• Fedora
• KDE Plasma Desktop
• 40

• https://github.com/FedoraQt/MediaWriter/releases

• Fedora KDE Plasma Desktop

• Respins-SIG

• https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/live-respins
• Make sure the downloaded ISO says KDE

• Custom Partitioning → Standard

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

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

• Only run once

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

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

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

• https://keybase.io/

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'

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

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

• Sometimes this seems to take longer than expected on fresh installs

flatpak update && sudo flatpak update

• 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'

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

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-opencl

keybase

wine winetricks

mesa-libd3d mesa-libd3d.i686

• Pointer acceleration: None

• Shortcuts

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''"

• Listed respectively to above

• Ctrl + Alt + Z
• Menu or F6

• Refresh rate: 75 Hz (after kernel option)
• RGB range: Full
• Color Profile: None
• Legacy applications (X11): Apply scaling themselves
• Screen tearing: [x] Allow in fullscreen windows

• 2024/08/06: Scale not at 100% or integers (any Fractional) may require QT_SCALE_FACTOR_ROUNDING_POLICY=RoundPreferFloor before Qt 6.8 (Bug 479891)

• Requires systemd-resolved

127.0.0.1

::1

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

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

• Sub-pixel rendering: RGB
• Hinting: Full

• Video player: mpv Media Player

• Appearance → Wobbly Windows

• TODO: See how useful File indexing is to keep Enabled

• Delay before password required: Require password immediately

• American English (United States)
• [x] Automatic spell checking enabled by default (TODO: Check if any ramifications)

• TODO

• On login, launch apps that were open: Start with an empty session

• http://localhost:631/admin

• Printer name can be Ctrl + F'd
• AppSocket/HP JetDirect → HP → HP Officejet Pro 8710, hpcups (en) ²⁾
• Color Mode: Device Gray
• Administration → Set As Server Default

socket://192.168.1.164:9100

HP Officejet Pro 8710

• HP Officejet Pro 8710, hpcups 3.23.5 has two options, (en) and (en), (en)
• With Firefox, do Inspect
• (en) is drv
• (en), (en) is lsb
• https://access.redhat.com/solutions/6971890 implies the drv path is the modern choice
• The IPP option sometimes(?) prints blurry documents; CUPS says old non-IPP drivers will be deprecated eventually

• https://www.dell.com/support/kbdoc/en-us/000177768/guide-to-dell-power-manager
• This sets the fan thermal management profile to Ultra performance

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

• https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/admin-guide/sysrq.html
• kernel.sysrq = 1

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

sysctl 'kernel.sysrq'

• More Kernel Parameters
• Add commands within args

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'

• Last updated: 2024/08/07
• GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=

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'

• Change x to computer name

hostnamectl set-hostname 'x'

• General → [ ] Load previous databases on startup
• Security → [x] Use DuckDuckGo service to download website icons

• See keyboard shortcuts

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

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

sudo sensors-detect --auto

sudo -e '/etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors'

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

• 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
• Likely needed if Windows was installed first for dual-boot
• Windows (10+) should also be set to UTC

sudo timedatectl set-local-rtc '0'

timedatectl | grep local

• See Wine

• See Firefox if old configuration is needed, otherwise use Firefox Sync
• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Firefox/Privacy

• See about:config for other settings
• layout.frame_rate ideally needs set if using Wayland and above 60Hz

layout.frame_rate

extensions.screenshots.disabled

extensions.pocket.enabled

dom.event.contextmenu.enabled

security.tls.enable_kyber

• uBlock Origin
• Decentraleyes
• Privacy Badger

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

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• Quad9, see dns_servers for other addresses

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

• For workstations that run servers as a secondary directive
• For headless servers, see Fedora Server

sudo systemctl enable --now 'sshd'

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

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

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

• See misc_linux