Let’s Try Fedora!

You will need to download Fedora Media Writer. It will put Fedora KDE Plasma on your USB drive, so you can install Fedora using that USB drive.

To download Fedora Media Writer go to Fedora Media Writer Releases and select either the .exe file for Windows or the .dmg file for macOS.

Once you have downloaded Fedora Media Writer for your current computer, install it on that computer.

Next, run Fedora Media Writer and select "Download automatically" and press Next.

Select the "Official Editions" checkbox, and "Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop" from the dropdown menu.
Press Next.

Select the latest "Version". If you are running a 'normal' X86 PC or Laptop, you will select Intel/AMD 64bit. You will know if you need another option. Insert a blank USB drive (4GB or larger).

Select your USB drive under the "USB Drive" dropdown menu. Press the button Write.

Confirm Download_Write.

Media writer will then download and check the file, and ask you again to "Write".

Fedora will now be prepared for you — wait until it finishes and remove the USB drive before doing anything else.

Now you have Fedora installed on your USB drive, you can try it out. Don’t worry — it won’t break your current system!

Turn off your computer. Insert USB drive. You need to enter your computer’s BIOS to enable booting from your USB drive. This is achieved by pressing a certain key immediately after you power "on" your PC. The most common keys are:

Please refer to your computer’s manual or watch the startup screen closely. Most manufacturers display the correct key on the boot-up screen.

This will boot your computer into a selection menu where you can choose which drive to boot from. Choose 'Fedora'. If you have problems at this stage, you will have to search for your PC brand or model and look up how to select boot drive or enter BIOS.

On selecting Test this media & start Fedora-KDE-Desktop-Live, Fedora will load and take you to your shiny new desktop. This is what we call the Live system: it is running off your USB drive - not permanently installed on your computer.

Once you are ready, we can install Fedora permanently.

We strongly suggest you connect your live system to your network for the following reasons:

If your computer has an ethernet port, the simplest way to connect to your network is to simply plug in a network cable that’s connected to you LAN. As soon as you see the following symbol in your system tray your PC is properly connected via cable:

If you have a Wi-Fi adapter, find the Wi-Fi symbol in your system tray, click on it and select your Wi-Fi to connect. You’ll be prompted for your Wi-Fi passphrase and after entering it, Fedora will connect.