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Information

Download

Fedora Media Writer

ISO

Updated Live Images

Installation Notes

Partitioning

  1. :!: Delete /home
  2. :!: Delete /
  3. Re-create / without specifying a size 1)
  4. /boot and / are ext4
  5. :!: See Software RAID notes if software RAID across multiple drives is wanted

HOSTS

Initial

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

Update

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

Restore Backup

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

Repositories

Keybase

sudo rpm --import 'https://keybase.io/docs/server_security/code_signing_key.asc' && sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo 'http://prerelease.keybase.io/rpm/$basearch'

Software

Update

System

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

Firmware

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

Flatpaks

flatpak update && sudo flatpak update

GNU nano

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'

Multimedia

sudo dnf groupupdate 'core' 'multimedia' 'sound-and-video' --setop='install_weak_deps=False' --exclude='PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin' --allowerasing && sync

General

sudo dnf install filezilla okular gbrainy gimp keepassxc mpv obs-studio qbittorrent android-tools aria2 binutils hdparm htop icoutils kernel-tools lm_sensors gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 openh264 mozilla-openh264 p7zip p7zip-plugins unar wget yt-dlp 

Intel

intel-opencl

Keybase

keybase

Wine

wine winetricks
mesa-libd3d mesa-libd3d.i686

Settings

KDE

Mouse & Touchpad

Keyboard

bash -c "secret-tool lookup 'keepass' 'default' | keepassxc --pw-stdin ~/'Documents/keepass.kdbx'"
konsole -e "sudo sh -c 'dnf clean 'all' && dnf distro-sync -y && sync && flatpak update && wget -O '/tmp/sb-hosts' 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts' && mv --force '/tmp/sb-hosts' '/etc/hosts' && restorecon -F -I -R -v '/etc/hosts' && sync && fstrim --all --verbose && sync && read -n '1' -s -r -p 'Done' && sleep '2''"

Keys

Display & Monitor

Wi-Fi & Internet

127.0.0.1
::1

systemd-resolved

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

Text & Fonts

Default Applications

Window Management

Desktop Effects

Screen Locking

Spell Check

Power Management

Session

Printer

socket://192.168.1.164:9100
HP Officejet Pro 8710

Info

Fan Profile

sudo dnf install 'smbios-utils-python' -y && sudo smbios-thermal-ctl --set-thermal-mode='performance' && sudo dnf remove 'smbios-utils-python' -y

Kernel Options

Magic SysRq key

echo 'kernel.sysrq = 1' | sudo tee '/etc/sysctl.d/99-sysrq.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/sysctl.d/99-sysrq.conf'
sysctl 'kernel.sysrq'

GRUB

Config

sudo grubby --update-kernel='ALL' --args=''
sudo grubby --update-kernel='ALL' --remove-args=''
sudo -e '/etc/default/grub' && sudo grub2-mkconfig -o '/boot/grub2/grub.cfg'

Spinesnap

sudo -e '/etc/default/grub' && sudo grub2-mkconfig -o '/boot/grub2/grub.cfg'
nohz='off' acpi_osi='Linux' pci='pcie_bus_perf,realloc,pcie_scan_all,big_root_window' pcie_aspm='off' video='HDMI-A-1:1920x1080MR@75' reboot='pci' nvme_core.default_ps_max_latency_us='0' usbhid.quirks='0x1b1c:0x1b75:0x20000408' usbcore.quirks='1b1c:1b75:gn'

Hostname

hostnamectl set-hostname 'x'

KeePassXC

Settings

Add Database Password to KDE Wallet

secret-tool store --label='KeePass' 'keepass' 'default'

Keybase

run_keybase && sudo rm -f '/etc/yum.repos.d/prerelease.keybase.io_rpm_basearch.repo'

lm_sensors

sudo sensors-detect --auto
sudo -e '/etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors'

mpv

mkdir -p ~/'.config/mpv' && nano ~/'.config/mpv/mpv.conf'
save-position-on-quit
sub-auto=fuzzy
force-window=yes
profile=gpu-hq
scale=ewa_lanczossharp
cscale=ewa_lanczossharp
video-sync=display-resample
interpolation
tscale=oversample
vo=dmabuf-wayland
hwdec=vaapi
hwdec-codecs=all

Secure Shell

Drive Maintenance

Trim

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

UTC

sudo timedatectl set-local-rtc '0'

Verify

timedatectl | grep local

Wine

Firefox

about:config

layout.frame_rate
extensions.screenshots.disabled
extensions.pocket.enabled
dom.event.contextmenu.enabled
security.tls.enable_kyber

Extensions

uBlock Origin

Filters list

https://www.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-problematic-sites.txt
https://www.fanboy.co.nz/r/fanboy-ultimate.txt
https://www.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-cookiemonster_ubo.txt
https://www.fanboy.co.nz/enhancedstats.txt

My filters

! Hide RuneScape Wiki clocks
! 2023/12/13
oldschool.runescape.wiki###utcdate > [href="#"]
oldschool.runescape.wiki###footer-info-lastmod
runescape.wiki##[href="/w/Clock_(interface)"]
runescape.wiki###footer-info-lastmod

! Hide YouTube TV promo
! 2024/07/24
youtube.com###mealbar-promo-renderer > .yt-mealbar-promo-renderer.style-scope

! End

DNS over HTTPS

https://dns.quad9.net/dns-query

Server

Enable SSH

sudo systemctl enable --now 'sshd'

Automatic Updates

Service

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

Timer

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=*-*-* 03:00:00
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

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