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Fedora 17Inside
Teguh “DC” DwicaksanaPRESENTED BY:
dheche@fedoraproject.org
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Today's Topics
· Fedora Project
· Fedora 17 Features
· Common Installation Tips
Fedora Project
What We Believe ?
· We believe in the value of free software, and fight to protect and promote solutions anyone can use and redistribute
· We also believe in the power of collaboration. Staying close to upstream projects
· We also believe in empowering others to pursue their own visions of a free operating system
Fedora's Core Values
freedom
· 100% free, legal, redistributable.
· Software. Artwork. Project code. EVERYTHING.
· Never cutting corners
friends
· Everyone has something to give.
· 25,000 Fedora account holders and growing.
· Disagreement, then discussion, then consensus.
features
· Technical excellence.
· Upstream collaboration.
· Our features become part of openSUSE, Ubuntu, Mandriva, others...
first
· Innovation!
· We don't wait for others to do the heavy lifting.
· Rapid release cycle.
· Community R&D lab
Spins
· Fedora spins are alternate version of Fedora, tailored for various types of users via hand-picked application set or customizations
· There are a lot of packages in Fedora, and it can be time-consuming to look up and install all the software you might need for a particular task.
· KDE, XFCE, LXDE, Security, Games, SoaS, Electronic-Lab, Scientific-KDE, Design-suite, Robotics
Remix
· A Fedora Remix is a combination of Fedora software, with or without third-party software, that any community member can create at any time
· A Fedora Remix product may contain some software that is forbidden to include in Fedora itself
· You can call it by a completely different name, and have different artwork and logos
· FusionLinux, Rasberry Pi, Kororaa
How can you help?
http://join.fedoraproject.org
Fedora Indonesia
· Blog: http://www.fedora.or.id
· Planet: http://planet.fedora.or.id
· Forum: http://fedora.or.id/forum
· Twitter: @fedoraid
· Facebook: Fedora Indonesia
· Milis: fedora-id@googlegroups.com
· IRC: irc.freenode.net #fedora.indonesia
Fedora 17 Features
Hardware Requirements
· Processor > Pentium 3
· Minimum RAM
· for text-mode: 768 MiB
· for graphical: 768 MiB
· Recommended RAM for graphical: 1152 MiB
· Harddisk
· Complete: > 9GB
· Minimum: 90 MiB
Changes in Fedora 17
· GNOME 3.4 and KDE 4.8
· OpenStack, Eucalyptus and Open Nebula
· ICC profiles for color printing and an improved gimp
· Still more virtualization improvements
· Software Rendering for GNOME Shell
· Removal media changes mount points
Features
· Presto
· PackageKit
· PolicyKit
· SystemD
· SELinux
· NetworkManager
· Kickstart
Presto
· The presto plugin for yum adds support for downloading deltarpms and using them to generate new packages
· It will make a substantial dent in the amount of data having to be downloaded for updates
PackageKit
· Packagekit is a distribution neutral package management framework and frontend
· The actual nuts-and-bolts distro tool (yum, apt, conary, etc) is used by PackageKit using compiled and scripted helpers. PackageKit isn't meant to replace these tools
· Fedora, Foresight Linux, Moblin, Kubuntu, openSUSE, SLES, Sabayon
PolicyKit
· PolicyKit provides a flexible framework for granting users access to privileged operations. It is meant to replace the old userhelper approach, and overcome some of its shortcomings
SystemD
· systemd is a system and service manager for Linux, compatible with SysV and LSB init scripts
· Fedora 14 featured it is a technology preview. It is the default in Fedora 15 and above replacing Upstart
SELinux
· SE (Security Enhanced) Linux is a security feature in the Linux kernel and enabled by default in Fedora that provides more fine grained access control compared to traditional file permissions
· A centralized policy determines which software can access what resources
Kickstart
· Many system administrators would prefer to use an automated installation method to install Fedora on their machines
· Using kickstart, a system administrator can create a single file containing the answers to all the questions that would normally be asked during a typical installation
CommonInstallation
Tips
Installation Media
· DVD or CD
· LiveCD or LiveUSB
First Boot
· For Create User make sure you create an account for yourself. If this user account will also be administering the computer, make sure to select "Add to Administrators group".
YUM
· Plugins: yum-plugin-fastestmirror
· Third Party Repositories
· RPMFusion
Multimedia
· MP3 (Rhythmbox/Gstreamer)
· rhythmbox
· gstreamer-plugins-ugly
· gstreamer-plugins-bad
· gstreamer-ffmpeg
Truetype Fonts
· Microsoft Truetype Fonts vs Liberation Fonts
· System Wide: /usr/share/fonts
· Per user: ~/.fonts
Adobe Flash Plugins
· 32 bit
· $ sudo rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
· $ sudo rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux
· 64 bit
· $ sudo rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
· $ sudo rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux
· Install: sudo yum install flash-plugin
· Restart Browser
Adobe Acrobat
· $ sudo rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
· $ sudo rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux
· $ sudo yum install AdobeReader_enu
Misc Apps
· Dropbox
· Skype
· Google chrome
· Google voice and video chat
· Proprietary Drivers for VGA (ATI/NVIDIA)
Make it simple
· fedorautilshttp://fedorautils.sourceforge.net/
· autoplushttp://dnmouse.org/autoten/
· Gnome tweak tool
Doesn't Like gnome-shell ?
· Cinnamon
· Mate Desktop
Summary
· freedom. friends. features. first.
· Spins. Remix.
· Fedora utils. Autoplus. Gnome Tweak Tools.
Questions?
dheche@fedoraproject.orgTwitter: @dheche
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