Fedora 18
Fedora 18
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- Released and updated Jan 15 2013
- Updated Jan 15 2013
Get Fedora 18
- http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/releases/18/
- http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/releases/18/Spins/
- 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
Fedora 18 Documentation
- Release annoncement: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/F18_release_announcement
- Installation Guide:http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora_Draft_Documentation/0.1/html/Installation_Guide/index.html
- anaconda NuUI installer is NEW and has bugs:
- 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 f18 is the development of newUI a new anaconda.
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
Sugar on a Stick v8 ʻŌhelo ʻai
f18-SoaS.iso's
Updated 01/22/2013
- http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/releases/18/Spins/
- http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/18-TC3/Spins/x86_64/Fedora-18-TC3-x86_64-Live-SoaS.iso
- Koji-Latest Nightlys: http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/tasks?owner=&state=all&view=flat&method=createLiveCD&order=-id - Note now building fedora 19
- DANGER bugs
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- 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
- Note the SoaS-Live's do not install to Hard disk but install in VirtualBox (<==click link to virtual appliance.)
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893892
Tutorial: How to install in Virtualbox
Tutorial: Make_a_SoaS.img_file_for_repeated_installs_to_4_GB_USB's using the dd command
Prebuilt sugar.img files to dd write to a USB
- Look at the tutorial above to see how to write to USB
- 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
Sugar_Desktop_Environment_f18_netinstall_i386 VirtualBox Appliance
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
- f18 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
sample /root/anaconda-ks.cfg
- After an install of f18 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 f18 Live desktop install
- 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
- updated Jan 10 2013
- (mate 1.5.5 using updates testing repo running in VirtualBox on f18 gnome3-Desktop )
- Installed in gnome3 root terminal with
yum groupinstall MATE-Desktop --enablerepo=updates-testing
- Click on link ^ for terminal output of update
- Note use of CAPS in command
- Netinstall installs mate 1.5.4 (Updates-testing is not used)
- Download livecd-MATE-Remix (by dan408): http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/livecd-fedora-livecd-mate-201212231405.iso
- Mate 1.5.4 Livecd NEW 12/23/2012
- Available in Fedora netinstall only- DVD does not contain mate.
- Download Beta RC4: http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/18-RC4/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-18-x86_64-netinst.iso
- Declared Gold for release 01/10/2013 will be released 01/15/2013
- Nice Gnome2 alternate desktop
- Originally developed for Linux Mint
- (#mate and #fedora-mate on freenode IRC )
- Fedora Download:
- http://alt.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/18/Fedora/i386/iso/Fedora-18-i386-netinst.iso
- http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-18-x86_64-netinst.iso
mate-desktop Wiki
F18 netinstall
- http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-18-x86_64-netinst.iso
- chose MATE-desktop or cinnamon-desktop
- Add to Existing Gnome or KDE Install:
- root terminal
yum install @mate-desktop yum groupinstall MATE-Desktop
Cinnamon Desktop
- Download: http://mirrors.kernel.org/fedora/releases/18/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-18-x86_64-netinst.iso
- Select Cinnamon
yum install @cinnamon
Sugar in Cinnamon
yum groupinstall sugar-desktop yum install sugar-emulator
Upgrade Fedora 17 to Fedora 18
- updated 01/08/2013
- The simplest way to get f18
- back up /home and /etc and do a fresh install.
- Still -work in progress May change
- Backup first
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
systemd/dbus
- http://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/systemd/dbus
- Detailed information
Updating_GRUB_2_configuration_on_UEFI_systems
GPT Disks Reference
Advanced Topics
Build a live Remix CD/DVD.iso - Livecd-tools and spin-kickstart files
- Build a live Remix CD/DVD.iso
- Tutorial:Build your own remix
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.
Punji
- Build boot.iso and DVD.iso's
Koji
- Build rpms