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Fedora 17

  • Release:
https://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-all
Boot Options
  • Anaconda Boot Options Modified for Fedora 17
  • Anaconda memory requirements for Fedora 17 (08 June 2012)
    "We dropped the requirement to 512 MB. Also the 'nomemcheck' parameter was added to disable the minimum check if people really want to try installing with 384 MB or 256 MB."

Sugar Learning Environment

packaged in Fedora
  • From the Applications -> Add/Remove Software app, search for Sugar.
  • Among all the packaged Activities select,
XO buddy.png The emulator for the Sugar Learning Environment
sugar-emulator-0.96.2-1.fc17
and any or all of the Activities.
Sugar will be available in your Applications -> Education grid.
Sugar will run in a Xephyr window (Sugar in a window) within the GNOME desktop environment. You will have full access to Sugar features, and may even run multiple instances. Networking bugs currently prevent collaboration with others in the jabber.sugarlabs.org server Neighborhood. Press <F1> to see the Sugar Neighborhood view.
See emulator screen size adjustment.

Fedora Sugar on a Stick Spin

Sugar is pre-installed in a minimal Fedora Spin.


PowerPC

Sugar via the Sweets Distribution

Advanced

Install with sweets

A very advanced installation method also available for Debian, Ubuntu, Mandriva, openSUSE, and Gentoo.
Installation
Sweets Usage
Sweets Packaging

Notes

Gnome icon.png Fedora GNOME 3 shell

Dracut

UEFI Boot

Lenovo info
UEFI Boot

Dynamic Firewall

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Features/DynamicFirewall

"This feature adds support for a dynamically managed firewall that is able to handle firewall changes without the need to rebuild the whole firewall. The firewall daemon manages the firewall and has a D-BUS interface to interact with clients or services, that request firewall changes."

CD boots EFI to MAC and into a PC

no persistence when running from CD

Persistent boot USB

MAC: MacBook persistent SoaS v5 and SoaS v6 EFI Boot USB instructions
PC-Linux Downloads#GNU.2FLinux

Anaconda (installer)

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Testcase_Anaconda_updates.img_via_local_media
http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda_Boot_Options
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Options
https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Anaconda/Updates

Systemd

f17 Unity Desktop Port

Development

Fedora 18

  • NOTE: this is TC-5 (It is not fully functional)
This procedure worked for me--Satellit 01:12, 2 September 2012 (EDT)
Acer Aspire One Atom N450 with Intel IGD 64 bit Graphics
to USB External HD
from External USB DVD/CD writer
Should allow if [x] Do not upgrade is selected - ie: sneakernet installs
  • Anaconda Starts:
set root password (Important)
select install target - select Target HD
Continue
select software
Gnome Desktop Environment
Also check:
Base (required for firstboot to work) this is a bug
X Window System
Sugar-Desktop Environment - Optional
Software Source
DVD/CD
Check: [x] Do not upgrade -- this is a bug - This should be selected by default
[Back]
[Continue] - on right bottom of screen
Install contiues until reboot message appears
[Reboot]
Disconnect DVD drive
  • Boot from HD
  • Firstboot/Smolt
Set User and Password
DO not select Network Time
Do not send Smolt Profile
  • Boots to gdm Login
User; password
  • Gnome 3.5.5

Install Sugar-Emulator in TC-5

  • Terminal:
yum install sugar-emulator
  • Start Sugar from Education/Sugar
Sugar
fedora 18 release 18 (Spherical Cow)
sugar 0.97.2

Sugar-Activities

write              79
memorize           41
read               99
physics            10
maze               21
pippy              48
dimensions         38
jukebox            23
irc                10 ok
etoys             116
record             96
finance             8
calculate          40
get books          11
paint              43
terminal           39
countries          33
typing turtle      29
portfolio          26
image viewer       21
infoslicer         15
ruler              19
moon               14
help               14
speak              41 ok   does not join
labryinth          14
clock               8
log                29
abacus             35
chat               77 ok   does not join
turtle art        142
browse            139 ok

yum update Sept 2, 2012

  • Anaconda installed software from DVD repo with [x] do not update
  • Gnome "software update" does not work - (no password request pop up) "fail fail"
su
yum update
install 1 (+ 6 dependencies)
278 upgrades
rebuild of rpms, from delta rpms
  • Note This causes the "fail whale" Oh No! on boot of upgraded system
this is why setting [x] "do not update" on Anaconda software selection is CRITICAL
NewInstallerUI, Anaconda Rework for Fedora 18, Secure Boot, Draft version info

Upgrade Fedora 17 to Fedora 18

Very Early to try this- It will most likly fail

Fedora OLPC

The Fedora OLPC SIG, http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/OLPC, will be importing further activities into Fedora, which might later be installed using yum install sugar-*

Here's a video of the process http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKmrtlyyCFo
Chris Ball suggests: as root, run: yum -y groupinstall "Sugar Desktop Environment"

The command to run Sugar is as root, otherwise you may get this behavior.

Launch sugar from a terminal or console session: sugar-emulator

Mailing list

Download Mirrors and Spins

http://mirrors.fedoraproject.org/publiclist

Koji

Rawhide Testing

Common Bugs

https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/Common

For reference, you can query Bugzilla for bugs tagged CommonBugs:

  • CommonBugs? (bugs with CommonBugs keyword, but do not yet have a link to the above page)
  • CommonBugs+ (bugs with CommonBugs keyword and contain a link to the above page)

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