• Fedora Workstation ¹⁾
• 28

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

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

• EFI/fedora/shimx64.efi ²⁾
• Remove /home, set /boot and / to use XFS, expand /

• Disables Delta RPMs
• Downloads packages from fastest mirror

cat '/etc/dnf/dnf.conf' | grep -e 'deltarpm=false' -e 'fastestmirror=true' || echo -e "deltarpm=false\nfastestmirror=true" | sudo tee --append '/etc/dnf/dnf.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/dnf/dnf.conf' | grep -e 'deltarpm=false' -e 'fastestmirror=true'

• 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://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-28' && sync && sudo dnf install 'https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-28.noarch.rpm' -y

• Pick one
• If using DXVK, none of these are necessary ³⁾

• https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/espionage724/wine-patches-pba
• https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/espionage724/wine-patches-gallium-nine ⁴⁾
• https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/espionage724/wine-patches-laino
• https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/espionage724/wine-staging-master

sudo dnf clean 'all' && sudo dnf distro-sync -y && sudo dnf autoremove -y && sync

• Installs nano
• Sets as system-wide default editor
• Sets nowrap and nonewlines for current user

sudo dnf install 'nano' -y && export 'EDITOR=nano' && echo 'Defaults editor = /usr/bin/nano' | sudo tee '/etc/sudoers.d/nano' > '/dev/null' && sudo cat '/etc/sudoers.d/nano' && echo -e "set nowrap\nset nonewlines" | tee ~/'.nanorc' > '/dev/null' && cat ~/'.nanorc'

• This removes Software, Photos, Contacts, Calendar, Maps, Simple Scan, Videos, and Cheese

sudo dnf remove gnome-software gnome-photos gnome-contacts gnome-calendar gnome-maps simple-scan totem cheese

• kernel-tools provides x86_energy_perf_policy
• p7zip-plugins provides 7z which can be used for extracting ISOs and other formats

sudo dnf install filezilla keepassxc p7zip p7zip-plugins unar aria2 gimp transmission-gtk hdparm nano htop wget irqbalance kernel-tools

• gstreamer1-libav and gstreamer1-plugins-ugly are needed to generate video thumbnails for more media
• ffmpeg is for youtube-dl to correct DASH containers

mpv youtube-dl ffmpeg gstreamer1-libav gstreamer1-plugins-ugly

• libva-intel-driver requires RPM Fusion (free) repo

gstreamer1-vaapi libva-utils

libva-intel-driver

• https://keybase.io

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

• mesa-libd3d assumes use of Gallium Nine

wine winetricks

mesa-libd3d.x86_64 mesa-libd3d.i686

torbrowser-launcher

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'

• gnome-shell --replace doesn't work on Wayland session

gnome-terminal

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

gnome-shell --replace

gnome-terminal --command "bash -c 'sudo dnf clean 'all' && sudo dnf distro-sync -y && sudo dnf autoremove -y && sync && read -n1'"

• Listed respectively to above

• Ctrl + Alt + T
• Ctrl + Alt + Z
• Ctrl + Alt + \
• Pause or F7

• 4 Tab width
• Insert Spaces for Tab mode

• https://1.1.1.1/

1.1.1.1,1.0.0.1

2606:4700:4700::1111,2606:4700:4700::1001

• Sort folders before files
• 2GB File Previews

• See Internet Radio

• 10-notch Transparency

• nouveau may get automatically blacklisted; check this file and comment it out if it is

ls '/etc/modprobe.d/anaconda-blacklist.conf' && cat '/etc/modprobe.d/anaconda-blacklist.conf'

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

sudo -e '/etc/default/grub' && sudo grub2-mkconfig -o '/boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg'

sudo -e '/etc/default/grub' && sudo grub2-mkconfig -o '/boot/grub2/grub.cfg'

GRUB_TIMEOUT=1

• Fixes suspend on a Dell XPS 13 (9360)

mem_sleep_default='s2idle'

• https://github.com/ckb-next/ckb-next/wiki/Troubleshooting#usbhid-quirks

usbhid.quirks='0x1b1c:0x1b3c:0x20000408,0x1b1c:0x1b38:0x20000408'

usbcore.quirks='1b1c:1b3c:g,1b1c:1b38:g'

iwlwifi.11n_disable='8' iwlwifi.amsdu_size='3'

intel_iommu='on'

scsi_mod.use_blk_mq='y' dm_mod.use_blk_mq='y'

• pcie_aspm can be off if ASPM causes problems

pcie_aspm='force' pcie_aspm.policy='powersupersave'

cat '/sys/module/pcie_aspm/parameters/policy'

snd_hda_intel.power_save='1' snd_hda_intel.enable_msi='1'

• Can be efi, pci, acpi, or TODO: Other stuff
• efi is likely ok for platforms using UEFI
• pci is likely ok for non-UEFI platforms
• On Spinesnap, reboot=efi mostly fixes Ethernet not working after a reboot

reboot='efi'

reboot='pci'

acpi_osi='Linux'

• GuC firmware loading/submission requires PAVP to be enabled in BIOS

i915.enable_fbc='1' i915.fastboot='1' i915.enable_guc='3'

• enable_psr at 1 and 3 cause issues ^{5) 6)}

i915.enable_psr='2'

• If audio over HDMI or DisplayPort is wanted, set amdgpu.audio to 1

amdgpu.audio='0' amdgpu.deep_color='1'

• If audio over HDMI or DisplayPort is wanted, set radeon.audio to 1

radeon.audio='0' radeon.deep_color='1'

• iTCO_wdt controls watchdog on some Intel platforms
• sp5100_tco controls watchdog on some AMD platforms
• nowatchdog disables both soft and hard generic watchdogs
• I don't use watchdog features and apparently this reduces power usage slightly

modprobe.blacklist='iTCO_wdt,sp5100_tco' nowatchdog

• This prevents systemd from restoring previous backlight value on reboot
• This is necessary for Power Management

systemd.restore_state='0'

• This may make lower-end machines become very unresponsive; be prepared to have some safe way of rebooting

drm.debug='0xe'

cat '/etc/gdm/custom.conf' | grep '#WaylandEnable' > '/dev/null' && sudo sed -i 's/'#WaylandEnable'/'WaylandEnable'/g' '/etc/gdm/custom.conf' && cat '/etc/gdm/custom.conf' | grep 'WaylandEnable'

sudo -e '/etc/gdm/custom.conf'

• Run this before running GUI applications requiring root
• This needs re-ran after session restart

xhost +LOCAL:

• Last updated: 2018/06/10

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.software' 'download-updates' 'false' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'click-method' 'areas' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.interface' 'clock-show-date' 'true'

• Last updated: 2018/06/10

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.software' 'download-updates' 'false'

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

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

• Change x to computer name

hostnamectl set-hostname 'x'

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

• Enables kernel.dmesg_restrict, kernel.kptr_restrict, and kernel.sysrq
• Sets vm.swappiness to 10 and vm.vfs_cache_pressure to 50

echo -e "kernel.dmesg_restrict = 1\nkernel.kptr_restrict = 1\nkernel.sysrq = 1\nvm.swappiness = 10\nvm.vfs_cache_pressure = 50" | sudo tee '/etc/sysctl.d/99-custom.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/sysctl.d/99-custom.conf'

• This sets hwdec and vo to vaapi, ao to pulse, and hwdec-codecs to all

mkdir -p ~/'.config/mpv' && echo -e "hwdec=vaapi\nhwdec-codecs=all\nvo=vaapi\nao=pulse" | tee ~/'.config/mpv/mpv.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat ~/'.config/mpv/mpv.conf'

vainfo | grep -e 'Driver version'

• This sets hwdec to vaapi, vo to gpu, ao to pulse, hwdec-codecs to all, and gpu-context to wayland
• If using AMD, vaapi-copy may need to be used for hwdec instead

mkdir -p ~/'.config/mpv' && echo -e "hwdec=vaapi\nhwdec-codecs=all\nvo=gpu\nao=pulse\ngpu-context=wayland" | tee ~/'.config/mpv/mpv.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat ~/'.config/mpv/mpv.conf'

vainfo | grep -e 'Driver version'

• wifi.powersave can be 2 for disabled, or 3 for enabled

sudo -e '/etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/99-custom.conf'

[device-mac-randomization]
wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=yes

[connection-mac-randomization]
ethernet.cloned-mac-address=random
wifi.cloned-mac-address=random

[connection]
wifi.powersave=2

• This expects a laptop with a battery
• Do not use this for desktops

• The following commands can be ran to see if they work on specific hardware

watch -n 0.1 grep \'cpu MHz\' '/proc/cpuinfo'

sudo x86_energy_perf_policy --all 'performance' --turbo-enable '1' --force

sudo x86_energy_perf_policy --all 'power' --turbo-enable '0' --force

• Change the backlight sysfs as-needed (see backlight notes) or remove altogether

sudo mkdir -p '/etc/udev/scripts.d' && sudo -e '/etc/udev/scripts.d/ac-power.sh' && sudo chmod +x '/etc/udev/scripts.d/ac-power.sh'

#!/usr/bin/bash
# AC
echo "$(cat '/sys/class/backlight/'*'/max_brightness')" | tee '/sys/class/backlight/'*'/brightness' > '/dev/null'
x86_energy_perf_policy --all 'balance-performance' --turbo-enable '1' --force

• Change the backlight sysfs as-needed (see backlight notes) or remove altogether
• Spinesnap's lowest visible brightness is 1

sudo mkdir -p '/etc/udev/scripts.d' && sudo -e '/etc/udev/scripts.d/battery-power.sh' && sudo chmod +x '/etc/udev/scripts.d/battery-power.sh'

#!/usr/bin/bash
# Battery
echo '376' | tee '/sys/class/backlight/'*'/brightness' > '/dev/null'
x86_energy_perf_policy --all 'balance-power' --turbo-enable '0' --force

• Requires the above AC and Battery scripts

sudo -e '/etc/udev/rules.d/99-power.rules' && sudo udevadm control --reload

SUBSYSTEM=="power_supply", ATTR{online}=="1", RUN+="/etc/udev/scripts.d/ac-power.sh"
SUBSYSTEM=="power_supply", ATTR{online}=="0", RUN+="/etc/udev/scripts.d/battery-power.sh"

• Sets resample-method to soxr-vhq for current user

echo 'resample-method = soxr-vhq' | tee ~/'.config/pulse/daemon.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat ~/'.config/pulse/daemon.conf' | grep -e 'resample-method = soxr-vhq'

• See Secure Shell

• Max log file sizes of 50MB

sudo mkdir -p '/etc/systemd/journald.conf.d' && echo -e "[Journal]\nSystemMaxUse=50M\nRuntimeMaxUse=50M" | sudo tee '/etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/logging.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/systemd/journald.conf.d/logging.conf'

• Add discard after defaults for the swap mountpoint ⁷⁾

sudo -e '/etc/fstab'

,discard

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

• https://blog.packagecloud.io/eng/2017/02/21/set-environment-variable-save-thousands-of-system-calls

echo 'export TZ=:/etc/localtime' | sudo tee '/etc/profile.d/tz.sh' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/profile.d/tz.sh' | grep -e 'export TZ=:/etc/localtime'

sudo dnf install 'xorg-x11-drv-intel' -y && sudo -e '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-graphics.conf'

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Intel iGPU"
    Driver      "intel"
    Option      "DRI"           "3"
    Option      "TearFree"      "0"
EndSection

sudo dnf install 'xorg-x11-drv-amdgpu' -y && sudo -e '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-graphics.conf'

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "Arctic Islands"
    Driver      "amdgpu"
EndSection

• Expects pre-SI GPUs ⁸⁾
• For SI, CIK, and newer GPUs, use amdgpu, along with enabling si_support and cik_support respectively for the amdgpu kernel module ⁹⁾

sudo dnf install 'xorg-x11-drv-ati' -y && sudo -e '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-graphics.conf'

Section "Device"
    Identifier  "AMD GPU"
    Driver      "radeon"
    Option      "AccelMethod"   "EXA"
    Option      "DRI"           "3"
    Option      "TearFree"      "0"
EndSection

• If using Optimus or some other multi-GPU set-up, add the BusID option

    BusID      "PCI:0:2:0"

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

mkdir -p ~/'.local/share/applications/utilities' && nano ~/'.local/share/applications/utilities/system-update.desktop'

[Desktop Entry]
Name=System Update
Comment=System Update
Exec=gnome-terminal --command "bash -c 'sudo dnf clean 'all' && sudo dnf distro-sync -y && sudo dnf autoremove -y && sync && read -n1'"
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Icon=system-run

mkdir -p ~/'.local/share/applications/utilities' && nano ~/'.local/share/applications/utilities/keepassxc-shortcut.desktop'

[Desktop Entry]
Name=KeePassXC Shortcut
Comment=Shortcut to open KeePass database with KeePassXC
Exec=bash -c "secret-tool lookup 'keepass' 'default' | keepassxc --pw-stdin ~/'Documents/keepass.kdbx'"
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
Icon=keepassxc

• Applies to intel on Xorg session
• This does not work on Wayland session

mkdir -p ~/'.config/autostart' && nano ~/'.config/autostart/intel-full-rgb.desktop'

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Intel Full RGB
Comment=Set Broadcast RGB to Full on HDMI1 on Intel
Exec=xrandr --output 'HDMI1' --set 'Broadcast RGB' 'Full'
Terminal=false

• Applies to intel on Xorg session
• This does not work on Wayland session

mkdir -p ~/'.config/autostart' && nano ~/'.config/autostart/intel-audio-disable.desktop'

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Intel Audio Disable
Comment=Set audio to off on HDMI1 on Intel
Exec=xrandr --output 'HDMI1' --set 'audio' 'off'
Terminal=false

• Use Disconnect.me strict protection Block List

• https://www.youtube.com/html5
• Everything (including H.264) should have support

rm -fv '/tmp/profiles.ini' && nano '/tmp/profiles.ini' && sed -i 's/'CHANGEME'/'$USER'/g' '/tmp/profiles.ini'

[General]
StartWithLastProfile=1

[Profile0]
Name=default
IsRelative=1
Path=CHANGEME
Default=1

• Last updated: 2018/05/07

rm -fv '/tmp/user.js' && nano '/tmp/user.js'

/******************************************************************************
 * SECTION: Custom Stuff                                                      *
 ******************************************************************************/

user_pref("mousewheel.min_line_scroll_amount", 40);
user_pref("browser.sessionstore.interval", 300000);
user_pref("extensions.pocket.enabled", false);
user_pref("reader.parse-on-load.enabled", false);
user_pref("privacy.popups.disable_from_plugins", 3);
user_pref("network.http.referer.userControlPolicy", 2);
user_pref("extensions.screenshots.system-disabled", true);
user_pref("media.autoplay.enabled", false);
user_pref("browser.tabs.drawInTitlebar", true);
user_pref("accessibility.force_disabled", 1);

/******************************************************************************
 * SECTION: GPU Acceleration                                                  *
 ******************************************************************************/

user_pref("layout.frame_rate.precise", true);
user_pref("gfx.canvas.azure.accelerated", true);
user_pref("layers.acceleration.force-enabled", true);
user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.autostart", true);
user_pref("browser.tabs.remote.force-enable", true);
user_pref("layout.css.servo.chrome.enabled", true);
user_pref("layers.omtp.enabled", true);

/******************************************************************************
 * SECTION: Privacy Settings Overrides                                        *
 ******************************************************************************/

user_pref("dom.storage.enabled",true);

/******************************************************************************
 * END                                                                        *
 ******************************************************************************/

• Path should report the current user's username, and the text Custom user.js file is present should be visible

pkill 'firefox' && rm -Rfv ~/'.mozilla' && sync && mkdir -p ~/'.mozilla/firefox/'$USER && mv '/tmp/profiles.ini' ~/'.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini' && mv '/tmp/user.js' ~/'.mozilla/firefox/'$USER'/user.js' && sync && cat ~/'.mozilla/firefox/profiles.ini' | grep $USER && cat ~/'.mozilla/firefox/'$USER'/user.js' | grep 'user.js'

• 7 extensions

gio open 'https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/privacy-settings/versions' && gio open 'https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/decentraleyes/versions' && gio open 'https://www.eff.org/https-everywhere' && gio open 'https://www.eff.org/privacybadger' && gio open 'https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/cookie-autodelete/versions' && gio open 'https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/ublock-origin/versions' && gio open 'https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/canvasblocker/versions'

• Enable Advanced Mode

• Uncheck EasyPrivacy
• Uncheck EasyList
• Check MVPS HOSTS
• Check hpHost's Ad and tracking servers
• Check Dan Pollock's hosts file

• Last updated: 2018/02/07 ¹⁰⁾

https://secure.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-problematic-sites.txt
https://secure.fanboy.co.nz/r/fanboy-ultimate.txt
https://secure.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-antifacebook.txt
https://secure.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-antifonts.txt
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ryanbr/fanboy-adblock/master/fanboy-cookiemonster.txt
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ryanbr/fanboy-adblock/master/popads-domains-list.txt
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ryanbr/fanboy-adblock/master/fake-news.txt
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ryanbr/fanboy-adblock/master/enhancedstats-addon.txt

• 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/WIN1803' -y '/home/espionage724/Downloads/Win10_1803_English_x64.iso' 

• Change x to a URL

youtube-dl -F x

• Download the m4a audio only format shown from the above command
• The format code is likely 140
• Change x to a URL

youtube-dl -f 140 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

rm -Rf ~/'.cache/thumbnails'

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

gsettings list-recursively 'x'

pkcon -c '1' refresh && pkcon update

sudo fstrim -v --all

sudo touch '/.autorelabel'

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

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

LIBGL_DEBUG='verbose' glxinfo | grep 'libgl'

grep 'MHz' '/proc/cpuinfo'

watch -n 0.1 grep \'cpu MHz\' '/proc/cpuinfo'

df -hT

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

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

sudo dnf install 'hdparm' -y && sync

sudo hdparm -I '/dev/sda'

systemctl suspend

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

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

• Performs both security-erase and security-erase-enhanced on /dev/sda

sudo hdparm -I '/dev/sda'

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

• Performs both security-erase and security-erase-enhanced on /dev/sda
• Removes the first security-set-pass since this needs to be set from firmware settings

sudo hdparm -I '/dev/sda'

sudo hdparm --user-master u --security-erase 'x' '/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

• 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

• This works fine on a few Acer and Dell laptops, but could potentially cause a brick with bad platform implementations, use at own risk
• Safer way is to use efibootmgr to remove boot entries individually

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

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'

• 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 x in x.7z to the desired archive name
• Change CHANGEME in -pCHANGEME to the desired password

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

• 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