Installing Fedora Linux

This tutorial will show you how to do a Live DVD install of Fedora in a Virtual box environment. All you need for this tutorial is: Oracle's VM Virtualbox and latest Additions installed on your system and the latest Fedora-Live-Workstation-x86_64-22-3.iso Boot image from Fedora's website.

Download Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-27-1.6.iso
Download Virtualbox


Start your Virtualbox and mount Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-27-1.6.iso
This is a 64Bit ISO so your default Architecture will be 64bit If you need a 32Bit ISO it can be downloaded from fedora's website.

Hit "Enter" to start the install.

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Click on "Install to Hard Drive"

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Select your Language, then click Continue.

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Click on "INSTALLATION DESTINATION"

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Click on "Custom" then click "Done"

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Click on the drop down menu and select "Standard Partition" then "Create them Automatically.

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Click "Done" to proceed.

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Click "Apply Changes"

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Select "NETWORK & HOSTNAME"

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Set your hostname then click "Apply" and "Done"

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Select "TIME & DATE"

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Select your region then click "Done"

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Click "Begin Installation"

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Select "ROOT PASSWORD"

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Enter a root password, if you use a simple password the anaconda installer will advise you its weak, if your happy with the chosen password click "Done" a second time.

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Select "USER CREATION"

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Enter your name:
Username:
Check Make this user Administrator.
And create a password.

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If you use a simple password the anaconda installer will advise you its weak, if your happy with the chosen password click "Done" a second time.

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Once the installer has finished installing click on Quit.

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Click on the top right hand corner then click on the power symbol.

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Click Restart.

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Click on your name.

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Enter your password then click "Sign In"

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Select your Language.

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Select your Keyboard layout.

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Adjust your Privacy settings:

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At this point you can add an Online Account, This is a nice feature as it will configure your email as well, for this tutorial I am skipping this step

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Click "Start Using Fedora"

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Congratulations! You have installed Fedora, I hope you have lots of fun with your new Linux desktop
Thank you for reading.