[relnotes] [Fedora Project Wiki] Update of "Docs/Beats/Installer" by PaulFrields

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   * Built-in features for resizing ext2/3, vfat, and ntfs partitions
   * Encrypted partition support
-  * Consolidated network booting ISO image
+  * Consolidated network booting ISO image, replacing old `boot.iso`, `diskboot.img`, and `rescuecd.iso`
   * Second stage installer location now independent of software package location
-  * Improved Live images support
-  * Ability to install from Live image running from RAM or USB stick
+  * Experimental support for installing to ext4 partitions, with the `iamanext4developer` boot option
+  * Native installation to x86_64 machines using EFI and booting via `grub`
+  * Hardware probing and detection now based on `hal` and `udev`
+  * Support for persistence in Live images on USB flash media
+ 
+ === Live USB Persistence ===
+ Work has continued to better integrate the Live images with the rest of the system, and improve the tools used for building them. The `livecd-creator` utility now also provides an API for building alternative front-ends as well as tools for other types of images.
+ 
+ The initial work to support persistent changes with a Live image has also landed. The primary use case is booting from a Live image on a USB flash drive and storing changes to that same device. To do this, download the Live image and then run the following command:
+ 
+ {{{livecd-iso-to-disk --overlay-size-mb 512 /path/to/iso /path/tousbstick 
+ }}}
+ 
+ Here, `512` is the size in megabytes of the persistent data, or `overlay`, you want.  The `livecd-iso-to-disk` shell script is stored in the `LiveOS` directory at the top level of the CD image. The USB media must have sufficient free space for the Live image, plus the overlay, plus any other data to be stored on the media.
  
  === Installation Related Issues ===