{"id":1680,"date":"2020-08-14T16:12:33","date_gmt":"2020-08-14T20:12:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.both.org\/?p=1680"},"modified":"2020-08-14T21:19:05","modified_gmt":"2020-08-15T01:19:05","slug":"installing-fedora-32-on-system-76-oryx-pro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.both.org\/?p=1680","title":{"rendered":"Installing Fedora 32 on System76 Oryx Pro"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pld-like-dislike-wrap pld-template-1\">\r\n    <div class=\"pld-like-wrap  pld-common-wrap\">\r\n    <a href=\"javascript:void(0)\" class=\"pld-like-trigger pld-like-dislike-trigger  \" title=\"\" data-post-id=\"1680\" data-trigger-type=\"like\" data-restriction=\"cookie\" data-already-liked=\"0\">\r\n                        <i class=\"fas fa-thumbs-up\"><\/i>\r\n                <\/a>\r\n    <span class=\"pld-like-count-wrap pld-count-wrap\">    <\/span>\r\n<\/div><\/div>\n<p>In November 2018 I ordered an Oryx Pro laptop with a 17&#8243; display from System76. This laptop came with the System76 version of Ubuntu, POP_os!. This is an amazing laptop with 6 cores (12 CPUs) and 32GB of RAM, more than enough to run multiple VMs simultaneously, which I sometimes do when traveling or presenting.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After using POP_os! for a few months, I wanted to install Fedora on it because I have it on all of my other systems and this would make it a bit simpler to manage. I installed Fedora 29 (at the time) on a second internal SSD. I ran into problems with this because Fedora would hang at the point where the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.linux-databook.info\/?page_id=2967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">display manager<\/a> was to start. The screen would be blank and the system was unresponsive. I did not spend much time with this because I had things to do and POP_os! worked fine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And then a few weeks ago I was working on a woefully under-powered Dell Inspiron 3452 laptop and installed Fedora 32 on it. It failed the same way that my Oryx Pro did. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>So here is my thought process. Fedora installed on both laptops &#8212; and failed to boot with the same symptom. POP_os! worked fine on the Oryx. The Fedora installation works from a Live USB thumb drive and does not use a display manager. POP_os! uses GNOME for a desktop and the GNOME display manager, gdm. I had been installing from a Fedora spin that uses the Xfce desktop and the lightdm display manager. Xfce does not have a display manager of its own but can use any of the others, typically lightdm, xdm, or lxdm. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I downloaded and installed the Fedora Workstation version which uses GNOME and gdm. In both cases I could now login to the laptops successfully. I then installed Xfce, my favorite desktop but continued to use gdm. Everything now works as it should and I have my favorite desktop back.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This is only one example of the power and flexibility of Linux. I can pick and choose the components I need. Not only can I use different combinations like this to solve problems, I can use them just because they work better for me or I like one better than the other. Choices and flexibility &#8211; Linux Rocks!<\/p>\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In November 2018 I ordered an Oryx Pro laptop with a 17&Prime; display from System76. 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