Latest intel GPU driver stack wont install on Chapeau 23

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I have been trying to install the latest Intel driver stack that was just released that supports Fedora 23 on Chapeau 23 (Fedora 23 with extras and goodies). But, The Intel driver installer keeps telling me my distribution is not supported. When I was on Ubuntu, I could change the lsb-release file to tell Intel that I was using Stock Ubuntu instead of say Linux Mint and it would work.

how do I do this on Fedora 23? I want to install the Intel Drivers for Fedora 23. I know there are Intel drivers in the kernel. i want the ones distributed by Intel themselves. Call me old fashioned but I like running an installer from Intel and seeing that it is up to date according to Intel.

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Heres my /etc/os-release

[a@jupiter ~]$ cat /etc/os-release 
NAME=Fedora
VERSION="23 (Workstation Edition)"
ID=fedora
VERSION_ID=23
PRETTY_NAME="Fedora 23 (Workstation Edition)"
ANSI_COLOR="0;34"
CPE_NAME="cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:23"
HOME_URL="https://fedoraproject.org/"
BUG_REPORT_URL="https://bugzilla.redhat.com/"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT="Fedora"
REDHAT_BUGZILLA_PRODUCT_VERSION=23
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT="Fedora"
REDHAT_SUPPORT_PRODUCT_VERSION=23
PRIVACY_POLICY_URL=https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Legal:PrivacyPolicy
VARIANT="Workstation Edition"
VARIANT_ID=workstation

Failing that, you could download the source for their installer and modify the supported OS part to include yours, since its effectively Fedora 23, its just an additional name.

Got to give them that, even their installer is open.

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well, the installer code doesnt help because it pulls the supported OS file from Intel servers. I tried changing the file to support Chapeau and it looked like it was going to work until Intel overwrote it.

If Fedora 23's kernels are up to date in terms of intel drivers fine. but the Intel driver stack is from Feb 2016 via the Intel Driver installer and the version currently installed on my laptop is Dec 2015.

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Changing os-release does nothing?

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nope