• Fedora Server ¹⁾
• 39

• Do not create a separate swap partition ²⁾

• https://getfedora.org/en/server/download

• PackageKit was caught using hundreds of MB of RAM while not actively using it ³⁾
• Apparently it only provides the package name for commands not found
• TODO: Figure out how to prevent it from being reinstalled

sudo dnf remove PackageKit*

• https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/
• Unified hosts + fakenews + gambling + porn + social

• Only run once

ls '/etc/hosts~' || wget -O '/tmp/hosts-tmp' 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts' && sudo cp --backup '/tmp/hosts-tmp' '/etc/hosts' && sudo restorecon -F -I -R '/etc/hosts' && sync

ls '/etc/hosts~' && wget -O '/tmp/hosts-tmp' 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts' && sudo mv --force '/tmp/hosts-tmp' '/etc/hosts' && sudo restorecon -F -I -R '/etc/hosts' && sync

ls '/etc/hosts~' && sudo restorecon -F -I -R '/etc/hosts~' && sudo mv --force '/etc/hosts~' '/etc/hosts' && sync

• Disables Delta RPMs with deltarpm=false

echo 'deltarpm=false' | sudo tee --append '/etc/dnf/dnf.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/dnf/dnf.conf' | grep 'deltarpm=false'

sudo -e '/etc/dnf/dnf.conf'

• See dnf_autoremove_fix if dnf autoremove fails

sudo dnf autoremove -y && sudo dnf distro-sync -y && sync

sudo fwupdmgr refresh --force && sudo fwupdmgr update --verbose

• Installs nano
• Sets VISUAL and EDITOR to nano via environment variable
• Sets nowrap for current user

sudo dnf install 'nano' -y && export 'VISUAL=nano' && export 'EDITOR=nano' && echo -e 'export VISUAL=nano\nexport EDITOR=nano' | sudo tee '/etc/profile.d/editor-nano.sh' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/profile.d/editor-nano.sh' && mkdir -p ~/'.config/nano' && echo 'set nowrap' | tee ~/'.config/nano/nanorc' > '/dev/null' && cat ~/'.config/nano/nanorc'

• TODO: Figure out policycoreutils-devel

sudo dnf install aria2 binutils hdparm htop kernel-tools lm_sensors openssl1.1 p7zip p7zip-plugins unar wget

policycoreutils-devel

• This tells systemd to ignore Lid close events and prevents system suspend ⁴⁾

sudo mkdir -p '/etc/systemd/logind.conf.d' && echo -e "[Login]\nHandleLidSwitch=ignore" | sudo tee '/etc/systemd/logind.conf.d/99-laptop-server.conf' > '/dev/null'

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/logind.conf.d/99-laptop-server.conf'

• Quad9, see dns_servers for other servers

9.9.9.9,149.112.112.112

2620:fe::fe,2620:fe::9

• systemd-resolved caches DNS
• Quad9, see dns_servers for other servers

sudo mkdir -p '/etc/systemd/resolved.conf.d' && sudo -e '/etc/systemd/resolved.conf.d/99-dns-over-tls.conf'

[Resolve]
DNS=9.9.9.9#dns.quad9.net 149.112.112.112#dns.quad9.net 2620:fe::fe#dns.quad9.net 2620:fe::9#dns.quad9.net
DNSOverTLS=yes

• Change ens3 as-needed

nmcli connection show

sudo nmcli connection modify 'ens3' 'ipv4.dns' '127.0.0.1,9.9.9.9,149.112.112.112'

sudo nmcli connection modify 'ens3' 'ipv6.dns' '::1,2620:fe::fe,2620:fe::9'

• Change x to computer name
• Likely not needed if set through Anaconda

hostnamectl set-hostname 'x'

sudo sensors-detect --auto

sudo -e '/etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors'

• See Client notes to generate/restore public key

sudo systemctl enable 'fstrim.timer' --now && sudo systemctl start 'fstrim' && sync && sudo systemctl status 'fstrim' -l

• System time - ArchWiki
• Set RTC to UTC

sudo timedatectl set-local-rtc '0'

timedatectl | grep local

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/fedora-up.service'

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStartPre='/usr/bin/dnf' clean 'all'
ExecStart='/usr/bin/dnf' distro-sync -y
ExecStart='/usr/bin/dnf' autoremove -y
ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/sync'
ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/systemctl' reboot

• 00:00 Oak

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/fedora-up.timer' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'fedora-up.timer' --now

[Unit]
Description=Software Package Maintenance and Updater
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-* 00:00:00
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

• See misc_linux

• See Firewalld notes