Fedora post installation configurations

Set of commands and files to make a fresh install of Fedora Workstation look nice. By Alan Delgado.

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Table of contents

• Initial settings
  • Enable DNF fastest mirror and update
  • Settings app
• Software Sources
  • Enable third party repositories
  • Enable rpm-fusion
  • Enable flathub
• NVIDIA Drivers
• Apps installation
  • Visual Studio Code
  • Vim
  • Java
  • Other apps via Flathub
• Customization
  • Cursor, icons and themes
  • Fonts
  • Gnome Tweaks
  • Gnome Extensions
  • Keyboard Shortcuts
  • Terminal colors
  • Shell
• Extras
  • Git configurations
  • rEFInd
  • Gedit Nord theme
  • Theme Flatpak apps
  • XAMPP

Initial settings

Enable DNF fastest mirror and update

• Edit /etc/dnf/dnf.conf and append the following lines

  fastestmirror=true
  deltarpm=true

• Run

  sudo dnf up

Settings app

• Sharing: Enable sharing, file sharing and change computer name
• Power: Change blank screen timer and set power button behavior to Power Off
• Displays: Set resolution, refresh rate and scale
• Mouse and Touchpad: Set mouse speed
• Keyboard: Set input source to English (Intl., with AltGr dead keys).
• Region and languaje: set Formats to México
• Users: Change user image to image
• Time: Set Time Format to AM / PM

Software Sources

Enable third party repositories

• Software -> Software Repositories -> Third Party Repositories -> Enable All
• From the list below, enable required repositories such as google-chrome, nvidia-drivers, steam, etc.

Enable rpm-fusion

• Free

  sudo rpm -Uvh https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm

• Non-free

  sudo rpm -Uvh https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm

Enable flathub

• Enable flathub support

  flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

NVIDIA Drivers

It is extremely IMPORTANT to restart and select GNOME Xorg in the login screen

• Download and install NVIDIA drivers:

  sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia

• Restart

Apps installation

Kitty terminal

• Install kitty terminal

  sudo dnf install -y kitty

• Copy the kitty.conf file into the ~/.config/kitty folder

Visual Studio Code

• Run the following commands

  sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
  sudo sh -c 'echo -e "[code]\nname=Visual Studio Code\nbaseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc" > /etc/yum.repos.d/vscode.repo'
  sudo dnf check-update
  sudo dnf install -y code

• Turn on settings Sync

• Enable "Open in Code" context menu for Nautilus. source

  wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cra0zy/code-nautilus/master/install.sh | bash
  

Vim

• Install Vim

  sudo dnf install -y vim

  • Copy the .vim folder and .vimrc file to the Home directory
  • Open any file with vim and run PlugInstall

Java

• Install Java OpenJDK

  sudo dnf install -y java-latest-openjdk
  java -version

Other apps

• Solaar (Logitech mouse compatibility)

  sudo dnf install solaar

Flathub apps

• Google Chrome

  flatpak install flathub com.google.Chrome

• Geary email client

  flatpak install flathub org.gnome.Geary

• Discord

  flatpak install flathub com.discordapp.Discord

• Celluloid video player

  flatpak install flathub io.github.celluloid_player.Celluloid

• OnlyOffice office suite

  flatpak install flathub org.onlyoffice.desktopeditors

• Pinta

  flatpak install flathub com.github.PintaProject.Pinta

• Microsoft Edge

  flatpak install flathub com.microsoft.Edge

• Resources

  flatpak install flathub net.nokyan.Resources

• Mission center

  flatpak install flathub io.missioncenter.MissionCenter

• Flatseal

  flatpak install flathub com.github.tchx84.Flatseal

• Easy Effects

  flatpak install flathub com.github.wwmm.easyeffects

• Obsidian

  flatpak install flathub md.obsidian.Obsidian

Customization

Cursor, icons and themes

• Install breeze cursors

  sudo dnf install -y breeze-cursor-theme

• Numix Circle Icons

  sudo dnf install -y numix-icon-theme-circle

• Themes: Copy the .themes folder into the Home folder

Fonts

• Fira Sans

  sudo dnf install -y fira-code-fonts 'mozilla-fira*' 'google-roboto*'

• Meslo Nerd Font, download these four ttf files and double click on them:

  • MesloLGS NF Regular.ttf
  • MesloLGS NF Bold.ttf
  • MesloLGS NF Italic.ttf
  • MesloLGS NF Bold Italic.ttf

Gnome Tweaks

• Open the Software app then search for Tweaks, install and open.
• Appearance:
  • Cursor: Breeze_Snow
  • Icons: Numix-Circle
• Fonts:
  • Interface Text: Fira Sans Book 11
  • Document Text: Arial Regular 12
  • Monospace Text: MesloLGS NF Regular 10
  • Legacy Window Tiles: Fira Sans Semibold 11
• Top Bar:
  • Activities overview hot corner: Off
  • Battery percentage: On
• Window Titlebars: Maximize and Minimize On. Placement Right
• Windows:
  • Center new windows: On
  • Resize with secondary-click: On

Gnome Extensions

• Install Extensions app

  flatpak install flathub org.gnome.Extensions

• Disable extension version validation for Pop Shell

  gsettings set org.gnome.shell disable-extension-version-validation "true"

• Go to the Gnome Extensions website and search and activate the following extensions
  • Blur my Shell
    • Brightness 0.60, Sigma: 20, Blur apps: nautilus, terminal, code, discord
  • Clipboard Indicator
  • Color Picker
  • GSConnect Send to device from nautilus

    sudo dnf install -y nautilus-python nautilus-extensions

  • Just Perfection
    • Disable search, Disable hotcorner, Set Workspace Switcher Size to 10%
  • User Themes
  • Places Status Indicator
  • Tray Icons Realoaded
  • Pop Shell (system may crash when activated for the first time)

    sudo dnf install gnome-shell-extension-pop-shell xprop

    • Check Show active hint. Hint color is #7AA2F6

Keyboard Shortcuts

Open Settings and go to Keyboard -> Keyboard shortcuts

• Accesibility
  • Turn zoom on or off: Alt+Super+=
  • Zoom in: Shift+Alt+Super++
• Launchers
  • Launch calculator: Super+C
  • Launch settings: Super+S
• Navigation
  • Hide all normal windows: Super+D
  • Move to workspace on the left: Ctrl+Super+Left
  • Move to workspace on the right: Ctrl+Super+Right
  • Move window one workspace to the left: Shift+Super+Left
  • Move window one workspace to the right: Shift+Super+Right
• Custom shortcuts
  • Launch terminal: Super+T - Code: kitty
  • Launch vscode: Super+V - Code: code
  • Launch discord: Super+W - Code: flatpak run com.discordapp.Discord
  • Launch gnome text editor: Super+G - Code: gnome-text-editor
• Tiling
  • Toggles a window between floating and tiling: Super+H
• Navigate applications and windows
  • Launch and switch applications: Super+Space
  • Switch focus to window left: Super+Left

Terminal colors

• Run the following command to start Gogh

  bash -c  "$(curl -sLo- https://git.io/vQgMr)"

Shell

• Install ZSH and set as default shell

  sudo dnf install -y zsh
  sudo chsh -s $(which zsh)
  echo $SHELL
  # The trailing should change from $ to %

• Install Oh My Zsh

  sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

• Install plugin zsh-autosuggestions

  git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

• Install plugin zsh-syntax-highlighting

  git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

• Install Powerlevel10k theme

  git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k

• Replace the files .p10k.zsh and .zshrc into the Home folder

Extras

Git configurations

git config --global init.defaultBranch main
git config --global core.editor "vim"
git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
git config --global user.name "Your Name"

Install OpenSSL

• GSConnect requires to install OpenSSL to work

  sudo dnf install openssl

rEFInd

• Download the most recent version of refind and then install:

  sudo rpm -Uvh refind-0.13.2-1.x86_64.rpm
  sudo refind-install

• Install rEFInd theme Regular

  sudo bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bobafetthotmail/refind-theme-regular/master/install.sh)"

Fix dualboot showing different times

timedatectl set-local-rtc 1

Fix login screen in wrong monitor

sudo cp -v ~/.config/monitors.xml /var/lib/gdm/.config/
sudo chown gdm:gdm /var/lib/gdm/.config/monitors.xml

Fix bluetooth devices in dualboot

• Follow this guide

Fix postman crashing after login

openssl req -subj '/C=US/CN=Postman Proxy' -new -newkey rsa:2048 -sha256 -days 365 -nodes -x509 -keyout ~/.var/app/com.getpostman.Postman/config/Postman/proxy/postman-proxy-ca.key -out ~/.var/app/com.getpostman.Postman/config/Postman/proxy/postman-proxy-ca.crt

Gnome Text Editor theme

• Download the Tokyo Night Theme and extract the files
• Open the terminal and run the command: sudo nautilus
• Go to the following path: /usr/share/gnome-text-editor/styles, then cut and paste the themes files into the folder 'styles'.

Theme Flatpak apps

• This command makes flatpak apps to use the application's theme

  sudo flatpak override --filesystem=~/.themes

• Or you can use stylepak

Install Betteriscord

• This command makes flatpak apps to use the application's theme

  curl -O https://raw.githubusercontent.com/bb010g/betterdiscordctl/master/betterdiscordctl
  chmod +x betterdiscordctl
  sudo mv betterdiscordctl /usr/local/bin
  betterdiscordctl --d-install flatpak install | uninstall

Enable color folders

• Enable color folders for nautilus file manager

  sudo dnf copr enable kleong/folder-color
  sudo dnf install folder-color

XAMPP

• Download and install from the official website
• Install missing dependency libnsl

  sudo dnf install -y libnsl