• Fedora Workstation ¹⁾
• 37

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

• Respins-SIG

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

• EFI/fedora/shimx64.efi ²⁾

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

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

• 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-porn/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://flathub.org
• Enables both flathub and flathub-beta
• Sets flathub priority to 2 and flathub-beta to 3 ⁴⁾

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

• https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/calcastor/gnome-patched/
• This is necessary for GNOME/Mutter to be smoother like Ubuntu 22.04+

sudo dnf copr enable 'calcastor/gnome-patched'

• 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'

• See dnf_autoremove_fix if dnf autoremove fails

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

• Forces use of modesetting with Xorg by removing amdgpu, ati, intel, and nouveau DDX drivers

sudo dnf remove xorg-x11-drv-amdgpu xorg-x11-drv-ati xorg-x11-drv-intel xorg-x11-drv-nouveau

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

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 

• TODO: mesa-freeworld packages?

ffmpeg-libs mpv youtube-dl

intel-media-driver

steam 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 -y && sync && sudo akmods --force && sync

libdvdcss \*-firmware

rocm-opencl rocm-smi

• 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
• Keybase uses GPU in the background, and used to crash amdgpu (see #25070)

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

• See Nightwane notes for Game.sh script

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''"

gnome-terminal -- sh -c ~/'.local/scripts/Game.sh'

• Listed respectively to above

• Ctrl + Alt + T
• Ctrl + Alt + Z
• Pause, Menu, or F7
• F6

• 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

1.1.1.2,1.0.0.2

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

• 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='pci=pcie_bus_perf' --update-kernel='ALL'

sudo grubby --args='mem_sleep_default=s2idle' --update-kernel='ALL'

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

• 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'

• Allows use of Overdrive options for overclocking and increasing the Power Limit

sudo grubby --args='amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff' --update-kernel='ALL'

cat '/sys/module/amdgpu/parameters/ppfeaturemask' | grep '0xffffffff'

• Disable color calibration for the monitor in GNOME Settings ⁵⁾

• 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 resolution requires Xorg
• Steam and various games through Wine work better through Xorg
• Xorg can be selected at log-in ⁶⁾

• Last updated: 2022/10/14

gsettings reset 'org.gnome.shell' 'app-picker-layout' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.interface' 'enable-animations' 'true' && 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: 2022/10/14

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

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

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

• 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

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

• 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

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

#!/usr/bin/sh
proptest -M 'i915' -D '/dev/dri/card'* '103' 'connector' '98' '1'
proptest -M 'i915' -D '/dev/dri/card'* '103' 'connector' '107' '4'

• See xorg.conf Snippets
• Do not force a Xorg DDX driver ⁷⁾

• Same as proptest Wayland commands above

xrandr --output 'HDMI-1' --set 'Broadcast RGB' 'Full'

xrandr --output 'HDMI-1' --set 'content type' 'Game'

• 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

sudo mkdir -p '/etc/environment.d' && echo 'MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1' | sudo tee '/etc/environment.d/99-firefox-tweaks.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/environment.d/99-firefox-tweaks.conf'

• 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, use 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

• D is the destination you want the extracted files to go
• x is the ISO you want to extract files from
• No space after the -o flag is intentional
• This is primarily useful for copying Windows ISO images to a FAT32 flash drive

7z x -o'D' -y x

7z x -o'/run/media/espionage724/LTSC 2019' -y '/home/espionage724/Downloads/en_windows_10_enterprise_ltsc_2019_x64_dvd_be3c8ffb.iso' && sync && sync

• https://ytdl-org.github.io/youtube-dl/index.html

rm -f '/tmp/youtube-dl' && wget -O '/tmp/youtube-dl' 'https://yt-dl.org/downloads/latest/youtube-dl' && chmod +x '/tmp/youtube-dl'

• Change x to a URL

'/tmp/youtube-dl' --list-formats x

• Change x to a URL
• bestaudio can be changed to bestvideo for just video, or best for best video with audio

'/tmp/youtube-dl' --extract-audio --format 'bestaudio' x

• Ideally for if iOS devices will be involved

'/tmp/youtube-dl' --extract-audio --format 'bestaudio' --audio-format 'm4a' x

'/tmp/youtube-dl' --extract-audio --format 'bestaudio' --audio-format 'mp3' x

/usr/share/applications

~/.local/share/applications

/usr/share/icons/hicolor

~/.local/share/icons/hicolor

sudo -e '/etc/modprobe.d/anaconda-blacklist.conf'

gio open '/etc/yum.repos.d'

sudo dnf history

• Change x to a transaction ID found above

sudo dnf history undo x

rpm -q gpg-pubkey --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}\t%{SUMMARY}\n'

sudo rpm -e x

• Removes the initially-installed kernel in order to fix dnf autoremove if it's broken
• This will vary depending on the Fedora image version used

sudo dnf list --installed 'kernel'*

sudo dnf remove *5.3.7* && sync

rm -Rf ~/'.cache/thumbnails'

• Change x to schema or omit it to show all settings

gsettings list-recursively 'x'

• OMG! Ubuntu!

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

pkcon -c '1' refresh && pkcon update

sudo fstrim --verbose --all

sudo touch '/.autorelabel'

rm -f ~/'.config/monitors.xml' ~/'.config/monitors.xml~'

rm -f ~/'.config/pulse/'*

journalctl -e _COMM='gdm-x-session'

gio open ~/'.local/share/xorg/Xorg.1.log'

LIBGL_DEBUG='verbose' glxinfo | grep 'libgl'

• https://www.geeks3d.com/gputest/

• 1280×720

wget -O '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64.zip' 'http://www.ozone3d.net/gputest/dl/GpuTest_Linux_x64_0.7.0.zip' && unzip '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64.zip' -d '/tmp' && cd '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64_'* && ./GpuTest /test='fur' /width='1280' /height='720'

cd '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64_'* && ./GpuTest /test='fur' /width='1280' /height='720'

/fullscreen /benchmark /benchmark_duration_ms='15000'

wget -O '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64.zip' 'http://www.ozone3d.net/gputest/dl/GpuTest_Linux_x64_0.7.0.zip' && unzip '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64.zip' -d '/tmp' && cd '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64_'* && __NV_PRIME_RENDER_OFFLOAD='1' __GLX_VENDOR_LIBRARY_NAME='nvidia' ./GpuTest /test='fur' /width='1280' /height='720'

• 1920×1080

wget -O '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64.zip' 'http://www.ozone3d.net/gputest/dl/GpuTest_Linux_x64_0.7.0.zip' && unzip '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64.zip' -d '/tmp' && cd '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64_'* && ./GpuTest /test='fur' /width='1920' /height='1080'

cd '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64_'* && ./GpuTest /test='fur' /width='1920' /height='1080'

/fullscreen /benchmark /benchmark_duration_ms='15000'

• 3840×2160

wget -O '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64.zip' 'http://www.ozone3d.net/gputest/dl/GpuTest_Linux_x64_0.7.0.zip' && unzip '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64.zip' -d '/tmp' && cd '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64_'* && ./GpuTest /test='fur' /width='3840' /height='2160'

cd '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64_'* && ./GpuTest /test='fur' /width='3840' /height='2160'

/fullscreen /benchmark /benchmark_duration_ms='15000'

rm -Rf '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_'* && cd ~ && sync

sudo dnf install 'lm_sensors' -y && sudo sensors-detect --auto && sudo watch -n0.1 sensors

grep 'MHz' '/proc/cpuinfo'

watch --interval '0.5' grep \'cpu MHz\' '/proc/cpuinfo'

openssl ciphers -v | awk '{print $2}' | sort | uniq

• Both commands present the same information

df -hT

df --human-readable --print-type

sudo cryptsetup -v status '/dev/dm-0'

• All hdparm commands below assume actions to be performed on /dev/sda

sudo dnf install 'hdparm' && sync

sudo hdparm -I '/dev/sda'

sync && systemctl suspend

sudo blkdiscard --verbose '/dev/sda'

sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sda' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase-enhanced 'x' '/dev/sda' && sync

sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-set-pass 'x' '/dev/sda' && sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase 'x' '/dev/sda' && sync

• NVMe Erase from the start page lands here and I usually use a Ubuntu LiveUSB to do this, hence the apt command

sudo apt install 'nvme-cli' -y && sync

sudo dnf install 'nvme-cli' -y && sync

sudo nvme format '/dev/nvme0' --reset --ses='1' --pil='0' --pi='0' --ms='0' && sync

• Could potentially cause a firmware brick or other issues with improper EFI implementations, use at own risk ⁸⁾
• Safer way is to use efibootmgr to remove boot entries individually

sudo rm -f '/sys/firmware/efi/efivars/'* || sync && sudo efibootmgr -v

• This can be used to get the Oprom version for Intel RST

sudo mdadm --detail-platform

• Came from old notes; I assume this worked at some point, but in any case, the syntax looks nice :p

sudo mdadm --create '/dev/md0' --name='RAID' --level='0' --raid-devices='3' '/dev/sda' '/dev/sdb' '/dev/sdc' --verbose

• https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/Optimus

sudo cat '/sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch'

• In dsdt.dsl, look for _OSI values, along with Windows and Linux

sudo dnf install 'acpica-tools'

sudo cp --force '/sys/firmware/acpi/tables/DSDT' ~/'dsdt.dat'

cd ~ && iasl -d ~/'dsdt.dat'

gio open ~/'dsdt.dsl'

sudo dnf remove 'acpica-tools' && sync

• https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/114398

sudo dnf install 'monitor-edid'

monitor-edid

• Use --reduced only for LCD/Non-CRT displays, and only as-needed ⁹⁾
• Syntax is horizontal (width), vertical (height) and refresh rate

cvt '3840' '2160' '60'

cvt --reduced '3840' '2160' '60'

--reduced

• Changes are lost after reboot
• Values after --newmode are from the above generate command, and is everything after Modeline

xrandr --newmode "3840x2160R"  533.00  3840 3888 3920 4000  2160 2163 2168 2222 +hsync -vsync

xrandr --addmode 'HDMI-A-0' '3840x2160R'

xrandr --output 'HDMI-A-0' --mode '3840x2160R'

xrandr --verbose | grep *current

• Identifier is the name of the port on the GPU the display is connected to
• Modeline is from the above generate command, including the text Modeline
• PreferredMode is the custom resolution name generated

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier  "HDMI-A-0"
    Modeline x
    Option      "PreferredMode" "3840x2160R"
EndSection

• The following commands with an asterisk expect only one backlight controller at /sys/class/backlight
• This was only tested on one laptop with intel_backlight
• See Power Management notes on how to add backlight changes to a udev script
• See backlight for more details

ls '/sys/class/backlight'

cat '/sys/class/backlight/'*'/brightness'

cat '/sys/class/backlight/'*'/max_brightness'

• Change 376 to desired brightness
• Desired brightness must be under max_brightness value

echo "376" | sudo tee '/sys/class/backlight/'*'/brightness' > '/dev/null'

echo "$(cat '/sys/class/backlight/'*'/max_brightness')" | sudo tee '/sys/class/backlight/'*'/brightness' > '/dev/null'

sudo cat '/sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/i915_guc_info'

sudo cat '/sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/i915_guc_load_status'

grep -e "processor" -e "core id" -e "^$" /proc/cpuinfo

gcc -v -E -x c -march=native -mtune=native - < /dev/null 2>&1 | grep cc1 | perl -pe 's/ -mno-\S+//g; s/^.* - //g;'

history -cw

• Change 7ZIPNAME in 7ZIPNAME.7z to the desired archive name
• Change PASS in -pPASS to the desired password
• Change x to the file or folder to add to the archive

7za a '7ZIPNAME.7z' -p'PASS' 'x'

7za a 'x.7z' -p'x' 'x'

• x is a secret without &digits=6

sudo dnf install 'oathtool'

oathtool --totp -b 'x'

sudo dnf install 'perl-Image-ExifTool'

exiftool -all= *.* -overwrite_original