Facilitized Fedora Core 5 SCS Admins August 8, 2005

SCS Facilities Announcements New AC units deployed New AC units deployed Grad student deploy on schedule Grad student deploy on schedule Immigration Course Schedule Immigration Course Schedule HCII on Aug 24HCII on Aug 24 RI on Aug 21RI on Aug 21 CSD, to be scheduledCSD, to be scheduled

SCS Facilities Personnel Mark Held hired for Unix Engineering Manager Mark Held hired for Unix Engineering Manager Philip Dye is now a Unix programmer Philip Dye is now a Unix programmer We are still hiring We are still hiring Oracle Applications DeveloperOracle Applications Developer Web Applications DeveloperWeb Applications Developer

Agenda Facilitized Linux history Facilitized Linux history FC5 design goals FC5 design goals What’s included and what’s not What’s included and what’s not Some things you will notice Some things you will notice Hardware support Hardware support Special laptop considerations Special laptop considerations Deployment schedule Deployment schedule Be a beta tester! Be a beta tester!

Facilitized Linux History RedHat 4.2 August 1996 RedHat 4.2 August 1996 RedHat 5.2 July 1998 RedHat 5.2 July 1998 RedHat 6.2 June 2000 RedHat 6.2 June 2000 RedHat 7.1 May 2001 RedHat 7.1 May 2001 RedHat 8.0 (RH9) May 2003 RedHat 8.0 (RH9) May 2003 Fedora Core 3 August 2005 Fedora Core 3 August 2005 Fedora Core 5 August 2006 Fedora Core 5 August 2006

FC5 Design Goals Support newer hardware Support newer hardware Upgrade FC3 features in parallel Upgrade FC3 features in parallel Use more vendor packages Use more vendor packages Make it easier to port our environment to new OS releases Make it easier to port our environment to new OS releases

FC5 Design Goals We have moved to vendor packages where practical and where it does not pose a conflict/risk (see list later on) We have moved to vendor packages where practical and where it does not pose a conflict/risk (see list later on) We have tried to integrate our local changes into portable formats where possible (i.e. PAM) We have tried to integrate our local changes into portable formats where possible (i.e. PAM) But: /usr/local will still be under depot control! But: /usr/local will still be under depot control!

What’s Included We started with “everything” We started with “everything” But… But…

What’s not included evolution evolution httpd, mysql, postgresql, php httpd, mysql, postgresql, php Emacs/xemacs, tex/latex Emacs/xemacs, tex/latex samba, netatalk, tftp-server samba, netatalk, tftp-server “unnecessary” network services “unnecessary” network services yum, up2date yum, up2date Kerberos, openssh, ftp, telnet,finger (local versions) Kerberos, openssh, ftp, telnet,finger (local versions)

Some things you will notice Graphical login (several WM choices) Graphical login (several WM choices) Sendmail, not MMDF (Just like FC3) Sendmail, not MMDF (Just like FC3) Newer OpenOffice, firefox, etc. Newer OpenOffice, firefox, etc. Evince for.pdf and.ps documents Evince for.pdf and.ps documents

Hardware Support Kernel is 2.6 based Kernel is 2.6 based SATA disks fully supported SATA disks fully supported Better CD-RW support Better CD-RW support Better multimedia support Better multimedia support Better USB support (memory keys, especially) Better USB support (memory keys, especially) ALSA sound support ALSA sound support

Laptop Considerations Wireless support using ipw2{1,2}00 drivers (built into kernel without firmware) Wireless support using ipw2{1,2}00 drivers (built into kernel without firmware) Both “recommended” laptops work (IBM T43/Dell D610) Both “recommended” laptops work (IBM T43/Dell D610) 20 gig minimum commitment to Linux 20 gig minimum commitment to Linux

Deployment Schedule Beta release now Beta release now SSH/SSHD works!SSH/SSHD works! telnet/telnetd working with Kerberostelnet/telnetd working with Kerberos Many misc. collections missingMany misc. collections missing Omega release by mid August (for Grad Student PCs) Omega release by mid August (for Grad Student PCs)

Be a Beta Tester We are soliciting people to participate in the Beta release We are soliciting people to participate in the Beta release Please provide feedback Please provide feedback Contact Contact

Demo Portion Please feel free to ask questions at this point or during the demo session