Fedora 18

--- 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

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

Fedora 18 SoaS.iso's

See Sugar on a Stick v8 ʻŌhelo ʻai.

Tutorial: How to install in VirtualBox

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.

Sugar Desktop Environment f18 anaconda 19.6-2 DVD x86_64

VirtualBox 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

Upgrade Fedora 17 to Fedora 18

updated 01/08/2013

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

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum#Fedora_17_-.3E_Fedora_18

Still -work in progress May change

Backup first

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

fedup

Latest: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

yum

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum#Fedora_17_-.3E_Fedora_18

Chromium

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

look at this link for details

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

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

Advanced Topics

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.