I’m using a raspberry pi 3.  I will try the options you stated.

On Mon, Dec 17, 2018 at 11:48 PM Peter Robinson <pbrobinson@gmail.com> wrote:
>        Does anyone know how to disable the wireless and Bluetooth interface on boot or permanently?  I’ve been reading a few fedora articles but none of them really have a permanent way to do it on boot.

It would likely depend a little on the device but I suspect the
easiest way would be to use the rfkill interface, either directly with
the rfkill command or via the nmcli interface to put the appropriate
devices in "airplane mode"