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[[sect-installation]]
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= Installation
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+ This section describes changes in the *Anaconda* installer.
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+ == Anaconda modularization effort
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+ *Anaconda* is going through a large scale effort to modularize its internals. (Note that this effort is separate from the _Fedora_ modularization effort described in <<select-modularity>>.) The following changes have been made to *Anaconda*:
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+ * Modules have been added which are separate *Python* processes. They are connected to the main *Anaconda* process using *DBus*.
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+ * Most Kickstart commands are now processed on separate modules, and used in the UI in many places as backend data sources.
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+ The modularization effort has no visible impact on the user experience. To read more about the installer internals, see the link:++https://rhinstaller.wordpress.com/++[installer team's blog].
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+ == Kickstart changes
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+ * The `authconfig` command has been deprecated by `authselect`.
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+ == Changes in boot options
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+ New boot options:
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+ * `inst.stage2.all` - With this boot option, the stage 2 image will be fetched from HTTP, HTTPS and FTP locations which are specified using the `inst.stage2=` option sequentially in the order they are specified, until the image is successfully fetched. All other locations will be ignored.
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+ * `inst.ks.all` - With this boot option, the Kickstart file will be fetched from HTTP, HTTPS and FTP locations which are specified using the `inst.ks=` option sequentially in the order they are specified, until the file is successfully fetched. All other locations will be ignored.
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+ * `inst.xtimeout=` - Specifies a timeout period (in seconds) the installer will wait before starting the *X* server.
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+ == Reduced initial setup redundancy
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+ When you install the _Workstation_ variant of Fedora 28 using the live image, you will now be prompted to create a user account by *GNOME Initial Setup* instead of Anaconda. Additionally, you will no longer be prompted to set a root password during the installation of Fedora Workstation using the live image. The `root` account will be disabled by default; you can enable it by setting a password for it using the `sudo passwd` command. If you do not reenable the `root` account, you can still perform any administrative tasks using `sudo` and your user password.
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+ These changes have been made in order to reduce redundancy between **Anaconda**, **Initial Setup**, and **GNOME Initial Setup**, which could previously all ask you to perform the same setup tasks.
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+ == Miscellaneous changes
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+ * Former dependencies of the _anaconda_ package itself have been separated into the _anaconda-install-env-deps_ package.
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+ * The number of dependencies for *Initial Setup* has been massively decreased, which enables it to run on systems with a significantly lower amount of memory than before.
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+ * Anaconda now enables hibernation by default on AMD and Intel (x86) systems.
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+ * The progress bar displayed while the installation is in progress is now more accurate.
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+ * The `pykickstart` and `blivet` libraries, which are used to handle Kickstart processing and storage configuration respectively, have been both upgraded to version `3`.
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+ * Payload is usable usable in `InstallClass`
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+ * You can now add sources in `InstallClass`
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+ * `InstallClass` is now selected at runtime based on the `.buildstamp` file.
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+ * `InstallClass` can now specify a Fedora variant which it should run on. This is defined by the `Variant` item in the `.buildstamp` file.
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These three are all related, it's installer stuff all in one section - that's why they're all on one branch. Also my bad about the commit/revert.