• Fedora Workstation ¹⁾
• 38

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

• Respins-SIG

• https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/live-respins

• Installing f2fs-tools in the Live environment before starting the installer allows for selecting F2FS for partitions, and has improved performance over XFS in some real-world scenarios
• Using F2FS for root caused some error with systemd trying to write file attributes to /var/log/journal (discussion thread), it's apparently harmless but XFS has no problem
• EFI/fedora/shimx64.efi ²⁾

1. Delete /home
2. Delete /
3. Set /boot to use ext4
4. Re-create / without specifying a size ³⁾
5. Set / to use ext4

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

• Only run this once as it overwrites /etc/hosts-bak on subsequent runs

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

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

cat '/etc/hosts' | grep 'Date:'

sudo -e '/etc/hosts'

sudo cp '/etc/hosts-bak' '/etc/hosts' && sync

• Disables Delta RPMs with deltarpm=false
• Downloads packages from the fastest mirror with fastestmirror=true

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

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

• Useful for fresh installations where repo(s) can be added, and then package updates can be ran afterwards unattended without having sudo timeout and re-prompt for the password

sudo su

• https://rpmfusion.org

• https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora

sudo rpm --import 'https://rpmfusion.org/keys?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-free-fedora-2020' && sync && sudo dnf install 'https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-'$(rpm -E %fedora)'.noarch.rpm' -y && sync

• Provides Steam and intel-media-driver
• https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora

sudo rpm --import 'https://rpmfusion.org/keys?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-nonfree-fedora-2020' && sync && sudo dnf install 'https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-'$(rpm -E %fedora)'.noarch.rpm' -y && sync

• https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/RawhideKernelNodebug
• https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/rawhide-kernel-nodebug

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo='http://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/alt/rawhide-kernel-nodebug/fedora-rawhide-kernel-nodebug.repo'

• https://flathub.org
• Enables both flathub and flathub-beta
• Sets flathub priority to 2 and flathub-beta to 3 ⁴⁾
• There's no benefit to replacing native packages with Flatpak in late 2022 ⁵⁾

sudo flatpak remote-delete --system --verbose 'flathub' && sudo flatpak remote-add --system --prio='2' --if-not-exists --verbose 'flathub' 'https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo' && sudo flatpak remote-delete --system --verbose 'flathub-beta' && sudo flatpak remote-add --system --prio='3' --if-not-exists --verbose 'flathub-beta' 'https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo' && sync

• 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

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'

• Provides interesting firmware files

sudo dnf install 'rpmfusion-free-release-tainted' 'rpmfusion-nonfree-release-tainted'

• https://rpmfusion.org/Configuration
• Covers AppStream data and missing Multimedia packages

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

• https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/assembly_installing-plugins-for-playing-movies-and-music/
• https://github.com/rpmfusion-infra/fedy/issues/110#issuecomment-1311268988

sudo dnf install gstreamer1-plugins-{bad-\*,good-\*,base} gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 gstreamer1-libav --exclude='gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel'

sudo dnf install lame\* --exclude='lame-devel'

sudo dnf group upgrade --with-optional 'Multimedia'

• TODO: Figure out Noto fonts for F38

sudo dnf install evolution filezilla gimp keepassxc transmission-gtk aria2 hdparm htop kernel-tools lm_sensors p7zip p7zip-plugins unar wget xfsprogs-xfs_scrub xrandr 

'google-noto'*

ffmpeg-libs mpv youtube-dl libavcodec-freeworld

libva-intel-driver

• https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/Multimedia
• Can likely skip the i686 packages unless using Wine or Proton
• Required for ALVR with AMD Graphics

sudo dnf swap 'mesa-va-drivers.x86_64' 'mesa-va-drivers-freeworld.x86_64'

sudo dnf swap 'mesa-vdpau-drivers.x86_64' 'mesa-vdpau-drivers-freeworld.x86_64'

sudo dnf swap 'mesa-va-drivers.i686' 'mesa-va-drivers-freeworld.i686'

sudo dnf swap 'mesa-vdpau-drivers.i686' 'mesa-vdpau-drivers-freeworld.i686'

• iHD may perform worse than the older i965 VA driver, see #925

intel-media-driver

steam protontricks redhat-lsb-core mangohud

• This installs NVIDIA proprietary graphics drivers and necessary packages, along with building the module afterwards
• If the open kernel module is wanted instead, see nvidia-open-gpu-kernel-modules
• Reboot after running this

sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda-libs vulkan vdpauinfo libva-vdpau-driver libva-utils nvidia-vaapi-driver -y && sync && sudo akmods --force && sync

libdvdcss \*-firmware

• https://github.com/ckb-next/ckb-next

ckb-next

wine winetricks mangohud

torbrowser-launcher

• Necessary for Xbox 360 controllers
• Not necessary for a Steam Controller

kernel-modules-extra

sudo rpm --import 'https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub' && sudo dnf install 'https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm'

• https://keybase.io

'https://prerelease.keybase.io/keybase_amd64.rpm'

gnome-terminal

bash -c "secret-tool lookup 'keepass' 'default' | keepassxc --pw-stdin ~/'Documents/keepass.kdbx'"

gnome-terminal --command "sudo sh -c 'dnf clean 'all' && dnf distro-sync -y && sync && flatpak update && wget -O '/etc/hosts' 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts' && restorecon -F -I -R '/etc/hosts' && sync && fstrim --all --verbose && sync && read -n '1' -s -r -p 'Done' && sleep '2''"

• 2023/04/21: keepassxc has QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb in order to work for OSRS on GNOME on Wayland on Fedora 38

bash -c "secret-tool lookup 'keepass' 'default' | QT_QPA_PLATFORM='xcb' keepassxc --pw-stdin ~/'Documents/keepass.kdbx'"

• Listed respectively to above

• Ctrl + Alt + T
• Ctrl + Alt + Z
• Menu

• http://localhost:631/admin

• Internet Printing Protocol (ipps) → HP → IPP Everywhere ™
• Color Mode: Device Gray
• Administration → Set As Server Default

ipps://192.168.1.164/ipp/print

• https://1.1.1.1/family/
• See DNS servers for other DNS servers

Wraeclast

1.1.1.2,1.0.0.2

2606:4700:4700::1112,2606:4700:4700::1002

https://security.cloudflare-dns.com/dns-query

• Sort Folders Before Files

• See Internet Radio

• 10-notch Transparency

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

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

echo 'vm.swappiness = 0' | sudo tee '/etc/sysctl.d/99-swappiness.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/sysctl.d/99-swappiness.conf'

sysctl 'vm.swappiness'

cat '/proc/sys/vm/swappiness'

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/intel_graphics#Enable_performance_support

echo 'dev.i915.perf_stream_paranoid = 0' | sudo tee '/etc/sysctl.d/99-i915-perf.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/sysctl.d/99-i915-perf.conf'

• More Kernel Parameters
• Add commands within args

sudo grubby --update-kernel='ALL' --args=''

sudo grubby --args='acpi_osi=Linux' --update-kernel='ALL'

sudo grubby --args='pci=pcie_bus_perf,realloc,pcie_scan_all,big_root_window' --update-kernel='ALL'

• This enables Framebuffer compression, Panel self-refresh, and i915 Fastboot
• This also enables GuC and HuC firmware loading if supported by the hardware

sudo grubby --update-kernel='ALL' --args='i915.enable_fbc=1 i915.enable_psr=1 i915.fastboot=1 i915.enable_guc=3'

• TODO: Test on F39

gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.background' 'picture-uri' '/usr/share/backgrounds/f'*'/default/f'*'.xml'

• https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/545/hide-top-bar/

• This copies the configured monitor settings from the current user to gdm and also applies it to the log-in screen
• Notably useful for setting a laptop's built-in screen as disabled for the log-in screen while used in a dock configuration
• Above 100% scaling makes Fedora's logo on the log-in screen look pixelated

sudo cp ~/'.config/monitors.xml' ~gdm/'.config/monitors.xml' && sudo chown 'gdm':'gdm' ~gdm/'.config/monitors.xml'

sudo rm ~gdm/'.config/monitors.xml' && sync

• ckb-next auto light shutoff requires Xorg
• GPU scaling for non-native resolutions requires Xorg
• Steam and various games through Wine work better on Xorg
• Xorg can be selected at log-in ⁶⁾

• Last updated: 2023/04/24

gsettings reset 'org.gnome.shell' 'app-picker-layout' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.interface' 'enable-animations' 'false' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'send-events' 'disabled-on-external-mouse' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'natural-scroll' 'false' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.mouse' 'accel-profile' 'flat' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'tap-to-click' 'false' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'tap-and-drag' 'false' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'disable-while-typing' 'false' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'click-method' 'areas' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.interface' 'clock-show-date' 'true' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.software' 'download-updates' 'false' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.interface' 'clock-show-weekday' 'true'

• Last updated: 2023/04/24

gsettings reset 'org.gnome.shell' 'app-picker-layout'

gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.interface' 'enable-animations' 'false'

gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'send-events' 'disabled-on-external-mouse'

gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'natural-scroll' 'false'

gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.mouse' 'accel-profile' 'flat'

gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'tap-to-click' 'false'

gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'tap-and-drag' 'false'

gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'disable-while-typing' 'false'

gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'click-method' 'areas'

gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.interface' 'clock-show-date' 'true'

gsettings set 'org.gnome.software' 'download-updates' 'false'

gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.interface' 'clock-show-weekday' 'true'

• Change x to computer name

hostnamectl set-hostname 'x'

• Run after initial install

run_keybase

• Keybase uses GPU in the background, and used to crash amdgpu (see #25070)
• Add the disable flags to ExecStart=

sudo -e '/usr/lib/systemd/user/keybase.gui.service'

ExecStart=/opt/keybase/Keybase --disable-gpu --disable-software-rasterizer

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

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

• --auto can be used here, but if modules need to be added to /etc/modules, not using --auto will allow sensors to do it on-prompt

sudo sensors-detect

sudo -e '/etc/sysconfig/lm_sensors'

• ArchWiki mpv High quality configurations

mkdir -p ~/'.config/mpv' && nano ~/'.config/mpv/mpv.conf'

profile=gpu-hq
scale=ewa_lanczossharp
cscale=ewa_lanczossharp
video-sync=display-resample
interpolation
tscale=oversample
hwdec=vaapi
hwdec-codecs=all

• See PipeWire for main config

mkdir -p ~/'.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d' && nano ~/'.config/pipewire/pipewire.conf.d/99-custom.conf'

context.properties = {
    default.clock.rate          = 192000
    default.clock.allowed-rates = [ 44100 48000 88200 96000 192000 ]
}

• See Laptop Power Management

• See Client notes to generate/restore public key

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

• XFS - ArchWiki
• Enable in all cases since it's likely both / and /boot are XFS

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

• System time - ArchWiki
• Set RTC to UTC
• Needed if Windows is installed first
• Windows should also be set to UTC

sudo timedatectl set-local-rtc '0'

timedatectl | grep local

• See Wine

• https://www.onetransistor.eu/2021/08/hdmi-picture-quantization-range-linux.html
• https://old.reddit.com/r/linuxquestions/comments/qrpnkw/need_help_with_intel_graphics_broadcast_rgb_with/hk83j18/
• This sets RGB Full on HDMI, and the content type to Game on HDMI for low-latency
• Run proptest from a Wayland session to see more connector and prop names
• This will prevent GDM from displaying if proptest is not installed
• 2023/03/24: The prop value for Broadcast RGB changed from 98 to 99

sudo dnf install 'drm-utils' -y && sync

sudo -e '/etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default' && sudo chmod +x '/etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default' && sudo restorecon -F -I -R '/etc/gdm/PostLogin/Default' && sync

#!/usr/bin/sh
proptest -M 'i915' -D '/dev/dri/card'* '103' 'connector' '99' '1'
proptest -M 'i915' -D '/dev/dri/card'* '103' 'connector' '107' '4'

• See xorg.conf Snippets

• Run Xorg as Root
• This is required to allow overclocking and fan control
• This is still required as of 2022/10/13 with 520.56.06, even with the open module

echo 'needs_root_rights = yes' | sudo tee --append '/etc/X11/Xwrapper.config' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/X11/Xwrapper.config'

• See NVIDIA xorg.conf

• See Firefox if old configuration is needed, otherwise use Firefox Sync

• Enables smooth-scrolling

echo 'MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1' | sudo tee '/etc/profile.d/99-firefox-tweaks.sh' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/profile.d/99-firefox-tweaks.sh'

sudo -e '/etc/profile.d/99-firefox-tweaks.sh'

• 1.1.1.1 For Families DoH
• See DNS Servers for other DoH addresses

https://security.cloudflare-dns.com/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