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POSSIBLE NEW TOPICS (Writers: Please add your suggestions)

Proposed Topics - Installation

 * 1) Install a package like xmms using Pirut. (Perhaps xmms with fluendo?) - done with Banshee
 * 2) Install Yumex via Pirut, and then install (perhaps a game) via yumex.
 * 3) Use rpm from the CLI to view a list installed packages (no root password required).
 * 4) Use rpm to install a locally available package (root password required).
 * 5) Use yum to install a package from an internet repository.
 * 6) Use yum to provide various reports.
 * 7) Use yum to do a group-level installation, such as a complete KDE desktop installation -done with MySQL database group as example
 * 8) Advanced topic: Using smart.
 * 9) Advanced topic: Using apt-get.
 * 10) Advanced topic: Using yum-extender.
 * 11) Advanced topic: Using yum at installation time via the new anaconda feature.
 * 12) Make sure that all references to Fedora Core and Fedora Extras are replaced with appropriate details.
 * 13) Cover all the yum plugins and related utilities available in the repository
 * 14) Include details on Pirut, Pup and Puplet - done

Proposed Topics - Updating
Likewise, we should cover the topic of updating packages in a similar progression from the simple to the advanced.


 * 1) Update packages using Pirut -can packages be updated with Pirut? Pup isn't covered yet, waiting for updates to come through on F7!
 * 2) Update using Yumex.
 * 3) Update using yum from the CLI -done
 * 4) Selectively update using yum (including/excluding packages and disabling/enabling repositories).
 * 5) Advanced topic: Do a complete Fedora release upgrade (I actually did this successfully on a laptop with a bad CD drive and broadband internet access. - John)

Reminders

 * Give more background information and provide concepts and details as required.
 * Demonstrate different methods of installing packages, going from the simplest to the most complex.
 * http://www.redhatmagazine.com/2008/01/16/tips-and-tricks-yum-security/

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