Installing Fedora Linux

This blog post is a continuation of:

• https://wslguy.net/2025/03/14/planning-to-move-away-from-big-teach-in-2025/

Installation Process

The easiest process to install Fedora appears to be as follows:

1. Ensure that an unused partition with sufficient space exists on the hard disk.
2. Create a USB drive from a Fedora image.
3. Reboot to that USB drive and run Fedora.
4. Use Fedora to install Fedora.

Partitions

A previous post provided some guidance regarding partitions:

• https://wslguy.net/2025/03/14/preparing-to-install-linux/

USB Drive

Use the Fedora Media Writer exe to write the installation software to the USB drive.

• https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter/releases

This will install mediawriter.exe to something like C:\Program Files (x86)\Fedora Media Writer\ but might not create an Windows icon.

Use this program to download and write a Fedora image to a USB drive.

Reboot

According to the following, you may need to access the BIOS/UEFI on your machine to disable secure boot and you may need to configure the system to boot from a USB drive.

• https://ostechnix.com/dual-boot-fedora-and-windows/

Install Fedora

Fedora should boot from the USB device and guide you through the process of installing Fedora to the available hard disk partition.

Next

• https://wslguy.net/2025/03/14/quick-fedora-orientation/