Tag: technical

Adding a local user, in Fedora 29’s Live environment

As I wrote in this article, I’ve recently gone through some trouble with Fedora 29 and my laptop.  The first issue I ran into was, the installer, when launched from the LiveUSB for F29, doesn’t create a local user, or let you set roots password.  So, the first step I had to take in fixing…


Discrete video adapters, in Fedora 29, you poor doomed soul

OK, so something posessed me to reinstall my perfectly functional Dell Inspiron 7559 with an Nvidia discrete 960m display adapter.  I’ve been through this a few times, and every time it’s been a hassle.  The Fedora project has made some changes recently that have made it even trickier.  I just went through a fresh install,…