Fermi Linux STS 12 (Short Term Support)			December 02, 2009

PURPOSE
	Provide a "bleeding edge" Desktop RedHat derived Linux that has
	minimal Fermi modifications.  

	This is NOT to be used for PRODUCTION systems.  

	The intent here is for laptops/desktops which have
	"bleeding edge" hardware which is not supported by SLF 5.x.

WHY

	RHEL 6 is expected to be based on Fedora 11/12 as were RHEL 3,
	4, and 5 .  Having experience with newer Fedora releases 
	from a admin , 	user and a "building" view will be helpful in 
	our creation of SLF 6.

WHAT IS IT 

	A install DVD for i386 or x86_64 derived from Fedora 12 with
	Fermi modifications for use on "bleeding edge" hardware for Desktop
	use.

LIFETIME

	Since this release is derived from Fedora it has the same lifetime
	as Fedora.  Currently the lifetime is the current version plus 1
	back.  So the lifetime of this expires when Fedora 13 is released.
	With the current Fedora schedule that will be about January 2011.
	Users will have to move off of Fermi Linux STS 12 when this LIFETIME
	expires as there will NOT be any security updates after that time.

SUPPORT

	linux-users@fnal.gov is the only support

AVAILABILITY
	
	Via DVD iso only.  
	Ftp location is ftp://linux1.fnal.gov/downloads/sts12/

Frequency of new DVD iso

	Minimum of quarterly.

DISCLAIMER

	Since this is based on Fedora 12 which is a "bleeding edge" linux
	Distribution then some applications may have many bugs and problems.
	There could also be issues with hardware support.
	All "bleeding edge" Linux Distributions have issues ,  it is part
	of the process of "bleeding edge". 
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Table of contents

        DOWNLOAD INFO
        ADDED compared to Fedora 12
	Packages that are provided by STS 11 that were ADDED to SLF
        UPDATED compared to Fedora 11
           Installer/legal modifications
        SRPMS
        HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS
        LIMITATIONS
        INFO
        ERRATA
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DOWNLOAD INFO
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        http://linux1.fnal.gov/downloads/sts12/

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ADDED compared to Fedora
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Installed by Default
	krb5-fermi-config
	zz_tcp_wrappers_change
	ocsinventory-fermi
	yum-security
Installed by Default but can be select off
	flpr
	zz_ntp_configure
	zz_sendmail_fermi_gateway
	zz_fermi_ssh_config
	zz_fermi_sshd_config
Selectable during Install
	SL_rpm_show_arch
Available via yum
	openafs-thiscell
	SL_no_colorls
	zz_lang_collate

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We added some packages to SLF 5 that were not in RHEL 5 .  Some of these 
packages are already in Fedora 12 and so are in STS 12 by default.
Here is a list of packages added to SLF 5, and their status in STS 12
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915resolution		Not included
alpine			Included
cfitsio			Included
dkms			Included
dropit		        Not included	
FUSE			Included
Graphviz		Included
icewm			Included
Intel wireless firmware
 ipw2100-firmware	Included
 ipw2200-firmware	Included
 ipw3945		Included
 iwlwifi-3945-ucode	Included
 iwlwifi-4965-ucode	Included
 iwlwifi-5000-ucode	Included
 iwlwifi-1000-ucode	Included
JAVA			Included  
kdeedu			Included
madwifi			Not Included / Not Needed
gstreamer-plugins-extras Not Included
k3b-extras		Not Included
ndiswrapper		Not Included
nedit			Included
NumPy			Included
OpenAFS			Not Included
Perl modules 
 perl-MailTools		Included
 perl-Parse-RecDescent	Included
 perl-SQL-Statement	Included
 perl-TermReadKey	Included	
 perl-Text-CSV_XS	Included
 perl-Text-Templatea	Included
 perl-Tk		Included
R			Included
tidy			Included
XFS
 xfsdump		Included
 xfsprogs		Included
 xfsprogs-devel		Included
 dmapi			Not needed 
 dmapi-devel		Not needed
Yumex			Included
gv			Included 
python-virtinst		Bug fixed in current version
yum-conf-54		Changed part of fedora-release
yum-conf-5x		Functionality part of PackageKit
yum-conf-epel		Many Packages included by default
Apache			Since this release is NOT intended for Production
 httpd			use then these were not changed.
 httpd-devel
 httpd-manual
 mod_ssl
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Changed RPMS compared to vendor 
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Installer
 
?? 	Modified installclasses/fedora.py to include KDE as a install choice
??	Modified installclasses/fedora.py to default to America/Chicago timezone
 
We have changed the "rpms" that are required to be changed for trademark removal.   

	fedora-logos
		Took out Fedora Trademarks 
		Made default color fermi blue
  	fedora-release
 		yum.repos.d/ entries that point linux.fnal.gov
 		Added adobe repo , enabled by default
 		Added fermi repo , enabled by default
 		Added a nightly yum security update via cron
 		Name change to "Fermi Linux STS 12 (Momentum)"
 		Added GPG signatures
		
		

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Web Site

FTP

  ftp://linux1.fnal.gov/downloads/sts12/

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