Fedora

Fedora 13

• Available as a LiveCD/USB image, F13 Sugar on a Stick Mirabelle Spin - A Sugar-only environment within a LiveOS image.

The Sugar Learning Environment is packaged in Fedora 13.

• From the System -> Administration -> Add/Remove Software menu, search for Sugar.
• Among all the packaged Activities select,

The emulator for the Sugar Learning Environment sugar-emulator-0.88.1-1.fc13 (no arch)

and any or all of the Activities.

Sugar will be available in your Applications -> Education menu.

Fedora 14

• Available as a LiveCD/USB image, F14 Sugar on a Stick Mango Lassi Spin - A Sugar-only environment within a LiveOS image.

Sugar Learning Environment packaged in F14 or F15

• In root terminal:

yum groupinstall sugar*
yum install sugar-emulator

Sugar will run in a Xephyr window within your current environment. You will have full access to the Sugar features, and may even run multiple instances to simulate a local collaboration group. Later versions of Sugar require one emulator per logged in user (there can be more than one user running) Check this

Adjust the default window size for Sugar by editing the menu item for Sugar to
/usr/bin/sugar-emulator -i 1200x900

to match the XO reflective screen resolution

/usr/bin/sugar-emulator -i 832x624

approximates the display proportions of the XO laptops, closely matching the toolbar, for example.

/usr/bin/sugar-emulator -i 600x500

fits the screen for a 10-inch netbook

/usr/bin/sugar-emulator -f

full screen on netbook

You may also collaborate with others in the jabber.sugarlabs.org server Neighborhood (Press <F1> to see the Neighborhood view.)

Fedora 15 gnome3 with sugar 0.92.0

Fedora-15-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop-Download

Boots as CD to gnome3-shell on ACER ASPIRE ONE N450

Install to HD (use whole disk) works to external USB Hard Disk 04/01/2011

yum groupinstall sugar* --skip-broken

(read is broken))

yum install sugar-emulator alacarte hulahop*

terminal alacarte

education/sugar/properties edit command to "sugar-emulator -f"

Save

shutdown and restart for changes in alacarte to work

Education/Sugar

Browse-120 will not start FIX:

insert 2nd USB with surf-115.xo or Browse-115w.xo (requires hulahop*)

available from

http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Surf-115.xo

http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Browse-115w.xo

click on journal icon on sugar main screen

copy by drag drop surf-115 or Browse-115w.xo from 2nd usb in left bottom of screen to journal in left corner

• Works for install to USB Hard Drive and VirtualBox 4.0.4 HD

Note use at least 1024 memory

Browse-120 and Etoys do not work here

GnomeShell

Click link ^-http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell

http://gnome3.org/

• http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/CheatSheet

Screenshot of gnome3-shell with sugar 0.92.0 installed-note sugar Avitar on left favorites menu

"GNOME Shell is the defining technology of the GNOME 3 desktop user experience.
It provides core interface functions like switching to windows and launching applications.
GNOME Shell takes advantage of the capabilities of modern graphics hardware and introduces innovative user interface concepts
to provide a delightful and easy to use experience."

• http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/Gnome3
• http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2011-02-03_GNOME3_Alpha#Live_image
• i686 http://adamwill.fedorapeople.org/gnome3_test_day_20110203/gnome3_test_20110203_i686.iso

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/GNOME:/Medias/images/iso/GNOME_3.i686-0.1.0-Build1.1.iso

• x86_64 http://adamwill.fedorapeople.org/gnome3_test_day_20110203/gnome3_test_20110203.iso

http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/GNOME:/Medias/images/iso/GNOME_3.x86_64-0.1.0-Build1.1.iso

Test Day

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Day:2011-03-24

http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/test/15-Alpha/Live/x86_64/Fedora-15-Alpha-x86_64-Live-Desktop.iso

http://mirror.pnl.gov/fedora/linux/releases/test/15-Alpha/Live/x86_64/Fedora-15-Alpha-x86_64-Live-CHECKSUM

http://jlaska.fedorapeople.org/boot.iso

Bootable f15 gnome3 CD on MacBook Pro

Click this link ^to download http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/desktop/

Burn CD

boot CD in Mac with :C: held down

(desktop-i386-20110318.01.iso worked here)

Make Installer f15 gnome3 USB with dd

2 GB Firefly USB in USB Slot

Fedora-15-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso on Desktop

http://serverbeach1.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/15-Beta.TC1/Live/i686/Fedora-15-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso

terminal:
$
cd /home/Desktop
su (or sudo su for ubuntu)
(password)
# dd if=Fedora-15-Beta-i686-Live-Desktop.iso of=/dev/sd(x) bs=4M
139+1 records in
139+1 records out
586153984 bytes (586 MB) copied, 94.9489 s, 6.2 MB/s

Boot from USB

log out when requested

you are in gnome3-shell when Activities appears on left top bar.

Wireless: right click icon on top bar Turn on wireless or Wired and connect; You will not see the pop-up dialog for wireless password: (BUG)

To See this Dialog: Click:Activities/applications/accessories/files and it will appear.

(If 3 entries appear on top bar; you are in the fallback mode of gnome as your graphic hardware does not support gnome3-shell)

• To install from booted USB: Click Activities/Windows and the Blue Square Icon (Install to Hard Drive) on left panel.

Answer questions; Use whole disk option; select the correct hard Drive ==> click (o) for grub on it and install

When complete click on live system user hold alt key and select shutdown from menu

reboot with HD; firstboot; user; Hardware Profile (smolt);Login

Make Bootable f15 gnome3 USB

Download http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/desktop/ (desktop-i386-20110318.01.iso)

Burn to CD

Boot CD

Install to 8 GB USB (Icon on left "favorites" panel in gnome3 desktop)

Format "Custom"

/boot 500 ext4 / 6500 ext4 1000 swap

Boot USB

firstboot

Smolt

Login

• Note done on ACER ASPIRE ONE Netbook with external USB hp USB DVD/CD drive

Will fallback to a special Gnome 2.xxx if your computer does not support gnome3 requirements.

Installation to HD via dd write to 2GB Boot USB

dd if=gnome3_test_day_20110203/gnome3_test_20110203_i686.iso of=/dev/sd(x)

Note: dd to USB makes working non persistent USB that does installs and runs fine.

boots 2 GB USB on ACER ASPIRE ONE in gnome3 with wireless

Install to HD

Do update 178 packages

Install Sugar-Desktop

In terminal:

yum groupinstall sugar* --skip-broken
yum install sugar-emulator alacarte
alacarte
 properties of Education/Sugar "sugar-emulator -f"
   (-i600x500) for smaller window
 exit

Notes

1-) Browse-120 ; Chat70 (does not start) surf-115.xo works as drag-drop install from 2nd USB in 32 bit install NOT in 64 bit

2-)to fix screensize in sugar-emulator:

terminal:
su -
(password)
gedit /usr/share/applications/sugar-emulator.desktop
edit line 6: Exec=sugar-emulator -f
save
Logout
login

2a-) show desktop as icon in favorites:

add programs install "alacarte" 
open alacarte
make new
application
command "nautilus Desktop"
save 
Run from applications
Make favorite

2b-) key shortcuts

   * System (Windows) key: Switch between overview and desktop
   * Alt+F1: Switch between overview and desktop
   * Alt+F2: Pop up command dialog
   * Alt+Tab: Pop up window cycler
   * Alt+Shift+Tab: Cycle in reverse direction in the window cycler
   * Alt+`: Switch between windows of the same application in Alt+Tab
   * Ctrl+Alt+Tab: Pop up place cycler
   * Ctrl+Shift+Alt+R: Start and end screencast recording
   * Ctrl+Alt+D: Show desktop and raise windows back
   * Ctrl+Alt+Up/Down arrow: Switch between workspaces
   * Ctrl+Alt+Shift+Up/Down arrow: Move the current window to a different workspace 
Most keybindings can be viewed under the User Menu -> System Settings -> Keyboard -> Shortcuts 

2c-) md5 fails in gnome3 f15 liveusb-creator (bug) How to Fix:

   yum install liveusb-creator hal
   alacarte
   edit liveusb-creator command: "liveusb-creator -n"
   -n (no md5 checking) 
   will not run if not included
   shutdown
   restart

2d-) List of Autostart programs when starting gnome-shell:

   ALT F2 gnome-session-properties

3-)http://live.gnome.org/GnomeShell/CheatSheet

How to show user pictures on the GDM LOGIN screen

Click "my account" on the top panel lets me edit the picture, and

adding a picture will show it on the GDM login screen.

4-) If you hold down Alt, a 'Shut Down' option appears in place of suspend

5-) Alt+Tab switches between windows;

hot corner = upper left switches between shell and running applications

Alt+F2 allows entering a command to launch an application.

      the Shell simply always behaves so there's exactly one empty workspace.
      So when you start a session you have one workspace.
      As soon as you run something it goes into that workspace and
      you get a second empty workspace. As soon as you put any app into that
      empty workspace, a new empty workspace is created. If you remove
      everything from any workspace, it will disappear, so there's still only
      one empty workspace at the bottom of the list. So, there's never any
      need to manually add a new workspace. Pretty neat system.

6-) I've just installed F15 alpha in a virtualbox machine and at the first boot I

      get a gnome 3 error explaining that it can't be fully initialised because 3D is 
      not supported.
      GNOME3 is not expected to work in virtualized environments where
      hardware accelerated graphics are not available.

7-)

      From http://gnome3.org/faq.html ...
       The GNOME 3 desktop does require hardware accelerated graphics
       in order to provide a cutting-edge experience however, and the
       complete GNOME 3 experience will only be available on computers
       capable of this. Do not worry though: GNOME 3 will come complete
       with a fallback interface which will provide an excellent
       experience in the absence of hardware acceleration, and which
       incorporates many of the improvements that can be found in GNOME
       3.
       -------------------------------------------
      test Digest, Vol 85, Issue 60, Message: 7
       It's kind of a definition issue. GNOME *Shell* requires acceleration.
       But technically GNOME 3 does not; the fallback interface is still
       considered to be 'GNOME 3'. So you do need acceleration to get the Shell
       interface that's the 'big new thing' in GNOME 3, but still, if you don't
       have acceleration and you get the fallback interface instead, what
       you're running is still GNOME 3. Just GNOME 3's fallback interface.
       Adam Williamson 
      Message: 8
       In any case, VBox with 3d accelleration enables and 128MB for video memory
       is not sufficient for GShell.  (VBox 4.0.4)
      Message: 13
       Also, on that last note, we should clarify that right now Shell doesn't
       work even in virtualized environments where accelerated graphics *are*
       available, e.g. VirtualBox with appropriate hardware and drivers. In
       theory it should be possible to make this work, but in practice it
       currently doesn't.
       So there's two angles we can approach this from; make Shell run with
       software GL, or fix up Shell to work with virtualized graphics
       acceleration passthrough. But it's not at all guaranteed that we'll
       manage either in time for f15. 

8-)test Digest, Vol 85, Issue 78

       Unable to log in after update:
       yum downgrade rsyslog fixed it

       The minimum memory required is 1GB, due to anaconda changes.
       When you see "populate_rootfs" in the panic, it's caused by that.
       Message: 16
       don't know whether modifying services is reasonable, but what is not 
       reasonable is for a user no longer to be able to boot his system and not to be 
       able to log in after an update. For the less experienced user, this particular 
       problem required a reinstallation of the system. For me, a somewhat more savvy 
       user, this required using all the skills I had just to avoid reinstallation, 
       and only a tip on this list from another affected user to get me out of an 
       unsolvable situation.
       ------------------------
       It is selinux that is denying the startup, system will work, but you need to start with it disabled :(
       I downgraded rsyslog package to get a working desktop in the meantime there is a bugzilla already:
       https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=689089

Update Log

1. 178 03/12? on install
2. 28 3/15 (including alacarte update)
3. ?- 3/16 Yum Update (including keychain)
4. 49 3/18
5. 25 3/20 without rsyslogd 5.7.9-1 fc15 (x86-64) which would cause loss of login per IRC
6. 42 3/25

Smolt profiles

• http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_53cdeffa-ac52-4a4b-aa0a-66f624949472

Beta TC-1 VirtuaLBox 4.0.4 OSX MacBook Pro i7

• http://www.smolts.org/client/show/pub_7cc33ba2-4c62-44fa-925e-c92fcbf7dc41

ACER ASPIRE ONE HD Install from booted dd USB of x86-64 .iso

Sugar on a Stick

With this spin, you'll be able to run Sugar, which is developed by Sugar Labs and is the desktop environment used on the OLPC, directly from a Live CD or Live USB!

See our Sugar on a Stick page.

, Mango Lassi with Sugar 0.90.3 and Fedora 14 (Laughlin)
or, for brave pioneers, v5 alpha with Sugar 0.92 and Fedora 15 (Lovelock)

Make a custom Fedora image

Build Your Own Remix with Fedora

click link ^ http://wiki.sugarlabs.org/go/Build_Your_Own_Remix_with_Fedora

• Use Livecd-tools and a custom kickstart file to build a custom remix.iso

Fedora OLPC

The Fedora OLPC SIG, http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OLPC, will be importing further activities into Fedora, which might later be installed using

yum install sugar-*

Here's a video of the process http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKmrtlyyCFo

CJB suggests: as root, run: yum -y groupinstall "Sugar Desktop Environment"

The command to run Sugar is as root otherwise you may get this behavior.

sugar-emulator

For more information on the new release, please refer to the announcement here:

• http://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-olpc-list/2008-December/msg00061.html

Mailing list

• http://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/olpc

Download Mirrors and Spins

• Mirror List: http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist/Fedora/development/i386/

http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist

• Currently building Spins: http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/nightly-composes/
• 10 days of old spin builds: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/tasks?method=createLiveCD&owner=kevin&state=all&view=tree&order=-id