Popping on Fedora
Grab yourself a cup of tea and a USB. It’s time to fortify and update your system with Fedora (and tea).
QUICK TIP
Download the Linux Etcher Appimage from https://etcher.io/.
Right-click on this and select Properties >
Permissions >
Allow executing of file, you can now run it. To use the Terminal run cd ~/
Downloads and use chmod +x etcher. appimage and then run it.
nstalling Fedora is a breeze. First, grab the ISO I from https://getfedora.org. It’s only a couple of gigabytes, so hopefully won’t take long to fetch. Best make a cup of tea anyway, just in case. Next you’ll need a USB stick (4GB or higher) and a tool for writing to it. We always recommend Etcher (https://etcher.io) because it’s cross-platform and pretty much self-explanatory to use, see the top tip left for more details. Once it’s written, you need to tell your BIOS or UEFI to boot from the USB stick. You might be able to get a pop-up boot menu with F12 or F10, or you may have to hit Del or F2 (or any other key combo) to enter the interface and configure the boot order from there. If you get stuck booting into your previous OS, you can access UEFI settings from Windows by holding down the Shift key while pressing the Shutdown button in the Start menu. In Linux, you can run sudo systemctl reboot –firmware-interface to force the issue.