Re: Fedora 18 status is Go, release planned for January 15, 2013

[Kevin Thomas <axel2078@gmail.com>]

Is anyone going to be brave enough to try btrfs? :)

Kevin

On 1/16/2013 8:24 PM, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
> On Sun, 2013-01-13 at 20:50 -0600, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote:
>> Yes, RHEL7 will branch from F18.
>>
>> Not 100% sure about the final default filesystem. I'm still backing up
>> my F17 hard drive before beginning the TC4 install on hardware. However,
>> in earlier betas ext4 was still the default. I've heard there are other
>> choices, but I can't tell you from my own knowledge quite yet.
>>
>> --Doc
>>
>> On Fri, 2013-01-11 at 22:38 -0600, Kevin Thomas wrote:
>>> I thought that someone said that RHEL would be based on Fedora 18, is
>>> that correct? How is 18 looking for those that have tried it? What is
>>> the default file system format?
> OK. I'm now installing from the final release F18 x86_64 DVD so I can
> answer your question.
>
> At the INSTALLATION DESTINATION screen, select the disk(s) you want F18
> installed to and click on Done in the bottom right corner. The screen
> will gray out except for a white rectangle in the center titled
> INSTALLATION OPTIONS. Click on the [+] Partition scheme configuration.
> There you'll see a choice between Standard Partition, LVM, and btrfs
> "Partition types". Whichever one you choose, you still have the option
> to check "Let me customize the partitioning of the disks instead."
>
> Editorial comment: The new all-graphical anaconda is mostly black &
> white, and not particularly well laid out. Your gaze is not "led"
> smoothly around the various screens. It has very little visual appeal.
> Hopefully they'll hand those screens over to the graphic artists when
> RHEL7 branches.
>
> --Doc
>
>
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