desktop

05/21/2013

Still -work in progress May change

Backup first

http://fedorasolved.org/Members/fenris02/post_upgrade_cleanup

fedup

Latest: https://github.com/wgwoods/fedup

Older Drafts:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Tflink/FedUp_Draft

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedUp

http://ohjeezlinux.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/fedup-a-little-background/

url/path that fedup needs

--instrepo? http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/18/<arch>/os/
well, should be releases/etc now right
http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/18/Everything/i386/os/
(well, <arch> for i386, but you get the idea)
Updated 01/15/2013

Chromium

Fedora does not include Chromium web browser in the official repository due to problems

look at this link for details

http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/chromium-stable/fedora-18/

fedora 18 on a macbook pro

Fedora on an OLPC XO

A preliminary look at Fedora 19 Anaconda

Annotated screen-shots 01/31/2013
Fedora-19-Nightly-20130129.10-x86_64-Live-xfce.iso

Live Install in VirtualBox

A preliminary look at Fedora 19.12-1 Anaconda netinstall

NEW 03/20/2013 - Does not yet complete an install

F19 Buglist: http://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/milestone/19/alpha/buglist

Alpha-TC2: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/19-Alpha-TC2/Fedora/

Do not install kernel if upgrading to f19

"... So I installed fedora-release from the F19 repo and did a yum distro-sync today. Then I installed a new kernel build. Then I rebooted. Then nothing would boot at all. It turns out this is because the release name of Fedora 19 is: Schrödinger's Cat with a single quote used as an apostrophe. That release name gets written into the grub entry for a kernel when you're installing it. ...The single quote in the release name terminates the quotes early, and leaves the rest of the stuff that's meant to be inside the single quotes as garbage lying around the config file. ..."

Install of sugar-desktop in Fedora_anaconda_19.6

Annotated screen-shots 02/14/2013
anaconda-19.6-boot.iso

Install of sugar-desktop in VirtualBox 4.2.6

Rawhide

Draft of info page

"Rawhide is the name given to the current development version of Fedora."

steam repo

Advanced Topics

Publican

"publican is a single source publishing tool based on DocBook XML"

Build Your Own Remix with Fedora

Build a live Remix CD/DVD.iso with livecd-tools and spin-kickstart files.
Tutorial with narrated screenshots

Kernel_modules

Kernel_modules are pieces of code that can be loaded and unloaded into the kernel upon demand. They extend the functionality of the kernel without the need to reboot the system.