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<span class="weblink">[[File:Fedora.jpg|link=http://fedoraproject.org/]]</span> {{Fedora Version Linkbar}}<br>
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''Fedora and the Infinity design logo are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc.''
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; some of the older versions listed here ^ may be security risks- for archive purposes only
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*Released  Jan 15 2013
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:http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/18/Fedora/
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:http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/releases/18/Spins/
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:Mirrors:http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/
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*'''Anaconda Defaults to LVM format from 18.23 '''
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::This can be changed in custom- (See tutorial below)
  
:'''<===[[Fedora|(Go to Fedora 17)''']]
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====[[Tutorials/Installation/Install_using_Anaconda_f18_RC1_DVDx86_64|Tutorial:How to use newUI Anaconda in F18 ]]====
=== Fedora 18 ===
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:Details on how to use the new installer - with screenshots
<span class="weblink">[[File:Fedora.jpg|link=http://fedoraproject.org/]]</span> Fedora<sup>®</sup><br>
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*DevConf_2013 newUI Slide show (.pdf): http://vpodzime.fedorapeople.org/Anaconda_DevConf_2013.pdf
''Fedora and the Infinity design logo are trademarks of Red Hat, Inc.''
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:Details on how newUI works.
<noinclude>
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[[Category:Supported systems]]
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====[http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/ Fedora 18 Documentation]====
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* Release annoncement: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F18_release_announcement
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* Installation Guide:https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/18/html/Installation_Guide/index.html
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::"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."
  
</noinclude>
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* anaconda [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/NewInstallerUI NuUI installer] is NEW and has bugs:
*updated Dec 18 2012
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:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart
*'''FOR TESTING ONLY''' (to be released on 08 January 2013)
 
====[http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/18/html/Release_Notes/sect-Release_Notes-Welcome_to_Fedora_18.html f-18 Documentation]====
 
:DO NOT use to install on any important Computer Systems.
 
*anaconda [https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/NewInstallerUI NuUI installer] is NEW and has bugs:
 
 
:http://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/current
 
:http://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/current
*A major feature of f18 is the development of newUI a new anaconda.
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:http://www.redhat.com/about/news/press-archive/2013/1/fedora-18-features-updated-user-interfaces-and-desktop-environments
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* A major feature of Fedora 18 is the development of newUI, a new anaconda.
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* [http://linuxandfriends.com/2011/06/01/how-to-add-startup-programs-in-gnome-3/ How to add startup programs in GNOME 3]
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====[http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration rpmfusion]====
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"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."
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==== How to install from the repo on the DVD ====
 
==== How to install from the repo on the DVD ====
 
*[Bug 888307]--[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 12:35, 18 December 2012 (EST)
 
*[Bug 888307]--[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 12:35, 18 December 2012 (EST)
 
  --- Comment #1 from Andre Robatino <robatino@fedoraproject.org> ---
 
  --- Comment #1 from Andre Robatino <robatino@fedoraproject.org> ---
 
  I've found (testing on F17) that if I create a local.repo file in
 
  I've found (testing on F17) that if I create a local.repo file in
/etc/yum.repos.d/ with the contents
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  /etc/yum.repos.d/ with the contents:
 
   
 
   
[local]
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  [local]
name=Local
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  name=Local
baseurl=file:///dev/sr0/
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  baseurl=file:///dev/sr0/
enabled=0
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  enabled=0
gpgcheck=0
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  gpgcheck=0
 
   
 
   
 
  I  can then use the DVD as a local repo (disabling all other repos to avoid
 
  I  can then use the DVD as a local repo (disabling all other repos to avoid
 
  downloading updated packages) with a command such as
 
  downloading updated packages) with a command such as
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  yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=local install XXXXX
  yum --disablerepo=\* --enablerepo=local install XXXXXX
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====[http://yum.baseurl.org/wiki/YumMultipleMachineCaching Caching remote data for multiple computers]====
   
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*yum wiki
  I never use PackageKit so don't know if it can be made to work with that.
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====[http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/18/html-single/Release_Notes/index.html#idm84832080 Change hostname in Fedora 18]====
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*The step by step procedure shows the simplest way to change the hostname on a Fedora machine.
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====[http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/18/html/UEFI_Secure_Boot_Guide/index.html UEFI Secure boot]====
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====[http://www.h-online.com/open/news/item/Booting-Linux-using-UEFI-can-brick-Samsung-laptops-1793958.html Booting-Linux-using-UEFI-can-brick-Samsung-laptops]====
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*'''Read this first before trying to run linux'''
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  The Ubuntu bug report includes posts from users reporting that the problem also affects
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  300E5C, NP700Z5C, NP700Z7C and NP900X4C series laptops
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*http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel.efi/551/focus%3D1426515
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===[[File:Logo_SoaS_01.png|200px|link=Sugar on a Stick/ʻŌhelo ʻai]]'''[[Sugar on a Stick/ʻŌhelo ʻai|Sugar on a Stick v8 ʻŌhelo ʻai]]'''===
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ʻŌhelo ʻai is the name of a native [[wikipedia:Vaccinium_reticulatum|Hawaiian berry]].
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====[http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/fedora_18_live_SoaS_x86_64.iso '''fedora_18_live_SoaS_x86_64.iso''']====
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*New 05/29/2013
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*Download : http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/fedora_18_live_SoaS_x86_64.iso
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*Notes:
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:A '''Remix''' done from a modified fedora nightly compose [http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/fedora-livecd-soas-6.ks '''kickstart'''] file in a Fedora 18 install using livecd-tools.
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=====Fedora 18 live SoaS x86 64-login=====
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:Uses lightdm for login
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*Live System User
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:[ ]openbox (Do not use)
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:[X]Sugar (Select Sugar)
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[[File:Fedora 18 live SoaS x86 64-login.png|600px]]
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See [[Sugar on a Stick/ʻŌhelo ʻai|Sugar on a Stick v8 ʻŌhelo ʻai]].
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=====[[Tutorials/Installation/How_to_make_a_SoaS.img_file_for_repeated_installs_to_4_GB_USB's|'''Tutorial: Make a SoaS.img file for repeated installs''']]=====
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: '''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.
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::https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893218#c15
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[[File:USB_flash_drive.jpg|100px]] Prebuilt sugar.img files to dd write to a USB drive
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* Look at the tutorial above to see how to write to a USB drive.
  
*https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=865922#c15
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:firstboot has not been run
:http://cgit.freedesktop.org/packagekit/plain/docs/media-repo.txt
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:http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Soas_8.img 3.7G
:Tested and did not seem to work in f18 --[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 10:36, 18 December 2012 (EST)
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::netinstall of sugar-desktop to / ext4 (real install)
Basically you insert the DVD with PackageKit open and it automatically mounts
 
the disk, grabs the media repo off the disk, and adds it to the list of
 
sources. This was added to Fedora in *2009*. If you find the support no longer
 
working, please file a bug under the PackageKit package.
 
*Tested and did not seem to work in f18 --[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 10:36, 18 December 2012 (EST)
 
  
====[[Tutorials/Installation/Install_SoaS_in_VirtualBox-f18#Install_SoaS_in_VirtualBox-with_Anaconda_f18|Tutorial:How to use newUI Anaconda in F18 ]]====
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:http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Soas_8_litd.img 1.9G
:There has been a significant delay in releasing Beta as bugs have been fixed.
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::liveiso to disk img of SoaS-8-live with persistence
  
====Latest Downloads====
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* 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.
;f18 Prerelease Beta
 
:http://fedoraproject.org/get-prerelease
 
  
* Links below are  '''FOR TESTING ONLY'''
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====How to install VirtualBox in fedora 18====
;f18-Beta-TC2
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::Updated 03/08/2013
http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/18-TC2/
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*RECOMMENDED: [http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/server-storage/virtualbox/downloads/index.html Oracle VirtualBox downloads]
;f18 smoke6
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:[http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads VirtualBox downloads] Windows/Linux/Intel Macs
:http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/qa/20121212_f18-smoke6/ anaconda 18.37-2  
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*Oracle VirtualBox install does not start as downloaded and installed (dkms and gcc are not installed in f18)
*'''Anaconda Defaults to LVM format from 18.23 '''
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* In root terminal:
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yum install dkms gcc
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/etc/init.d/vboxdrv setup
  
====[[Sugar_on_a_Stick/Quandong/Virtual_machines#Working_f18-Nightly-SoaS.iso.27s|Sugar on a Stick f18 ʻŌhelo ʻai]]====
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====[[Tutorials/Installation/Install_SoaS_in_VirtualBox-f18|'''Tutorial: How to do an install in VirtualBox''']]====
[[File:ʻŌhelo_ʻai_.jpg|150px]] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaccinium_reticulatum]
 
  
=====Working f18-Nightly-SoaS.iso's=====
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[[File:VirtualBox.png|30px]][[Sugar_on_a_Stick/Virtual_machines#Sugar_Desktop_Environment_f18_anaconda_19.6-2_DVD_x86_64|Pre built Sugar-Desktop Virtual Box appliance to import]]
NEW--[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 11:40, 11 December 2012 (EST)
 
*Note the SoaS-Live's do not work in TC2 and latest Nightly Compose --[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 11:47, 17 December 2012 (EST)
 
*32-bit:
 
;http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/18-TC1/Live/i386/Fedora-18-TC1-i686-Live-SoaS.iso
 
:http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//work/tasks/5441/4745441/Fedora-18-Nightly-20121130.16-i686-Live-soas.iso
 
*64-bit:
 
;http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/18-TC1/Live/x86_64/Fedora-18-TC1-x86_64-Live-SoaS.iso
 
:http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//work/tasks/5442/4745442/Fedora-18-Nightly-20121130.16-x86_64-Live-soas.iso
 
*Koji-Latest Nightlys: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/tasks?owner=&state=all&view=flat&method=createLiveCD&order=-id
 
;DANGER (bug): Loses jabber connection if change name or color in sugar's MySettings/AboutMe after you set name and color on first run
 
::http://bugs.sugarlabs.org/ticket/4289
 
  
====Install from Soas live CD/dd USB====
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====Install from SoaS live CD/dd USB====
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;NOTE the following method does not seem to always work for SoaS live spins (Installs to VirtualBox do work).
 
:In terminal application:
 
:In terminal application:
 
  su
 
  su
 
  liveinst
 
  liveinst
  
====Install Sugar 97.8====
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====Install Sugar 0.98.2 from another Desktop====
 
*Terminal:
 
*Terminal:
 
  yum groupinstall sugar-desktop
 
  yum groupinstall sugar-desktop
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*Start Sugar from Education/Sugar
 
*Start Sugar from Education/Sugar
=====Sugar=====
 
Build      fedora 18 release 18 (Spherical Cow)
 
sugar      0.97.8
 
firmware    V1.05
 
 
====Sugar-Activities====
 
abacus            39
 
browse            142
 
calculate          41
 
chat              77
 
clock              10
 
countries          33
 
dimensions        45
 
etoys            116
 
finance            8
 
get books          11
 
help              15
 
image viewer      53
 
infoslicer        15
 
irc                10
 
jukebox            28
 
labryinth          14
 
log                29
 
maze              21
 
memorize          43
 
moon              14
 
paint              43
 
physics            10
 
pippy              48
 
portfolio          26
 
read              104
 
record            96
 
ruler              19
 
speak              42
 
terminal          39
 
turtle art        160
 
typing turtle      30
 
write              79
 
 
*Jabber.sugarlabs.org does not see any avitars in f1 Neighbourhood view
 
  
 
====More information====
 
====More information====
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====Customize with kickstart files====
 
====Customize with kickstart files====
*f18 anaconda will now promote a kickstart file for customization
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* Fedora 18 anaconda will now promote a kickstart file for customization.
 
*http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart
 
*http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart
 
*http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart#Chapter_3._Package_Selection
 
*http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Kickstart#Chapter_3._Package_Selection
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*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
 
*'''Anaconda Boot Options:''' http://wwoods.fedorapeople.org/doc/boot-options.html
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::https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda_Boot_Options?rd=Anaconda/Options
 
=====sample /root/anaconda-ks.cfg=====
 
=====sample /root/anaconda-ks.cfg=====
*After an install of f18 look for this file.  
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*After an install of Fedora 18 look for this file.  
 
:Put it in a USB stick and anaconda will use it to repeat install.
 
:Put it in a USB stick and anaconda will use it to repeat install.
 
:This file can be modified and still will work
 
:This file can be modified and still will work
*sample .ks for f18 Live desktop install
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*sample .ks for Fedora 18 Live desktop install '''SAMPLE DO NOT USE'''
 
:Autogenerated by anaconda
 
:Autogenerated by anaconda
 
:Can be used for multiple automatic installs
 
:Can be used for multiple automatic installs
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  %end
 
  %end
  
===MATE-Desktop===
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===[[Fedora/MATE desktop|MATE Desktop]]===
* '''NEW''' Now available in Fedora in netinstall only-  DVD does not install working mate.--[[User:Satellit|Satellit]] 13:32, 25 November 2012 (EST)
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====[http://pointlinux.org/index.html Debian Fork of Mate]====
: Nice Gnome2 alternate desktop
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: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.
*'''Features http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/MATE-Desktop'''
 
:Originally developed for Linux Mint
 
:::http://linuxfreedom.com/linuxmint/stable/13/linuxmint-13-mate-dvd-64bit.iso
 
:(#mate and #fedora-mate on freenode IRC )
 
*Fedora Download: http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/18-Beta-RC1/
 
====mate-desktop Wiki====
 
*http://wiki.mate-desktop.org
 
*http://wiki.mate-desktop.org/building
 
  
====F18 TC6 netinstall====
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===[[Fedora/Cinnamon desktop|Cinnamon desktop]]===
: chose MATE-desktop or cinnamon-desktop
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:Working in f19 05/17/2013
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::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
*Add to Existing Gnome or KDE Install:
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:Was broken in 3.8 kernel due to changes by gnome3 developers.
;root terminal
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::updated 05/09/2013
  yum install @mate-desktop
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yum install @cinnamon
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===[[Fedora/GNOME_desktop#GNOME_shell| Gnome Shell]]===
*Or:
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*Details and links
yum groupinstall mate-desktop
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===How to Upgrade to f19 from f18===
====Sugar in Cinnamon====
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*1-)Fedora Instructions:
yum groupinstall sugar-desktop
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::https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum#Fedora_18_-.3E_Fedora_19_.28pre_release_branched.29
yum install sugar-emulator
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*2-)Tested-install f18 from one of these files:
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:Default gnome install - this is fully updated due to netinstall
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:: http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-18-x86_64-netinst.iso
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:: http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-18-x86_64-netinst.iso
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*Update to f19
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:Root terminal-2448 files
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  yum distro-sync --releasever=19 --nogpgcheck --skip-broken
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[[File:F18-f19_distro-sync_upgrade.png|800px]]
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*Gdm sessions:
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:gnome
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:gnome-classic
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====Credits====
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*elad: (IRC GIMPNet #fedora-desktop)
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*adamw: #fedora-qa  03/28/2013
  
=== Upgrade Fedora 17 to Fedora 18===
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===[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum#Fedora_18_-.3E_Fedora_19_.28pre_release_branched.29 Upgrading Fedora]===
* Still very problematic-work in progress
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*updated 04/24/2013
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;The simplest way to get Fedora 18:  back up /home and /etc and do a fresh install.
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*;http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading 
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::f17 > f18 ;https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum#Fedora_17_-.3E_Fedora_18
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::f18 > f19 :https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_upgrade_fedup_cli_previous_desktop
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:::05/21/2013
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* Still -work in progress May change
 
;Backup first
 
;Backup first
 
*http://fedorasolved.org/Members/fenris02/post_upgrade_cleanup  
 
*http://fedorasolved.org/Members/fenris02/post_upgrade_cleanup  
====fedup====
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====[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedUp fedup]====
:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedUp
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:Latest: https://github.com/wgwoods/fedup
:http://ohjeezlinux.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/fedup-a-little-background/
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:Older Drafts:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Tflink/FedUp_Draft
====yum====
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::https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/FedUp
:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Upgrading_Fedora_using_yum#Fedora_17_-.3E_Fedora_18
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::http://ohjeezlinux.wordpress.com/2012/11/13/fedup-a-little-background/
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;url/path that fedup needs
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--instrepo? http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/18/<arch>/os/
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well, should be releases/etc now right
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http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/18/Everything/i386/os/
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(well, <arch> for i386, but you get the idea)
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Updated 01/15/2013
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===[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Chromium Chromium ]===
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*Fedora does not include Chromium web browser in the official repository due to problems
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:look at this link for details
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:http://repos.fedorapeople.org/repos/spot/chromium-stable/fedora-18/
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==[http://arunsag.wordpress.com/2013/03/16/fedora-18-on-macbook-pro/ fedora 18 on a macbook pro]==
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==[http://nullr0ute.com/2012/09/using-fedora-on-your-shiny-new-olpc-xo/ Fedora on an OLPC XO]==
  
===Updating_GRUB_2_configuration_on_UEFI_systems===
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==[[Fedora_19 |A preliminary look at Fedora 19 Anaconda]]==
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*'''Annotated screen-shots''' 01/31/2013
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*Fedora-19-Nightly-20130129.10-x86_64-Live-xfce.iso
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:Live Install in VirtualBox
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==[[Fedora_19.12-1 | A preliminary look at Fedora 19.12-1 Anaconda netinstall]]==
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:NEW 03/20/2013 - Does not yet complete an install
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:F19 Buglist: http://qa.fedoraproject.org/blockerbugs/milestone/19/alpha/buglist
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::Alpha-TC2: https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/19-Alpha-TC2/Fedora/
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====[http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test/2013-March/114298.html Do not install kernel if upgrading to f19]====
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"... So I installed fedora-release from the F19 repo and did a yum
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distro-sync today. Then I installed a new kernel build. Then I rebooted.
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Then nothing would boot at all.
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It turns out this is because the release name of Fedora 19 is:
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Schrödinger's Cat
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with a single quote used as an apostrophe. That release name gets
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written into the grub entry for a kernel when you're installing it.
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...The single quote in the release name terminates the quotes early, and leaves the rest of the
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stuff that's meant to be inside the single quotes as garbage lying
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around the config file. ..."
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==[[Fedora_anaconda_19.6 |Install of sugar-desktop in Fedora_anaconda_19.6]]==
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*'''Annotated screen-shots''' 02/14/2013
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* anaconda-19.6-boot.iso
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:Install of sugar-desktop in VirtualBox 4.2.6
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==[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Kevin/RawhideDraft Rawhide]==
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*Draft of info page
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:"Rawhide is the name given to the current development version of Fedora."
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==[http://spot.fedorapeople.org/steam/steam.repo steam repo]==
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==Advanced Topics==
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===Publican===
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*https://fedorahosted.org/publican/
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*https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Publican?rd=DocsProject/Publican
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:"publican is a single source publishing tool based on DocBook XML"
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=== [[Tutorials/Installation/Build_Your_Own_Remix_with_Fedora|Build Your Own Remix with Fedora]]===
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* Build a live Remix CD/DVD.iso with livecd-tools and spin-kickstart files.
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* Tutorial with narrated screenshots
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===[https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Kernel_modules Kernel_modules]===
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* 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.
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===[http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Features/ReworkLiveCD#Release_Notes Live media Creator]===
 +
:livemedia-creator is now included in Lorax as of release 17.1 and can be used to create live iso's using modified spin kickstarts.
 +
:Fedora 17 LiveCD's will continue to use livecd-creator.
 +
:Fedora 18 will use livemedia-creator to create LiveCDs. This will require changing how koji is used for the LiveCD builds.
 +
 
 +
===[http://sugarlabs.org/~buildbot/docs/build.html sugar-build]===
 +
*http://sugarlabs.org/~buildbot/docs/build.html
 +
:Daniel Narvaez has made a number of improvements to sugar-build,
 +
:which has by-and-large replaced sugar-jhbuild as the preferred development environment for Fedora and Ubuntu.
 +
 
 +
===[http://blog.hansenpartnership.com/linux-foundation-secure-boot-system-released/ linux-foundation-secure-boot-system]===
 +
*http://blog.hansenpartnership.com/wp-uploads/2013/PreLoader.efi
 +
*http://blog.hansenpartnership.com/wp-uploads/2013/HashTool.efi
 +
===systemd/dbus===
 +
:http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/dbus
 +
:http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.unit.html
 +
::Detailed information
 +
*systemd: http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/47695/how-to-write-startup-script-for-systemd
 +
 
 +
===Updating GRUB 2 configuration on UEFI systems===
 +
*https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/User:Tflink/FedUp_Draft#Updating_GRUB_.28UEFI_systems.29
 
:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2#Updating_GRUB_2_configuration_on_UEFI_systems
 
:https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2#Updating_GRUB_2_configuration_on_UEFI_systems
 +
 
===[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-gpt/ GPT Disks Reference]===
 
===[http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/linux/library/l-gpt/ GPT Disks Reference]===
 +
===[http://fedorasolved.org/Members/fenris02/pulseaudio-fixes-and-workarounds Pulseaudio fixes and workarounds]===
 +
 +
===[[Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/Advanced_Topics#Pungi |Punji]]===
 +
*Build boot.iso and DVD.iso's
 +
 +
===[[Sugar_Creation_Kit/sck/Advanced_Topics#Koji |Koji]]===
 +
*Build rpms
 +
====[https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_an_RPM_package How_to_create_an_RPM_package]====

Latest revision as of 09:08, 11 May 2019

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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
Details on how newUI works.

Fedora 18 Documentation

"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."
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

rpmfusion

"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

Logo SoaS 01.pngSugar on a Stick v8 ʻŌhelo ʻai

ʻŌhelo ʻai is the name of a native Hawaiian berry.

fedora_18_live_SoaS_x86_64.iso

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)

Fedora 18 live SoaS x86 64-login.png

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

USB flash drive.jpg 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
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

VirtualBox.pngPre 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

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

Customize with kickstart files

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
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

F18-f19 distro-sync upgrade.png

  • 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.
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

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.

Live media Creator

livemedia-creator is now included in Lorax as of release 17.1 and can be used to create live iso's using modified spin kickstarts.
Fedora 17 LiveCD's will continue to use livecd-creator.
Fedora 18 will use livemedia-creator to create LiveCDs. This will require changing how koji is used for the LiveCD builds.

sugar-build

Daniel Narvaez has made a number of improvements to sugar-build,
which has by-and-large replaced sugar-jhbuild as the preferred development environment for Fedora and Ubuntu.

linux-foundation-secure-boot-system

systemd/dbus

http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/dbus
http://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/systemd.unit.html
Detailed information

Updating GRUB 2 configuration on UEFI systems

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2#Updating_GRUB_2_configuration_on_UEFI_systems

GPT Disks Reference

Pulseaudio fixes and workarounds

Punji

  • Build boot.iso and DVD.iso's

Koji

  • Build rpms

How_to_create_an_RPM_package