I’ve been working on my own spin of Fedora to avoid the Red Hat bloat, while still developing and building for Red Hat-comparable code and RPM (Red Hat Package Manager) files.
It’s been a nightmare, especially since I decided to use the latest release, Fedora 42, from April 15, 2025. Unfortunately, it wasn’t as well documented as versions 40 and 41, which are still supported.
Despite the lack of documentation, I decided—likely to my detriment—to rip the band-aid off and dive into the deep end of the ecosystem to figure out the functionality.
That said, I’m glad to say that it’s starting to come together. I’ll likely put this project on the backburner until I finish version 1.2 of my Debian-based side project. After that, I plan to return to work on the deployment version [Servers or Machines that can be left unattended] for Subwave 1.0
At this point, I’ve managed to create an unattended installer. I was able to pre-install all my development tools, configuration files for my text editor, IDE, and other tools, as well as my custom welcome message, along with everything else.
I haven’t yet provided test images for my internal Fedora spin, but I’ll likely be able to do so very soon.
I know this is a short entry, but I wanted to write something today to clear my head after banging my head against the wall, figuratively speaking, while venting to Matthew Miller, the former Fedora Project Leader (FPL). I doubt Jef Spaleta, who was announced as the new head in April 2025, had much to do with the current build of Fedora.
Until next time
This is The Professor
Signing Off.