Fedora 21
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Fedora 21
- Rawhide is now f 22
- To convert to a F21 and remove rawhide repos:
- Boot.iso - Basically a Netinstall (Built daily)
- This is pre-release so it may (or not) work. Latest is 21.48.2-1 Anaconda 08/06/2014
- Works in Virtualbox
Download
- https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/21/x86_64/os/images/boot.iso
- https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/x86_64/os/images/boot.iso
- boot.iso is the same as a netinstall.iso
- For latest Builds builds (and links to them) see:
TESTING
UEFI Boot
- https://www.happyassassin.net/2014/01/25/uefi-boot-how-does-that-actually-work-then/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TmoeEM_eCQo
Liveusb-creator
- Use Liveusb-creator to make a bootable Live USB to do Installation from one of these LiveCD's
- Get liveusb-creator at https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/
Testing liveusb-creator in Windows 8.1
- Tested by satellit on 2014/08/01
- NOTE: GUI works well in fedora.
"There are a number of things that need to fixed in the windows version of liveusb-creator. 1-) detect screen resolution and properly display GUI 2-) run in compatability mode (run as administrator) 3-) run as liveusb-creator --reset-mbr by default (this can be done in linux by editing the icon command) 4-)Fix the Download button on the GUI to work and be up to date."
- fedora-qa Install testing:
- 06/24/2014 NetworkManager--wifi added to comps in f21(rawhide)
- SoaS shows wireless and ad-hoc in f1 Network Neighborhood on install
"If you suddenly find yourself without Wi-Fi,find a wired network connection and:
dnf install NetworkManager-wifi systemctl restart NetworkManager"
DNF vs YUM
Upgrade to rawhide from an existing installation
Systemd
- Fedora wiki page
Updating Grub 2 on UEFI systems
Turn off gnome automatic background updates
- NOTE seems to be no longer available:
- To turn off background downloading of updates and forced 10 minute updates on boot of gnome3.10.1
- Root terminal
yum install dconf-editor
- User Terminal
dconf-editor gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/updates
- Uncheck [ ] auto updates
- NOTE this plugin no longer exists in f21(rawhide) 03/14/2014
- see gnome Bug:
- This is modified: 12/28/2013
"This moves more functionality from the gsd updates plugin here: * Notify about successful or unsuccessful offline updates 15 seconds after start. * Monitor for available offline updates and notify about them, once per hour. * Refresh the cache once per day, after 6am. * If important updates are available, or updates have not been installed for at least 7 days, download all available updates. We rely on PackageKit to prepare an offline update when updates have been downloaded. * Avoid mobile networks for cache refresh and downloads."
Logic Map for Updates in gnome
know how to force a reinstall of a kernel
- yum reinstall kernel isn't doing anything
- you need to re-run the scriptlets
- this is not done with "yum reinstall"
- "rpm -q --scripts kernel-version-release" would tell you what to rerun
fedora boot optimization
- Can be dangerous - ADVANCED USERS ONLY
Location enabled by default in GNOME
- Fedora Gnome seems to have GeoClue enabled by default
"Geoclue is a D-Bus service that provides location information. The primary goal of the Geoclue project is to make creating location-aware applications as simple as possible, while the secondary goal is to ensure that no application can access location information without explicit permission from user. "
Rawhide Watch
- boot failures with recent rawhide kernels
dogtail
- Being consdered by gnome in IRC GIPMnet #qa for automated testing
Fedora-21 anaconda 21.48.1-1 installer
- This is the installer from Fedora-Live-SoaS-x86_64-21-20140728.iso SoaS LiveCD in Oracle VM VirtualBox
- This is a Preliminary version and will be modified before f21 is released.
- 07/29/2014
- Note The same installer is on the boot.iso with more options.
- Install done from Soas terminal with
su liveinst
- Time Zone selected
- [Done} to return to main Hub
Custom Install Screens
- Note only used if you select:
[x]I will configure partitioning
- select type of partition to create in Drop Down menu
- Reclaim space if HD is already formatted
Begin Installation
- Configuration
- Root Password and User Creation
- Select Password and User Creation to enter their spokes and return with [Done]
- A weak Password will require entering [done] 2 times to return to main Configuration Spoke
- See yellow warning in bottom of page
- Installing Software
- % completion until [Done]-Reboot appears
Boot.iso
- This may also be listed as netinstall.iso
- Software Selection
- Lists Server and Desktop Environments with their Optional packages listed on the right side.
- Select and hit [Done] to return to Main Hub.
Sugar-test Cases
- Used in #fedora-qa testing
SoaS v10 testing with activities not included in the standard distribution
Bug Reports
- Blockers Bugs info
New proposed Features
AppInstaller in F21
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/AppInstallerContinued
"gnome-software will support installing system add-ons such as fonts and codecs. It will show additional metadata for applications: screenshots, ratings, other details. We will also work with the Fedora infrastructure team to obtain the metadata online for all applications instead of shipping it statically for a limited set."
Fedora.next
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora.next
"This all came out of a number of proposals at Flock 2013, including Architecture for a More Agile Fedora and Stephen Gallagher's suggestion that we use that architecture to design, build, and market three distinct Fedora products. This grew into a proposal accepted by the Fedora advisory board, and the formation of Initial Working Groups by FESCo. "
Release Schedule
- Link to current fedora wiki page: