Here are some of my Fedora installation settings. See also: **Create Disc Image**, Driver Installation Settings, Operating System Settings, Operating System Installation Times, Operating System Requirements, Operating System Startup Times.
Login screen:
Language: English (United States).
Log In button.
Note to myself: turn off screensaver at this point.
Install to Hard Drive icon:
Keyboard:
Finnish
Please select the drives you'd like to install the operating system on:
Model Capacity Interconnect Device
ATA WDC WD10EALS-00Z 953869 MB ATA sda
Time zone:
[Europe/Helsinki]
Installation type:
Comments: with Wings desktop I have problems partitioning with Linux (maybe unsupported hardware), so I have created a partition for Windows with Windows 7 and left free space for Linux.
(*) Use Free Space
Note: After installation when updating first update all except fedora-release-15-3, then update fedora-release-15-3, but press + and uncheck fedora-release-rawhide-15-3.
Note: I don't recommend GNOME3 for SOT computer, because it's too old. Instead, use Xfce.
Note: For me it was easier to install Fedora 15 Desktop Edition 32-bit (i686, CD-RW) than Fedora 15 DVD 32-bit (i386, DVD). With SOT computer keyboard and mouse are not recognized with DVD installation disc.
Note: If you are upgrading from Fedora 13, simply use the Fedora 15 installation disc to upgrade without updating Fedora 13 first (slow connection with SOT computer).
Note: Clean installation failed to SOT computer after updating Fedora 15. Installation failed also by installing over Fedora 13.
Note: Installation to SOT computer was a success with Fedora 15 Xfce, but after installing ATI drivers (aticonfig) the screen went nuts.
Note: Fedora 15 LXDE is uglier than Fedora 15 Xfce.
Note: Screen goes blank for a while when booting Fedora 15 Xfce.
Fedora options
- http://fedoraproject.org/en/get-fedora-options
Fedora 15 DVD (i386)
- http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/15/Fedora/i386/iso/Fedora-15-i386-DVD.iso
Fedora 15 Xfce
- http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/spins/linux/releases/15/Spins/i686/Fedora-15-i686-Live-XFCE.iso (29.8.2011)
Fedora 15 LXDE (not really more beautiful than Fedora 15 Xfce)
- http://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/spins/linux/releases/15/Spins/i686/Fedora-15-i686-Live-LXDE.iso (30.8.2011)
Live System User
Settings
Power: Power Saving: [Never]
Region & Language: "Input Sources": "+": "... (More)": "Finnish": click "Finnish" (below "Finnish"): click "Add" [do not click "Region" or "Format", just + below "Input Sources"]
Welcome to Fedora
Install to Hard Drive
Welcome to Fedora 19.
English (United States), Continue
Fedora 19 Installation
(you might see here the "fi" icon for Finnish keyboard)
Localization
Date & Time: Helsinki/Europe
Keyboard
+: Finnish (Finnish): Add
Select "Finnish" and move it above "English (English (US))".
Storage
Installation Destination
Select the hard drive icon (there should be only one if you used Windows to format the HDD with no additional partitions).
(*) Automatically configure my Fedora installation to the disk(s) I selected and return to the main menu, select Continue
Fedora 19 Installation (again here)
Press Begin Installation.
(Installing...)
Root Password
Gedit
Search for gedit.
Launch gedit.
With gedit test your keyboard so that your password(s) actually contain what you wanted.
(Installing...) (again here)
User Creation
Full Name:
Username:
(Installing...) (again here)
"Fedora is now successfully installed on your system and ready for you to use!"
Press Quit.
Live System User
Power Off: Restart
(Fedora starts)
Sign in.
Welcome
You see a list of interface languages: you can keep the "English (United States)".
Press Next.
Input Sources
Select "Finnish", select Next.
"Start using GNOME 3"
Welcome to Fedora 21
English
English (United States)
Keyboard
Finnish
English (US)
Date & Time
Region: Europe
City: Helsinki
(*) Network Time
(*) 24-hour
Installation Destination
Local Standard Disks: ATA WDC WD10EALS-00Z
(*) Automatic partitioning (Windows 7 installation was left intact)
Create user
Full name: Tomi Häsä
Username: tomihasa
Password: -
Software: Package collections
Administration Tools
Software: Admin tools
apt
Terminal (test that apt is working)
su
apt-get update
Software: Programming
gcc-c++
OpenJDK Development Environment (java-[n]-openjdk-devel)
Software: Admin tools
fwbuilder
netstat
nmap
nmap-frontend
procinfo
screen
sysstat
yumex
Software: System
man-pages
rsh
wget
Software: Graphics
GIMP
Software: use the search function
Emacs
Postgresql
javac (javacc)
Last modified: December 25th, 2014
Author: Tomi Häsä (tomi.hasa@gmail.com)
URL: http://sites.google.com/site/tomihasa/fedora-installation-settings