Fedora 22

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Release Schedule

• Link to current fedora wiki page:

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/22/Schedule

• fedora 22 (Rawhide) will become fedora 22 in the future.
• WARNING

Do not use any fedora 22 (rawhide) installs for anything but testing.

• https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/Rawhide

boot.iso- Basically a Netinstall (Built daily)

• This is Rawhide so it may (or not) work.

May contain Server and Many Desktop Environments and options for each of them to test.

Requires a Network Connection

• latest boot.iso

http://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/mash/rawhide-20150124/rawhide/x86_64/os/images/boot.iso

Download

• https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/x86_64/os/images/boot.iso

boot.iso is the same as a netinstall.iso

• Daily Builds of boot.iso

https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org/mash/

• For latest builds:

https://apps.fedoraproject.org/releng-dash/

• Alternative Download Site (koji builder - (Only use if releng-dash not available.)

http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/tasks?start=0&state=all&view=flat&method=createLiveCD&order=-id

Click on Name and then Click on the xxx.iso for download.

text install with boot.iso

• boot USB or CD of boot.iso

hit [tab]

"inst.txt" 

added to command line

Testing f22

• NOTE as of anaconda 22.17-1 only strong passwords can be used.(20150201)

"A security problem was recognized because the ssh daemon is enabled by default on Fedora systems: with a weak root password, a remote attacker might easily obtain unlimited access."

• testing results (20150201):

setenforce 0 needed to access network. Installer will fail if no networking is working.

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1178932

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1185195

• Listing of all tests:

https://www.happyassassin.net/2014/12/24/fedora-22-and-later-nightly-testing/

• Look here for Older testing

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Category:Fedora_22_Nightly_Test_Results

Fedora_22_20150203 testing

Announcing the creation of a new nightly release validation test event for Fedora 22 Rawhide 20150203. Please help run some tests for this nightly compose if you have time. For more information on nightly release validation testing, see: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Release_validation_test_plan

Notable package version changes:

pykickstart - 20150124: 1.99.65-1, 20150203: 1.99.66-1

anaconda - 20150124: 22.16-1, 20150203: 22.17-1

Test coverage information for the current release can be seen at:

https://www.happyassassin.net/testcase_stats/22

You can see all results, find testing instructions and image download locations, and enter results on the Summary page:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_22_Rawhide_20150203_Summary

The individual test result pages are:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_22_Rawhide_20150203_Installation

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_22_Rawhide_20150203_Base

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_22_Rawhide_20150203_Server

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_22_Rawhide_20150203_Cloud

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_22_Rawhide_20150203_Desktop

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_22_Rawhide_20150203_Security_Lab

Fedora_22_20150124 testing

• Current Test

https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/test-announce/2015-January/000987.html

Test coverage information for the current release can be seen at:

https://www.happyassassin.net/testcase_stats/22

You can see all results, find testing instructions and image download locations, and enter results on the Summary page:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_22_Rawhide_20150124_Summary

The individual test result pages are:

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_22_Rawhide_20150124_Installation

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_22_Rawhide_20150124_Base

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_22_Rawhide_20150124_Server

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_22_Rawhide_20150124_Cloud

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_22_Rawhide_20150124_Desktop

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Test_Results:Fedora_22_Rawhide_20150124_Security_Lab

Notable package version changes:

pyparted - 20150110: 3.10.2-1, 20150124: 3.10.3-1

lorax - 20150110: 22.1-1, 20150124: 22.3-1

python-blivet - 20150110: 0.74-1, 20150124: 0.75-1

anaconda - 20150110: 22.14-1, 20150124: 22.16-1

KDE testing with calamares-0.17.0-7 installer

Links to screen shots^

"Distribution-independent installer framework "

• experimental live installer for KDE
• Latest Calamares:

http://koji.fedoraproject.org/koji/buildinfo?buildID=604775

https://kojipkgs.fedoraproject.org//packages/calamares/0.17.0/8.20150119git5c6a302112cee.fc22/x86_64/calamares-0.17.0-8.20150119git5c6a302112cee.fc22.x86_64.rpm

In root terminal of booted live DVD:

yum install calamares

KDE menu: search for calamares "Install to Hard Disk Drive"

• Alternate method in terminal:

kdesu -t calamares

https://github.com/calamares

http://www.linfo.org/kdesu.html

Install Soas with calamares

• Tested in gnome-boxes (20150114)
• Alternative installer from liveinst (anaconda)

In root terminal of booted live DVD:

yum install calamares
calamares

Loss of wifi

• Appears to be fixed in latest testing
• Not available in bios boot here 20141222 satellit

  https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1173992

listed as f22 alpha FE

source: http://blogs.gnome.org/dcbw/2014/06/19/psa-fedora-21-networkmanager-and-dnf/ The"... core of NetworkManager smaller and more flexible by splitting out Wi-Fi support into the NetworkManager-wifi package. If you don’t have or don’t use Wi-Fi on your system, you don’t need to install stuff for it and you can save some disk space and RAM. If you suddenly find yourself without Wi-Fi, find a wired network connection and:"

dnf install NetworkManager-wifi
systemctl restart NetworkManager

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

RPM Fusion

• http://rpmfusion.org/Configuration

"RPM Fusion provides software that the Fedora Project or Red Hat doesn't want to ship."

Copr

"Copr (Cool Other Package Repo) is a Fedora project to help make building and managing third party package repositories easy."

MultiWriter

Write up to 20 USB's at once from a live.iso

liveusb-creator

Version 2014-11-26 :: v3.13.1

   "Support a new destructive mode that uses dd to copy the iso directly to the device. This method tends to be more reliable,
   and requires ​hybrid ISOs, which Fedora have been producing for a long time.
   Added a new --dd command-line option
   DVD iso support with the 'Overwrite device' method..."
   

• More Info: https://fedorahosted.org/liveusb-creator/

Sugar-0.102.0-rawhide-VirtualBox appliance

Fedora-Live-SoaS-x86_64-rawhide-20150104.iso

• http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Fedora-Live-SoaS-x86_64-rawhide.ova

Import into VirtualBox

8 GB importable appliance

Not initialized for sugar identity

root=sugarroot

user=sugar pswd=sugaruser

Experimental (proposed) Cinnamon spin

• f21 Cinnamon live F21Live-Cinnamon-x86_64-20141221 installed to bare metal

being tested in liveusb-creator screenshot

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Cinnamon_Spin

https://github.com/Grinnz/spin-kickstart-cinnamon

https://grinnz.com/public/spins-cinnamon/

Upgrade to rawhide from an existing installation

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

Fedora.next

Link: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Fedora.next

• "Fedora.next is an umbrella phrase for the planning for the next decade of the Fedora Project.""

fedora packages

Type name to search

Planning for Workstation 22

Planning Ideas

f22 Changes Set

Proposed changes for f22

Testing Ideas

openqa

Fedora QA Calendar

• Fedora QA meeting schedule