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
- 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:
- 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 XXXXXX I never use PackageKit so don't know if it can be made to work with that.
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/packagekit/plain/docs/media-repo.txt
- Tested and did not seem to work in f18 --Satellit 10:36, 18 December 2012 (EST)
Basically you insert the DVD with PackageKit open and it automatically mounts the disk, grabs the media repo off the disk, and adds it to the list of sources. This was added to Fedora in *2009*. If you find the support no longer working, please file a bug under the PackageKit package. *Tested and did not seem to work in f18 --Satellit 10:36, 18 December 2012 (EST)
Sugar on a Stick f18 ʻŌhelo ʻai
Working f18-SoaS.iso's
Updated 01/15/2013
- These SoaS-Live's work
- 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
- DANGER (bug)
- Loses jabber connection if change name or color in sugar's MySettings/AboutMe after you set name and color on first run
- Note the SoaS-Live's do not install to Hard disk but seem to install in VirtualBox VM (Tutorial)
Make_a_SoaS.img_file_for_repeated_installs_to_4_GB_USB's using the dd command
Full Sugar-desktop netinstall For a 4 GB USB
- Download a Prebuilt Soas_8.img file
- firstboot has not been run
http://people.sugarlabs.org/Tgillard/Soas_8.img 3.7G
Install from Soas live CD/dd USB
- NOTE the following method does not seem to always work for SoaS (Installs to VirtualBox do work).
- In terminal application:
su liveinst
Install Sugar 0.98.2
- 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://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/18-RC2/Fedora/x86_64/iso/Fedora-18-x86_64-netinst.iso
mate-desktop Wiki
F18 netinstall
- http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/stage/18-RC4/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 install @cinnamon
- Or:
yum groupinstall MATE-Desktop
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
Punji
- Build boot.iso and DVD.iso's
Koji
- Build rpms