8 commits - en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
Paul W. Frields
pfrields at fedoraproject.org
Sun Aug 9 18:23:15 UTC 2009
en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml | 30 +++++++++++++++++++-----------
1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
New commits:
commit 51ce0bf2857a041ca23fe5beb3986b51784226e9
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com>
Date: Sun Aug 9 14:21:48 2009 -0400
More distinctions of CD/DVD vs. USB
diff --git a/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml b/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
index b455d3c..3d045f5 100644
--- a/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
+++ b/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
@@ -114,15 +114,21 @@
<para>
To fit space constraints, fewer installed applications are included than in a full installation of Fedora. Your favorite applications may not be present in this Live image, even though they may be present and run quite well in a full installation of Fedora.
</para>
+ <important>
+ <title>Live USB persistence</title>
+ <para>
+ Live USB images with persistence allow you to install new applications on your Fedora system. There is a limit to the space available for new applications. If you decide to make many changes to the software installed, you may wish to install Fedora to a hard disk first.
+ </para>
+ </important>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- At this time, you cannot permanently install new applications in the Live image. To try other applications, or newer versions of existing applications, you must generally install Fedora on your computer. You may be able to temporarily install or update applications, however, if you have sufficient system memory. Most systems require more than 512 MB RAM for installations or updates to succeed. These changes will be lost when you shut down the Live image.
+ At this time, you cannot permanently install new applications in the Live image on CD or DVD. To try other applications, or newer versions of existing applications, you must either use a Live USB image with persistence, or install Fedora on your computer. You may be able to temporarily install or update applications, however, if you have sufficient system memory. Most systems require more than 512 MB RAM for installations or updates to succeed. These changes will be lost when you shut down the Live image.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Changes may also evaporate if your system's memory usage forces the system to reread the original software or settings from the Live image. This behavior is peculiar to a Live image and does not occur in a full installation of Fedora.
+ Changes may also evaporate if your system's memory usage forces the system to reread the original software or settings from the Live image on CD or DVD. This behavior is peculiar to a Live CD or DVD image and does not occur in a full installation of Fedora.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
commit bf76c63d37c4e6f578ec648af785773691624e48
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com>
Date: Sun Aug 9 14:16:48 2009 -0400
Fix apostrophes
diff --git a/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml b/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
index 5f5e855..b455d3c 100644
--- a/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
+++ b/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- While using this Live image on CD or DVD, your computer may be much slower to respond or require more time to complete tasks than with a system installed to hard disk. CD and DVD discs provide data to the computer at a much slower rate than hard disks. Less of your computer's system memory is available for loading and running applications. Running the Live image from RAM trades higher memory usage for faster response times.
+ While using this Live image on CD or DVD, your computer may be much slower to respond or require more time to complete tasks than with a system installed to hard disk. CD and DVD discs provide data to the computer at a much slower rate than hard disks. Less of your computer's system memory is available for loading and running applications. Running the Live image from RAM trades higher memory usage for faster response times.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@
</listitem>
<listitem>
<para>
- Changes may also evaporate if your system's memory usage forces the system to reread the original software or settings from the Live image. This behavior is peculiar to a Live image and does not occur in a full installation of Fedora.
+ Changes may also evaporate if your system's memory usage forces the system to reread the original software or settings from the Live image. This behavior is peculiar to a Live image and does not occur in a full installation of Fedora.
</para>
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
commit 08e5503e03c4c3a1b6b46dd6a3c3124174f314cd
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com>
Date: Sun Aug 9 14:16:29 2009 -0400
Make distinction between experience on USB vs. CD/DVD
diff --git a/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml b/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
index 726fe41..5f5e855 100644
--- a/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
+++ b/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@
<important>
<title>Full Hardware Recognition</title>
<para>
- In some cases, the Live image does not offer the full range of hardware support seeing in an installed Fedora system. You may be able to manually configure support in the Live image, but must repeat these steps each time you use the Live image.
+ In some cases, the Live image not offer the full range of hardware support seeing in an installed Fedora system. You may be able to manually configure support in the Live image. If you are using the Live image from a CD or DVD, you must repeat these steps each time you use the Live image.
</para>
</important>
</listitem>
@@ -91,6 +91,11 @@
You can use the Live image to try different desktop environments such as GNOME, KDE, XFCE, or others. None of these choices require you to reconfigure an existing Linux installation on your computer.
</para>
</listitem>
+ <listitem>
+ <para>
+ Live images on USB can include both a <firstterm>persistence overlay</firstterm> and a separate area for user data. The persistence overlay allows you to make changes to the Fedora environment and retain these changes across reboots. These changes can include system software updates, configuration changes, and new packages you choose to install. The separate user data area allows you to reinstall the Live image with a newer version of Fedora later, while retaining your documents, media files, and other important information.
+ </para>
+ </listitem>
</itemizedlist>
</section>
@@ -102,7 +107,7 @@
<itemizedlist>
<listitem>
<para>
- While using this Live image, your computer may be much slower to respond or require more time to complete tasks than with a system installed to hard disk. CD and DVD discs provide data to the computer at a much slower rate than hard disks. Less of your computer's system memory is available for loading and running applications. Running the Live image from RAM trades higher memory usage for faster response times.
+ While using this Live image on CD or DVD, your computer may be much slower to respond or require more time to complete tasks than with a system installed to hard disk. CD and DVD discs provide data to the computer at a much slower rate than hard disks. Less of your computer's system memory is available for loading and running applications. Running the Live image from RAM trades higher memory usage for faster response times.
</para>
</listitem>
<listitem>
commit ae77fb4252978b6e8b495058c4d3180150271900
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com>
Date: Sun Aug 9 14:08:10 2009 -0400
Fix another apostrophe
diff --git a/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml b/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
index 42cff82..726fe41 100644
--- a/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
+++ b/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
The BIOS on older computers may not include a choice you desire, such as network booting. If your computer can only boot from floppy diskette or hard disk, you may be unable to experience this Live image on your computer.
</para>
<para>
- You may wish to see if an updated BIOS is available from the manufacturer of your computer. A BIOS update may offer additional boot menu choices, but requires care to install properly. Consult the manufacturer's documentation for more information. Otherwise, ask a friend if you can try running this Live image on their newer computer.
+ You may wish to see if an updated BIOS is available from the manufacturer of your computer. A BIOS update may offer additional boot menu choices, but requires care to install properly. Consult the manufacturer's documentation for more information. Otherwise, ask a friend if you can try running this Live image on their newer computer.
</para>
</section>
commit 41fb356ce364daf84b2432cfa4f9a32cf4dd986b
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com>
Date: Sun Aug 9 14:07:06 2009 -0400
Esc is also a boot menu option on some systems.
diff --git a/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml b/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
index 8c86a1e..42cff82 100644
--- a/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
+++ b/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
- The boot menu option is preferable. If you cannot see such a prompt, consult your manufacturer's documentation for your computer system, motherboard, or mainboard for the correct keystroke. On many systems, the required key will be <keycap>F12</keycap>, <keycap>F2</keycap>, <keycap>F1</keycap>, or <keycap>Delete</keycap>.
+ The boot menu option is preferable. If you cannot see such a prompt, consult your manufacturer's documentation for your computer system, motherboard, or mainboard for the correct keystroke. On many systems, the required key will be <keycap>F12</keycap>, <keycap>F2</keycap>, <keycap>F1</keycap>, <keycap>Esc</keycap>, or <keycap>Delete</keycap>.
</para>
<para>
Most computers boot from hard disk (or one of the hard disks, if there are more than one). If you are reading this document from a CD or a DVD, then set the computer to boot from the DVD or CD drive. If you are reading this file from a USB device such as a memory stick or thumb drive, set your computer to boot from the USB device.
commit f5987702cbc58084d2c5199912a1c217e908648c
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com>
Date: Sun Aug 9 14:06:40 2009 -0400
Use standard apostrophe instead of character entity
diff --git a/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml b/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
index b9313a4..8c86a1e 100644
--- a/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
+++ b/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
@@ -43,7 +43,7 @@
</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<para>
- The boot menu option is preferable. If you cannot see such a prompt, consult your manufacturer's documentation for your computer system, motherboard, or mainboard for the correct keystroke. On many systems, the required key will be <keycap>F12</keycap>, <keycap>F2</keycap>, <keycap>F1</keycap>, or <keycap>Delete</keycap>.
+ The boot menu option is preferable. If you cannot see such a prompt, consult your manufacturer's documentation for your computer system, motherboard, or mainboard for the correct keystroke. On many systems, the required key will be <keycap>F12</keycap>, <keycap>F2</keycap>, <keycap>F1</keycap>, or <keycap>Delete</keycap>.
</para>
<para>
Most computers boot from hard disk (or one of the hard disks, if there are more than one). If you are reading this document from a CD or a DVD, then set the computer to boot from the DVD or CD drive. If you are reading this file from a USB device such as a memory stick or thumb drive, set your computer to boot from the USB device.
commit 471e937bf37a1d1f08adf8d83f270c2579f3f922
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com>
Date: Sun Aug 9 14:05:43 2009 -0400
Live images no longer feature the run from RAM option in a menu.
diff --git a/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml b/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
index caa6120..b9313a4 100644
--- a/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
+++ b/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
@@ -21,10 +21,7 @@
<section id="sect-Fedora_Live_images-Suggested_Hardware">
<title>Suggested Hardware</title>
<para>
- This Live system successfully boots and runs on most computers with 256 MB or more installed system memory, or RAM. If your computer has 1 GB or more installed system memory, for higher performance, select <guilabel>Run from RAM</guilabel> from the boot menu.
- </para>
- <para>
- Your computer must have the ability to boot from the device holding the Live image media. For instance, if the Live image is on a CD or DVD, your computer must be able to boot from the CD or DVD drive.
+ This Live system successfully boots and runs on most computers with 256 MB or more installed system memory, or RAM. Your computer must have the ability to boot from the device holding the Live image media. For instance, if the Live image is on a CD or DVD, your computer must be able to boot from the CD or DVD drive.
</para>
</section>
commit 60ea8e39cda4f0ec11248aa466d3c54d793b4477
Author: Paul W. Frields <stickster at gmail.com>
Date: Sun Aug 9 14:04:53 2009 -0400
Fixes to make language clearer and simpler.
diff --git a/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml b/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
index 4fa7f14..caa6120 100644
--- a/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
+++ b/en-US/Fedora_Live_images.xml
@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@
<section id="sect-Fedora_Live_images-Introduction">
<title>Introduction</title>
<para>
- A Live image is a low-risk and time-efficient method of "test-driving" the Fedora operating system on your own familiar hardware. If the evaluation provides a pleasant adventure, you may choose to install the Live system software to provide your normal computing environment. This Live image provides you with an experience that is very similar to running Fedora, but there are some benefits and caveats. Refer to <xref linkend="sect-Fedora_Live_images-Benefits" /> and <xref linkend="sect-Fedora_Live_images-Caveats" /> for more information.
+ A Live image is a safe and easy way to test-drive the Fedora operating system on your own familiar hardware. If you enjoy this experience, you can install the Live system software to your system's hard drive. The installation can either replace your existing operating system, or co-exist separately on your hard drive. This Live image provides you with an experience that is very similar to running Fedora, but there are some benefits and caveats. Refer to <xref linkend="sect-Fedora_Live_images-Benefits" /> and <xref linkend="sect-Fedora_Live_images-Caveats" /> for more information.
</para>
</section>
More information about the Fedora-docs-commits
mailing list