FedEX Rpi5 for Raspberry Pi 5 and 4 Files

FedEX Rpi5 for Raspberry Pi5 and 4 is a "remaster" of the Fedora Project's Fedora 43 build for ARM64 (aarch64).

ABOUT
FedEX Rpi5 uses the GNOME 49 Desktop. (As the original system does). The original Fedora 43 ARM64 system can only run a Raspberry Pi4 computer. You may be able to start it on a Rpi5, but you can't make the keyboard and mouse work. My Build works very well on a Raspberry Pi5 computer though. You can also run FedEX Rpi5 on a Rpi4 computer. Your Raspberry Pi computer will automatically choose the correct kernel at boot.

REPLACEMENT
My previous version of FedEX from 250105 was also made for Raspberry Pi5: https://raspex.exton.se/fedex-rpi5-fedora-41-arm64-for-raspberry-pi-5-and-pi-4-with-gnome-47-build-250105/

PERFORMANCE
The new FedEX system for Raspberry Pi5 and 4 is quite fast and responsive. All included applications work very well.

INSTALLATION of FedEX in Windows
In Windows you can use Rufus for installation of fedex-rpi5-fc43-gnome-aarch64-2180mb-251215.img to a SD card of at least 64GB. The image file is of 30GB. You will first download fedex-rpi5-fc43-gnome-aarch64-2180mb-251215.raw.xz. Unpack it with 7-Zip. You will then get fedex-rpi5-fc43-gnome-aarch64-2180mb-251215.raw. Change the file ending to .img before installing with Rufus.
NOTE: You MUST use a SD card of at least 64 GB. There is not enough space on a card of 32 GB. Be sure also to unpack the downloaded file (fedex-rpi5-fc43-gnome-aarch64-2180mb-251215.raw.xz) on a partition which is big enough. When unpacked the file is of 30 GB!!!

INSTALLATION of FedEX in Linux
In Linux you can/shall use the dd-command. This is the command to use: xzcat fedex-rpi5-fc43-gnome-aarch64-2180mb-251215.raw.xz | dd status=progress bs=4M of=/dev/sdX
Change /dev/sdX to (for example) /dev/sdb. Check it carefully to avoid data losses.
NOTE: You MUST use a SD card of at least 64 GB. There is not enough space for FedEX on a card of 32 GB.

LOGIN to GNOME 49
When the boot process is ready you will end up at the GDM Login Site. Log in to the Gnome Desktop as the ordinary user pi with password raspberry or as root (Superuser) with password root. When logged in as pi you can use Sudo to become root. Example: sudo su and sudo pcmanfm.

SOUND in FedEX
When logged in to GNOME as the ordinary user pi you will have HDMI audio output. When logged in as root you won't have sound. You can't run PulseAudio as root.  

WIFI
Works very well. Just give you Network password and connect.

INSTALLING or removing packages in FedEX/Fedora
Basically you'll only need to use four commands:
1) sudo dnf upgrade --refresh (upgrade the whole system)
2) sudo dnf install MyNecessaryProgram
3) sudo dnf remove MyUnnecessaryProgram
4) sudo dnf clean all
NOTE: All packages are up to date as of 251215. Watch this screenshot: https://raspex.exton.se/fedex-rpi5/fc43/fedex-rpi5-upgraded-251215.jpg

UPGRADE TO FEDORA 44?
You can upgrade the System to upcoming fc44 already (if you want). Just run the following two commands:
1) sudo dnf system-upgrade download --releasever=44
2) sudo dnf system-upgrade reboot
Fedora 44 will be released in a STABLE version in April or May 2026.

WHO SHOULD RUN FedEX Rpi5 for Raspberry Pi5 and 4?
My answer: The system fits the "advanced" Linux user/enthusiast, who would be willing to run an occasional command from time to time.

READ MORE about FedEx Rpi5 at https://raspex.exton.se/fedex-rpi5-fedora-43-arm64-for-raspberry-pi5-and-pi4-with-gnome-49-build-251215/

READ ABOUT MY OTHER BUILDS WITH ANDROID
https://andex.exton.net - Run Android on PC's 
- latest is AndEX 11 (Android 11)
https://raspex.exton.se - Android for Raspberry Pi 
- latest is RaspAnd 16 (Android 16)

251215 /exton