Fedora 21

"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:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_21_Rawhide_2014_05_Install#Live_image

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

http://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/2014/06/19/psa-fedora-21-networkmanager-and-dnf/

Upgrade to rawhide from an existing installation

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/Rawhide#Upgrade_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:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=709121

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:

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=719304

This is modified: 12/28/2013

https://git.gnome.org/browse/gnome-software/commit/?id=774a67b55ca21901d4dca58717015503fce8db1b

"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."

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=709121

Logic Map for Updates in gnome

https://bug709121.bugzilla-attachments.gnome.org/attachment.cgi?id=256126

https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=709121

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

http://www.harald-hoyer.de/2013/11/13/fedora-boot-optimization/

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

http://www.redhat.com/magazine/020jun06/features/dogtail/

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

Otherwise skip to Begin Installation

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

Sugar Test Cases

Used in #fedora-qa testing

SoaS v10 testing with activities not included in the standard distribution

Testing/Reports/SoaS v10 Activities

Bug Reports

Blockers Bugs info

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/BugZappers/HouseKeeping/Trackers

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:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/21/Schedule