On Wed, Jan 1, 2014 at 9:17 PM, Joe Zeff <joe@zeff.us> wrote:

OK, but there are still two things this doesn't cover. First, I used fedup to go from F17 to F19, meaning that firstboot wasn't needed.

Everything that is installed is updated by Fedup. Fedup doesn't automatically remove any packages. yum distro-sync and yum list extras can cover that.

Second, if F19 doesn't use firstboot, why is my installed copy listed as being fc19? Why did they put out a new version if it isn't even being used?

The default UI is provided by initial setup/ GNOME initial setup depending on which desktop environment you use. firstboot had some legacy code that hasn't transitioned over completely to the new model when I checked last but you should be able to safely remove it from your system.

Rahul