3.2 Choosing an Installation Option

Clearly a decision between the Workstation and the two Server Edition images needs to be made before installation can begin. If you would like to try Fedora 31 before installing it, then the Fedora Workstation option is the best solution since it allows you to boot Fedora from the installation media without first installing it on a disk drive. As shown in Figure 3-1, this option also provides the option to initiate the installation from within the live session:

Figure 3-1

If the graphical desktop environment is not required, and the destination system does not have internet access then the Server Edition Standard ISO image is recommended since this allows a fully functional server to be built without the need to download any additional packages.

For installations where the system has internet access and a trial run of Fedora 31 is not required prior to installation, the Server Edition Netinstall ISO image provides the greatest flexibility...