Here’s my take on installing Fedora 11, which was released June 9, 2009. I chose not to do an upgrade as I often do. Instead, I did backup, followed by a fresh install, preserving my \/home partition, but wiping out the other partitions. Then I used [`meld`](http:\/\/meld.sourceforge.net\/) to restore my configuration files in \/etc — such as ssh server keys, printer settings and file system mounts. I found that I had to use the kernel boot option `nomodeset` in order to avoid system lockups. Overall, I’ve been pleased with my Fedora 11 experience, despite the bumps.<\/p>\n
Fedora 11 useful resources:<\/p>\n
– [Release Notes](http:\/\/docs.fedoraproject.org\/release-notes\/f11\/en-US\/)
\n– [Common Bugs](http:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/wiki\/Common_F11_bugs), with workarounds.
\n– [Fedora Guide](http:\/\/www.fedoraguide.info\/), explaining how to configure a Fedora system.<\/p>\n
Pre-install:<\/p>\n
– `cp -a \/etc \/home\/backup\/etc`
\n– `cp -a \/root \/home\/backup\/etc`
\n– backup \/home
\n– booted the LiveCD to make sure it would detect my hardware and run<\/p>\n
Install<\/p>\n
– I decided to preserve my partition layout, which isn’t the default option upon fresh install
\n– Didn’t delete my `\/home` partition.
\n– Reformatted all other partitions, with “\/” as ext4<\/p>\n
Post-install:<\/p>\n
– Had to enable eth0 in NetworkManager, and make “enabled” the default.
\n– `yum install -y meld nautilus-actions nautilus-open-terminal vim-X11 zsh screen mc rdesktop`
\n– `meld \/home\/backup\/etc \/etc`
\n – Restored \/etc\/ssh settings
\n – Restored \/etc\/cups printer settings
\n – Checked \/etc\/fstab differences
\n– Installed [NX Server](http:\/\/www.nomachine.com\/)<\/p>\n
Pleasurable:<\/p>\n
– Bootup is very pleasant, and seems faster. 30 seconds boot. 17 seconds login. 14 second shutdown. This is on an AMD Athlon 2400 Mhz Sempron with an ATI video card.
\n– Artwork is top notch (backgrounds on login screen and default wallpaper)<\/p>\n
Pain points:<\/p>\n
– Unavailable extensions for Thunderbird 3.0
\n— Enigmail
\n– Unavailable extensions for Firefox 3.5
\n— Aardvark
\n— QuickProxy
\n– Computer locked up every few hours until I added `nomodeset` to my kernel settings in \/etc\/grub.conf.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Here’s my take on installing Fedora 11, which was released June 9, 2009. I chose not to do an upgrade as I often do. Instead, I did backup, followed by a fresh install, preserving my \/home partition, but wiping out the other partitions. Then I used [`meld`](http:\/\/meld.sourceforge.net\/) to restore my configuration files in \/etc — … <\/p>\n