Etli upgrade steps
From Finninday
Clean install upgrade from fedora 16 to fedora 17
- backup home
- backup etc
- capture list of packages
- Install and reformat
The install from USB stick went really fast.
Then reboot and create ryan.day user. Run yum update.
Install packages
- terminator (set focus follows mouse)
- thunderbird
- gnome shell extension system monitor
- autofs
- setup thunderbird account info (home, gmail, nwea)
- vpn, vpnc package already installed
- pidgin, pidgin-sipe
- tuned (activate powersave profile)
- ssh keys
- /etc/hosts
- chrome
- google-talk-plugin for chrome
- google-earth (64bit version needs redhat-lsb.i686, boo) skipping
I don't want a million 32bit libraries installed. this will have to go in a separate vm
- gramps
- mail archive in .thunderbird/<profile>/Mail/Local Folders (1.2GB)
- thunderbird add-ons: exchange 2007/2010 calendar
google calendar tab lightning google-contacts
- calibre
- thunderbird address book: nwea ldap, gmail contacts
- wine
- firefox plugins: firebug, liveheaders, noscript
- yum install @virtualization
- winetricks
- wow
- concord
- git
- gimp
- rdesktop
- strace
- sysstat
- postgresql
- oracle java sdk (web start jnlp)
- iptraf
- bash-completion
- vlc (rpmfusion repo)
- printers through cups
- sound (fixed by upgrade)
- set startup programs (gnome-session-properties: remember running apps on logout)
- set up static routes in VPN for confluence, teamtrack, etc
In-place ugpgrade from fedora 17 to fedora 18
- fedup to get all packages and dependencies
- reboot
- done!
Smoothest upgrade ever.
