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When using Fedora 19 or Fedora 20 minimal install, you'll notice that some old command doesn't work anymore. Listed below are some of the changes and the essential commands that you may need. Networking The common network command ifconfig was replaced by ip. Previously you would use the command ifconfig -a to list all the active and inactive network device in your system. Now you can use ip link or ip addr . Old command to display all network devices (Deprecated) ifconfig -a New Command to display network devices ip link show ip link show up To activate a network device, you can still use the old command ifup and ifdown . You can also use the new command ip link Command to enable or disable network device s sudo ifup <device> sudo ifdown <device> sudo ip link set <device> up sudo ip link set <device> down Network Devices Naming There is a change in naming network devices. An Ethernet port previously known as...

Update: For installation on Fedora 20 , please refer to Install Mate Desktop with Compiz on Fedora 20 . This is the installation guide to install Mate Desktop with Compiz on top of existing GNOME Desktop or Cinnamon Desktop. If you prefer a clean Mate Desktop, please refer to the post Install Fedora 19 Mate Compiz Spin . Actually,  I intended to use the Mate Compiz Spin as my main desktop environment, however, I encountered some minor but annoying issues. The main problem is after logging in, it takes a long while for the desktop to show. Other minor issues like lack of applications can be resolved by installing the additional applications manually. After installing Mate Desktop on the existing GNOME/Cinnamon desktop environment, the desktop shows seconds after login. There is no lack of applications, in fact there are some duplicate applications, but this doesn't bothers me. Please note that you need additional hard disk space to install Fedora 19 with Cinnamo...

Update: For Fedora 20, refer to Install Fedora 20 using Netinstall . This is the procedure for installing Fedora 19 using NetInstall method. For full installation of Fedora 19 on a computer, please refer to Installation Guide for Fedora 19 . For installation of Fedora 19 on virtual machine, please refer to  Install Fedora 19 on VirtualBox with Guest Additions . For Compiz fan, please refer to the post  Install Fedora 19 Mate Compiz Spin . This method allows you to download and install the latest software package from the repository, there is no need for software update after installation. Please note that it will take longer time for the installation to complete because the installer need to download every single package during installation. I usually use this method to install minimal Fedora 19 on a virtual machine since it does not take up very much hard disk space and memory. Creation of Media or Setting Up VirtualBox For creating a bootable USB, plea...

The following guide contains the installation procedure for  Fedora 19 Mate Compiz Spin . This procedure was tested on a HP laptop with dual core AMD processor and 4GB of RAM using a USB external hard disk. I boot Fedora 19 from a USB stick and install the entire OS on an external (USB) hard disk. Depending on your hardware, it is not advisable to install Mate Compiz spin in a virtual machine if your hardware could not support it. For installation of original Fedora 19, please refer to Installation Guide for Fedora 19 . For installing fedora 19 on virtual machine, please refer to Install Fedora 19 on VirtualBox with Guest Additions . For netinstall, refer to Install Fedora 19 using Netinstall . Creation of Boot Media You can download the Mate Compiz Spin from here . You can e xplore other custom spins here . The procedure on creating bootable USB can be found on the  official Fedora documentation here . For details of creating a bootable USB drive, please  re...

Update: To install Fedora 20, please refer to Installation guide for Fedora 20 . The following guide contains the installation procedure for  Fedora 19 . This procedure was tested on a HP laptop with dual core AMD processor and 4GB of RAM using a USB external hard disk. I boot the Fedora Live from a USB stick and install the entire OS on an external (USB) hard disk. For installation of Fedora 19 on virtual machine, please refer to Install Fedora 19 on VirtualBox with Guest Additions . For Compiz fan, please refer to the post Install Fedora 19 Mate Compiz Spin . For netinstall, refer to Install Fedora 19 using Netinstall . Creation of Media Since I am tired of burning the Live DVD on a blank disc. I decided to create a boot USB stick instead. The procedure on creating bootable USB can be found on the official Fedora documentation here . For details of creating a bootable USB drive, please refer to my post here on creating USB drive . Installing Fedora 19 Start you...