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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

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• Written by Carlisle

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

Disclaimer

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

History

started on 11 Nov 2007

Reporting errors

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

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

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.

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

Known Bugs

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

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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