Fedora 25: Install Fedora 25

This article will describe installing Fedora 25 and upgrading from Fedora 24 to Fedora 25.

1 Install Fedora 25

Download Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-25-1.3.iso.

F25=https://download.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/releases/25
wget ${F25}/Workstation/x86_64/iso/Fedora-Workstation-Live-x86_64-25-1.3.iso

Installation is same with Fedora 24.

2 Upgrade from Fedora 24 to Fedora 25

Update packages of Fedora 24 and reboot.

$ sudo dnf update -y
$ sudo dnf upgrade -y
$ sudo reboot

Upgrade to Fedora 25. If running command via SSH, SSH will be disconnected. But upgrade will be continued on local console.

$ sudo dnf install -y dnf-plugin-system-upgrade
$ sudo dnf system-upgrade -y download --refresh --releasever=25
$ sudo dnf system-upgrade reboot

3 GNOME3 Wayland by default

Wayland is implementation of display server protocol which is replacement of X server. If wayland cannot be running, fallback to X server automatically.

You can check if wayland is running with XDG_SESSION_TYPE.

$ echo $XDG_SESSION_TYPE
wayland

Fedora 24 login is as below.

0001_Fedora24.png

Fedora 25 login is as below.

0002_Fedora25.png