#384: Change primary Workstation downloadable to Fedora Media Writer ------------------------+----------------------- Reporter: eischmann | Owner: webmaster Type: task | Status: new Priority: blocker | Milestone: Fedora 24 Component: General | Keywords: Blocked By: | Blocking: ------------------------+----------------------- We're working on F24 change to change the primary downloadable of Workstation to Fedora Media Writer (formerly LiveUSB Creator): https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/LUCasPrimaryDownloadable We need assistance from the websites team because the change requires changes on the download website: 1) Based on the user agent Windows users should be offered an exe file of FMW (Dennis is currently figuring out location for it). 2) For them, we should alter the website and explain what FMW is instead of "What is a Live image"? We should still keep ISOs in Other downloads for those we do want to download an ISO. 3) For everyone else (Linux, Mac,...), we should still offer an ISO, but instead of general "To use this image, you need a drive that can create or "burn" DVDs, or a USB flash drive at least as big as the image." we should point them to FMW, probably linking How_to_create_and_use_Live_USB which we will change to describe FMW. Answers to additional questions asked by robyduck in email conversations: Do you want to let people download a software to get a Fedora image instead of a simple download link of the iso?[[BR]] Yes, that's the idea. Especially on other platforms (Windows, Mac), it's hard to find a tool that can reliably write Fedora on a USB drive. So instead of downloading an ISO, Windows users will download a tool that will let them download it and write it on a USB drive. Mostly for win users?[[BR]] Only for Windows users in F24 release cycle. We planned the same for Mac users, but the Mac port won't be finished on time. If there is a standard cross-distro installation format (e.g. xdg-app) in the future, we may consider it for Linux users, too, but not for F24. What about spins, labs, Server?[[BR]] The Server working group decided not to use FMW as primary downloadable. We also don't want to include spins and labs now. FMW allows you to download Server, spins and labs, but spins and labs are in a list you need to extend, so it may be confusing for users as primary downloadable. We plan it only for Workstation now. Anyway, FMW should be at least mentioned as the official way to write the ISO on download pages of other editions, spins, and labs. How will checksums work?[[BR]] FMW checks checksums of ISOs it has downloaded before they're loaded to a USB drive. Where and who will provide documentation for the use of this software?[[BR]] We will describe how to use the tool on the following wiki page once it's official. We don't want to change the wiki page now when FMW is still not officially available.[[BR]] https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/How_to_create_and_use_Live_USB -- Ticket URL: <https://fedorahosted.org/fedora-websites/ticket/384> fedora-websites <https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Websites> Fedora Website Team's Trac instance