{"id":4050,"date":"2023-11-08T10:05:29","date_gmt":"2023-11-08T15:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/?p=4050"},"modified":"2025-07-28T20:31:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-29T00:31:57","slug":"fedora-39-cinnamon-spin-review-nvidia-guide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/08\/fedora-39-cinnamon-spin-review-nvidia-guide\/","title":{"rendered":"Fedora 39 Cinnamon SPIN \u2013 Anaconda (installer) + NVIDIA + System Upgrade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4053 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Fedora-39-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"377\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Fedora-39-logo.jpg 800w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Fedora-39-logo-500x236.jpg 500w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Fedora-39-logo-768x362.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Fedora 39 Cinnamon SPIN keeps getting faster &amp; smoother with each release! I go with the <a href=\"https:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/spins\/cinnamon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Cinnamon SPIN<\/b><\/a> because it is about as close to a Windows \u2018<i>Feel<\/i>\u2019 that the Linux desktop can get.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve got at least 17 pics to insert, plus about 11 more that are linked to, and those are mostly on how to use the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anaconda_(installer)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anaconda (installer)<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Also want to squeeze in how to add a NVIDIA driver, and a glimpse at adding other apps with the Fedora GUI Software Management \u2013 dnfdragora.<\/p>\n<p><i>Then<\/i>, doing a quick review of how to do a System Upgrade from Fedora 38 Cinnamon SPIN to Fedora 39 Cinnamon SPIN. That involves upgrading a converted <a href=\"https:\/\/www.samsung.com\/us\/business\/computing\/chrome-devices\/chromebook-plus\/chromebook-plus-12-2-wi-fi-intel-celeron-xe521qab-k01us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">12.2\u201d Samsung Chromebook Plus V2<\/a> XE521QAB from 38 to 39.<\/p>\n<p>Lots to do, so let\u2019s get started! \ud83d\ude42\ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-grey ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/08\/fedora-39-cinnamon-spin-review-nvidia-guide\/#Anaconda_installer\" >Anaconda (installer)<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/08\/fedora-39-cinnamon-spin-review-nvidia-guide\/#Installing_Fedora_39_Cinnamon_SPIN\" >Installing Fedora 39 Cinnamon SPIN<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/08\/fedora-39-cinnamon-spin-review-nvidia-guide\/#Post_Installation\" >Post Installation<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/08\/fedora-39-cinnamon-spin-review-nvidia-guide\/#NVIDIA_driver_adding_apps\" >NVIDIA driver &amp; adding apps<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/08\/fedora-39-cinnamon-spin-review-nvidia-guide\/#System_Upgrade\" >System Upgrade<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/08\/fedora-39-cinnamon-spin-review-nvidia-guide\/#Conclusion\" >Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Anaconda_installer\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Anaconda_(installer)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Anaconda (installer)<\/a><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The Anaconda (installer) is simple to use, once you figure out how to \u201cReclaim Disk Space,\u201d and I have a bunch of new pics to show how to use &amp; reclaim. \ud83d\ude09 This first group of pics are linked to because they are too big for a blog post. Most of the other pics have been cropped in order to zoom in more closely on the info of a web page.<\/p>\n<p>Anaconda full-view pics:<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">1) <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/39-1a.jpg\"><b>Welcome to Fedora 39<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">2) <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/39-1ab-installation-summary.jpg\"><b>INSTALLATION SUMMARY<\/b><\/a> #1 (<i>More on those <\/i><i>3-<\/i><i>steps later\u2026<\/i>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">3) <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/39-1ac-installation-destination.jpg\"><b>INSTALLATION DESTINATION<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">4) <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/39-1ad-installation-options-popup.jpg\"><b>INSTALLATION OPTIONS<\/b><\/a> (<i>a popup\u2026<\/i>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">5) <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/39-1ae-reclaim-diskspace-Delete.jpg\"><b>RECLAIM DISK SPACE<\/b><\/a> (<i>Delete all\u2026<\/i>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">6) <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/39-1af-reclaim-disk-space-Reclaim.jpg\"><b>RECLAIM DISK SPACE<\/b><\/a> (<i>Reclaim space\u2026<\/i>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">7) <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/39-2aa-installation-summary-Root.jpg\"><b>INSTALLATION SUMMARY<\/b><\/a> #2 (<i>Root Account\u2026<\/i>)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">8) <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/39-2ab-enable-root-account.jpg\"><b>ROOT ACCOUNT<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">9) <b><a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/39-3a-Begin-installation.jpg\">Begin Installation<\/a> <\/b>(<i>More on creating a <\/i><i><b>User<\/b><\/i><i> later<\/i>&#8230;)<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">10) <b><a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/39-3ab-installation-progress.jpg\">INSTALLATION PROGRESS<\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">11) <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/39-4a-finished.jpg\"><b>Finish Installation<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I\u2019ve been reviewing Fedora Cinnamon SPIN since version 32, and am now cleaning up the old pics with new ones that I can refer to in future Fedora reviews. This self-hosted blog is now a year old, and is ready for fresher pics. \ud83d\ude42 Installing Fedora 39 Cinnamon SPIN through Anaconda can be tricky for a novice, but those pictured steps makes it super easy&#8230;for whatever Fedora release. \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Installing_Fedora_39_Cinnamon_SPIN\"><\/span>Installing Fedora 39 Cinnamon SPIN<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Fedora\u2019s <b><a href=\"https:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/workstation\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Workstation<\/a> <\/b>is too \u2018<i>Enterprise<\/i>\u2019 focused for me, i.e., I can\u2019t stand the annoying \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/authenicates.jpg\"><i><b>Authenticate<\/b><\/i><\/a>\u2019 popups which are constantly slowing down my workflow\u2014on <b>MY OWN<\/b> computers!<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Put down the mouse &#8216;n move to the keyboard &#8216;n type in the &#8216;<i>Pesky Password<\/i>&#8216;. Talk about workflow &#8216;<i><b>Killers<\/b><\/i>&#8216;!!! OK&#8230;now leave the keyboard &#8216;n go back to the mouse.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Cinnamon SPIN allows me to create a root user and use my computers as a <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/root-user.jpg\"><i><b>Full-time Root User<\/b><\/i><\/a>. \ud83d\udc4dFedora has <a href=\"https:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/spins\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>11 SPINS<\/b><\/a>, but I haven\u2019t tested most of them so am not sure if root accounts are on those.<\/p>\n<p>I downloaded the <a href=\"https:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/spins\/cinnamon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Fedora-Cinnamon-Live-x86_64-39-1.5.iso<\/b><\/a> @ 2.21 GB, and used both the Fedora Media Writer &amp; Rufus utility tools to create bootable USB installation media. Usually I just go with the Fedora Media Writer for Fedora &amp; Fedora-based Linuxes, but wanted to test Rufus this time. Used a 120 GB test SSD as my target disk.<\/p>\n<p>Booted into the Anaconda\u2019s <b>Welcome to Fedora 39<\/b> page and selected my language:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4033\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1-welcome-language-1024x618.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"543\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1-welcome-language-1024x618.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1-welcome-language-500x302.jpg 500w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1-welcome-language-768x463.jpg 768w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1-welcome-language-1536x926.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1-welcome-language-240x145.jpg 240w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1-welcome-language.jpg 1585w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Hit <b>Continue<\/b> and to the <b>INSTALLATION SUMMARY<\/b> page:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4034 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1a-installation-summary.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"881\" height=\"356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1a-installation-summary.jpg 881w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1a-installation-summary-500x202.jpg 500w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1a-installation-summary-768x310.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 881px) 100vw, 881px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>NOTE<\/b><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">: <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><i><u>Remember<\/u><\/i><\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">, most of these pics are cropped from those linked <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">full-view pics <\/span><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">mentioned above.<\/span>)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>I usually start with <b>Installation Destination<\/b> (<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>#1<\/b><\/span>), since I believe that is the one that confuses newcomers to Anaconda the most.<\/p>\n<p>Clicking <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>#1<\/b><\/span> opens <b>INSTALLATION DESTINATION<\/b>:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4035 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1ba-installation-destination.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1ba-installation-destination.jpg 900w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1ba-installation-destination-500x315.jpg 500w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1ba-installation-destination-768x484.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Make sure the correct Disk is selected and then click on <b>Done<\/b> \u2013 which opens this popup:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4036 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1bb-reclaim-popup.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"596\" height=\"393\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1bb-reclaim-popup.jpg 596w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1bb-reclaim-popup-500x330.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 596px) 100vw, 596px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Click on <b>Reclaim space <\/b>and that opens:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4037 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1bc-Delete-all.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1249\" height=\"537\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1bc-Delete-all.jpg 1249w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1bc-Delete-all-500x215.jpg 500w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1bc-Delete-all-1024x440.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1bc-Delete-all-768x330.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1249px) 100vw, 1249px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Target disk is <b>sda<\/b> \u2013 highlighted as \u201cPreserve\u201d under \u201cAction,\u201d but we are going to click <b>Delete all<\/b> \u2013 which opens:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4038 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1bd-Reclaim-space.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1247\" height=\"539\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1bd-Reclaim-space.jpg 1247w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1bd-Reclaim-space-500x216.jpg 500w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1bd-Reclaim-space-1024x443.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/1bd-Reclaim-space-768x332.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1247px) 100vw, 1247px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Target disk is <b>sda<\/b> \u2013 highlighted now as \u201cDelete\u201d under \u201cAction,\u201d and we click <b>Reclaim space<\/b> \u2013 which opens:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4039 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2a-installation-summary.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"376\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2a-installation-summary.jpg 900w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2a-installation-summary-500x209.jpg 500w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2a-installation-summary-768x321.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Notice that <b>Installation Destination<\/b> is now cleared of the warning triangle\/exclamation point.<\/p>\n<p>Next we go to <b>Root Account<\/b> (<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>#2<\/b><\/span> above) and click it \u2013 which opens:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4040 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2b-root-account.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"564\" height=\"415\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2b-root-account.jpg 564w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/2b-root-account-500x368.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 564px) 100vw, 564px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I always <b>Enable root account<\/b> and enter a <b>Root Password<\/b>. Click <b>Done<\/b> \u2013 which returns you to the <b>INSTALLATION SUMMARY<\/b> page one last time:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4041 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/3a-installation-summary-Begin.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1218\" height=\"664\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/3a-installation-summary-Begin.jpg 1218w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/3a-installation-summary-Begin-500x273.jpg 500w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/3a-installation-summary-Begin-1024x558.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/3a-installation-summary-Begin-768x419.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1218px) 100vw, 1218px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>All the warning triangle\/exclamation points are now cleared \u2013 time to click on <b>Begin Installation<\/b>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<b>NOTE<\/b>: Some people like to create the standard User account, and that option will come up again after the installation is finished here. Have never tested creating the standard User (<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><b>#3<\/b><\/span> above) before the Root account, so am not sure what happens then. I\u2019m a <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/root-user.jpg\"><i><b>Full-time Root User<\/b><\/i><\/a> on all my computers.)\ud83d\udc4d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See linked pics 10) <b><a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/39-3ab-installation-progress.jpg\">INSTALLATION PROGRESS<\/a> <\/b>&amp; 11) <b><a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/39-4a-finished.jpg\">Finish Installation<\/a> <\/b>above since the installation has finished now. Time to reboot \u2026 \ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\udc4c\ud83d\udc4f<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Post_Installation\"><\/span>Post Installation<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Right after rebooting, it opens a <strong>User<\/strong> Installation page, that gives you the option of creating a standard User. Fedora Cinnamon SPIN gives both root &amp; standard user accounts as options, and I won&#8217;t use any Linux OS that doesn&#8217;t offer the root option. \ud83d\udc4d\ud83d\udc4c<\/p>\n<p>I went to the terminal and entered <b>dnf update<\/b>. Fedora also has the GUI Software Management \u2013 dnfdragora that I did a <b>Refresh Metadata<\/b> of.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the System info:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4042 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/System-info.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"632\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/System-info.jpg 800w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/System-info-500x395.jpg 500w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/System-info-768x607.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Menu &amp; Panel:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4043 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/menu.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"618\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/menu.jpg 618w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/menu-500x464.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 618px) 100vw, 618px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It comes loaded when considering that the <a href=\"https:\/\/fedoraproject.org\/spins\/cinnamon\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Fedora-Cinnamon-Live-x86_64-39-1.5.iso<\/b><\/a> is only 2.21 GB. Makes you wonder what&#8217;s in all those other Linux Distros that have ISO&#8217;s over 3 GBs.<\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s the desktop after some \u2018<i>Tweaking<\/i>\u2019:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4044 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DE-wallpaper.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"506\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DE-wallpaper.jpg 900w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DE-wallpaper-500x281.jpg 500w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/DE-wallpaper-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>This may have been the smoothest Fedora installation I have experienced, and I don\u2019t recall ever having an unsmooth experience\u2014tho perhaps my first try with Anaconda\u2019s Fedora 32 was rough, but I don\u2019t remember it.<\/p>\n<p>Even post installation was smoother this time\u2014especially when adding the NVIDIA driver. I had been using an old old method, that worked great, but had a lot of extra steps.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"NVIDIA_driver_adding_apps\"><\/span>NVIDIA driver &amp; adding apps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Found a great article on adding the NVIDIA driver for my GPU, and it worked perfectly &amp; fast on my first test of it: <b><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tecmint.com\/install-nvidia-drivers-in-linux\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">How to Install NVIDIA Drivers on Fedora 39\/38\/37 Linux<\/a> <\/b><\/p>\n<p>It required just 6 commands, starting with <b>dnf update \u2013refresh <\/b>(<i>that\u2019s a double dash and I don\u2019t need sudo as Root<\/i>), typed into the terminal, and then a reboot.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4045 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/NVIDIA-Panel.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"745\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/NVIDIA-Panel.jpg 745w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/NVIDIA-Panel-500x352.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 745px) 100vw, 745px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Driver version 535.129.03 was added easily. \ud83d\udc4d<\/p>\n<p>Here are the six commands I entered:<\/p>\n<pre>dnf update --refresh<\/pre>\n<p>dnf install kernel-devel kernel-headers gcc make dkms acpid libglvnd-glx libglvnd-opengl libglvnd-devel pkgconfig<\/p>\n<p>dnf install https:\/\/download1.rpmfusion.org\/free\/fedora\/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm<\/p>\n<p>dnf install https:\/\/download1.rpmfusion.org\/nonfree\/fedora\/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm<\/p>\n<p>dnf makecache<\/p>\n<p>dnf install akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>(<strong>NOTE<\/strong>: <strong>Reboot<\/strong> after the commands are finished. If you are using standard user, then you&#8217;ll need to enter sudo before each of those commands. Also, refer to the link and use their commands directly if my copied ones don&#8217;t work.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4046 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/inxi-F-nvidia.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"654\" height=\"443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/inxi-F-nvidia.jpg 654w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/inxi-F-nvidia-500x339.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 654px) 100vw, 654px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Back to the terminal to do a double-check of system \u2013 <b>looking GOOD!<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Fedora\u2019s <strong>Software Management \u2013 dnfdragora<\/strong> keeps getting better\u2014and <b>FASTER! <\/b>Graphical interface so it&#8217;s easy to use for most anyone.<\/p>\n<p>I added GParted:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4047 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GParted.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GParted.jpg 900w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GParted-500x286.jpg 500w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GParted-768x439.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Added GIMP just as easy:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4048 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GIMP.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"900\" height=\"515\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GIMP.jpg 900w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GIMP-500x286.jpg 500w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/GIMP-768x439.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>OK \u2026 everything is running smoothly, so I\u2019ll move on.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"System_Upgrade\"><\/span>System Upgrade<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>On 6\/18\/2021 I published the <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/09\/22\/how-to-turn-a-314-57-chromebook-into-a-fedora-linux-laptop-tablet-sketchbook\/\"><i><b>How to turn a $314.57 Chromebook into a Fedora Linux Laptop\/Tablet\/Sketchbook<\/b><\/i><\/a> post on my old <i>Linux Newbie \u2013 Since 1996 <\/i>blog, and recently tweaked it and moved it to here.<\/p>\n<p>Not many Chromebooks can be fully converted to a Linux laptop, but with a little work one of these SAMSUNG Chromebook Plus V2, 2-in-1, 4GB RAM, 32GB eMMC, 13MP Camera, Chrome OS, 12.2&#8243;, 16:10 Aspect Ratio, Stealth Silver (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/SAMSUNG-Chromebook-Plus-Camera-Chrome\/dp\/B07HH5VZTN?th=1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>XE521QAB-K01US<\/b><\/a>) from Amazon can be. Going for less than $290 before tax. Not a powerful CPU, but fast enough for normal \u2018<i>Desktop Duty<\/i>\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>I upgraded from Fedora 38 to 39 last night, and everything went great. Slower that previous upgrades, but Fedora 39 was just released yesterday so their servers may have been busy.<\/p>\n<p>Here is the System Info after upgrade:<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-4049 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sam-1a.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"818\" height=\"679\" srcset=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sam-1a.jpg 818w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sam-1a-500x415.jpg 500w, https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/sam-1a-768x637.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 818px) 100vw, 818px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I used this article for the upgrade: <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.fedoraproject.org\/en-US\/quick-docs\/upgrading-fedora-offline\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Upgrading Fedora Using DNF System Plugin<\/b><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been updated to include Fedora 39. Used the <b>Performing system upgrade<\/b> section, with just 4 commands typed into the terminal.<\/p>\n<p>Here are the 4 commands I used:<\/p>\n<pre class=\"western\"><code class=\"western\">dnf upgrade --refresh<\/code> <code class=\"western\">dnf install dnf-plugin-system-upgrade<\/code> <code class=\"western\">dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=39<\/code> <code class=\"western\">\r\n\r\ndnf system-upgrade reboot<\/code><\/pre>\n<ul>\n<li>(<strong>NOTE<\/strong>: If you are using standard user, then you&#8217;ll need to enter sudo before each of those commands. Also, refer to the link and use their commands directly if my copied ones don&#8217;t work.)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Ubuntu and Fedora are the two most advanced &amp; stable Linux OSes, IMHO, and long-term popularity in the <a href=\"https:\/\/w3techs.com\/technologies\/history_details\/os-linux\/all\/y\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Top 10<\/b><\/a>. I can\u2019t stand Ubuntu because of it \u2018<i>Enterprise<\/i>\u2019 focus, but Linux users overwhelmingly prefer it over all the other Distros.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/meet-the-team\/jack-wallen\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Jack Wallen<\/b><\/a> did an excellent review of Fedora 39 Beta, back on 10\/25\/2023, titled: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.zdnet.com\/article\/fedora-39-beta-offers-one-of-the-best-performing-linux-distributions-ive-seen-in-a-long-time\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><b>Fedora 39 beta offers the best-performing Linux distribution I&#8217;ve seen in a long time<\/b><\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Even in beta, Fedora 39 is buttery smooth and lightning quick.<\/p>\n<p>Had you asked me five years ago I would have said Fedora was a Linux distribution best suited for those who knew what they were doing. I never would have assumed I&#8217;d eventually think Fedora was on par with Ubuntu for user-friendliness. But here we are and the distribution that was once considered too &#8220;bleeding edge&#8221; for new users is ready to serve any user of any skill level.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Yes indeed! Great job by the Fedora Linux team!!! Overall, Fedora 39 Cinnamon SPIN delivers solid performance!<\/p>\n<p>Will add this post to the <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/operating-systems\/linux\/fedora-linux\/\"><strong>Fedora Linux<\/strong><\/a> page. Also, the 4\/21\/2023 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/21\/fedora-linux-38-cinnamon-spin-part-1-upgrade-from-36-37\/\"><em><strong>Fedora Linux 38 Cinnamon SPIN \u2013 Part 1: Upgrade from 36 &amp; 37<\/strong><\/em><\/a> &amp; 4\/22\/2023 \u2013 <a href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/04\/22\/fedora-linux-38-cinnamon-spin-part-2-clean-install-of-38\/\"><em><strong>Fedora Linux 38 Cinnamon SPIN \u2013 Part 2: Clean install of 38<\/strong><\/em><\/a> posts may have more useful info in them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fedora 39 Cinnamon SPIN keeps getting faster &amp; smoother with each release! I go with the Cinnamon SPIN because it is about as close to a Windows \u2018Feel\u2019 that the Linux desktop can get. I\u2019ve got at least 17 pics to insert, plus about 11 more that are linked to, and those are mostly on &#8230; <a title=\"Fedora 39 Cinnamon SPIN \u2013 Anaconda (installer) + NVIDIA + System Upgrade\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/2023\/11\/08\/fedora-39-cinnamon-spin-review-nvidia-guide\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Fedora 39 Cinnamon SPIN \u2013 Anaconda (installer) + NVIDIA + System Upgrade\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":71,"footnotes":""},"categories":[49,123,119,139,169,11,126,125,133,27,128],"tags":[170,141,28],"class_list":["post-4050","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-chromebooks","category-cinnamon","category-fedora-linux","category-gparted","category-libreoffice","category-linux","category-nvidia","category-red-hat","category-samsung","category-testing","category-ubuntu-linux","tag-linux-security","tag-pc-builds-upgrades","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4050","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4050"}],"version-history":[{"count":52,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4050\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6633,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4050\/revisions\/6633"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4050"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4050"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/karmismusingstech.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4050"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}