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Contents 1 This document 1.1 Disclaimer 1.2 History 1.3 Reporting errors 2 Fedora 8 (Werewolf) has been released 2.1 Downloads 2.2 Live Imagess 2.3 Spins 2.4 Known Bugs 3 Other F8 References

[edit] This document

• Written by Carlisle

This document is a draft and currently a work in progress. --Carlisle 20:32, 11 Nov 2007 (PST)

[edit] Disclaimer

Please don't try any of these suggestions on important systems without researching and understanding what they do first.

[edit] History

started on 11 Nov 2007

[edit] Reporting errors

[edit] Fedora 8 (Werewolf) has been released

Release summary: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Releases/8/ReleaseSummary

The official download site: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/

The official torrent site: http://torrent.fedoraproject.org/

Statistics of use: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Statistics

[edit] Downloads

• http://mirror.vcu.edu/pub/linux/fedora/releases/8/Fedora/i386/iso/
• http://mirror.vcu.edu/pub/linux/fedora/releases/8/Fedora/x86_64/iso/
• http://mirror.vcu.edu/pub/linux/fedora/releases/8/Fedora/ppc/iso/

Always double check your downloads against the official checksums to ensure the images do not have errors either due to transfer problems, or hacked mirror sites. Use command: sha1sum --check <file> where file in these cases in SHA1SUM

• http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/i386/iso/SHA1SUM
• http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/x86_64/iso/SHA1SUM
• http://download.fedora.redhat.com/pub/fedora/linux/releases/8/Fedora/ppc/iso/SHA1SUM

[edit] Live Imagess

The official Fedora 8 Live Images (one for Gnome desktop, one for KDE) are found here:

• http://mirror.vcu.edu/pub/linux/fedora/releases/8/Live/i686/
• http://mirror.vcu.edu/pub/linux/fedora/releases/8/Live/x86_64/
• http://mirror.vcu.edu/pub/linux/fedora/releases/8/Live/ppc/

Note: the x86_64 isos are DVD images.

[edit] Spins

Custom Spins: http://spins.fedoraproject.org/

• Games DVD
• Developer DVD
• Fedora Electronics Lab CD

Fedora 8 CD sets

• http://fedoraunity.org/news-archives/fedora-8-cd-sets-released

[edit] Known Bugs

http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Bugs/F8Common

[edit] Other F8 References

• http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Docs/DesktopUserGuide
• http://fedorasolved.org/
• http://www.mjmwired.net/resources/mjm-fedora-f8.html
• http://www.gagme.com/greg/linux/f8-tips.php
• http://thenerdshow.com/index.php?page=installation
• http://www.fedorafaq.org/

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