• Fedora Workstation ¹⁾
• 30

• 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 /

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

sudo wget -O '/etc/hosts' 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts' && sync

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

sudo -e '/etc/hosts'

• This adds RoE sites to HOSTS file and allows resources to be grabbed over LAN
• Useful for doing large configurations with sites on local LAN

echo -e '\n# RoE LAN\n192.168.1.153 realmofespionage.xyz\n192.168.1.153 social.realmofespionage.xyz\n192.168.1.153 blog.realmofespionage.xyz\n192.168.1.153 media.realmofespionage.xyz\n192.168.1.153 wiki.realmofespionage.xyz' | sudo tee --append '/etc/hosts' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/hosts' | grep 'realmofespionage.xyz'

• Disables Delta RPMs with deltarpm=false

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'

• 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-'$(rpm -E %fedora) && sync && sudo dnf install 'https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-'$(rpm -E %fedora)'.noarch.rpm' -y && sync

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

sudo rpm --import 'https://rpmfusion.org/keys?action=AttachFile&do=get&target=RPM-GPG-KEY-rpmfusion-nonfree-fedora-'$(rpm -E %fedora) && sync && sudo dnf install 'https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-'$(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'

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

sudo fwupdmgr refresh && 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'

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

sudo dnf groupupdate core multimedia sound-and-video && sync

• 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 evolution flashrom  

• ffmpeg is for youtube-dl to correct DASH containers

youtube-dl ffmpeg mpv

steam

numactl

• libva-intel-driver requires the RPM Fusion free repo

gstreamer1-vaapi

libva-intel-driver

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

ckb-next

• https://keybase.io

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

• mesa-libd3d expects Gallium Nine Standalone or Wine patched with Gallium Nine support, along with Gallium-supporting graphics drivers

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-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 && dnf autoremove -y && sync && fwupdmgr refresh && fwupdmgr update --verbose && flatpak update && rm -Rfv '/usr/lib64/firefox/browser/features' '/home/'*'/.mozilla/firefox/'*'/features' && wget -O '/etc/hosts' 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts' && sync && fstrim --all --verbose && sync && read -n '1' -s -r -p 'Done' && sleep '2''"

• Listed respectively to above

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

• http://localhost:631/admin

• Output Mode: Black Only Grayscale
• Print Quality: High-Resolution Photo
• Administration → Set As Server Default

socket://192.168.1.164:9100

• 4 Tab width
• Insert Spaces for Tab mode

• https://blog.uncensoreddns.org/

89.233.43.71,91.239.100.100

2a01:3a0:53:53::,2001:67c:28a4::

• https://wiki.opennic.org/start#anycast_tier_2_dns_resolvers

185.121.177.177,169.239.202.202

2a05:dfc7:5::53,2a05:dfc7:5::5353

• See VPN.AC
• If using this VPN, disable IPv6 from NetworkManager

• Sort folders before files
• 4096 MB File Previews

• See Internet Radio

• 10-notch Transparency

• This is apparently mandatory starting with F30, but works fine in F29
• Add commands within args

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

• See Kernel Parameters for older options

GRUB_TIMEOUT=1

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

usbcore.quirks=1b1c:1b38:gn,1b1c:1b3c:gn

scsi_mod.use_blk_mq=y dm_mod.use_blk_mq=y

• efi is for UEFI systems
• pci is for Legacy systems and Coreboot with SeaBIOS payload
• There are other values possible should either of those not work

reboot=pci

reboot=efi

pcie_aspm=force

• KGPE-D16's Coreboot installation notes mention needing this for better power saving
• Specific to Nightwane

nohz=on

• Specific to Spinesnap

intel_iommu=on

• Applicable on a Lenovo T500 ³⁾

i915.enable_fbc=1 i915.fastboot=1

amdgpu.deep_color=1

• Allows use of Overdrive options for overclocking

amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff

cat '/sys/module/amdgpu/parameters/ppfeaturemask' | grep '4294967295'

• 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

• https://www.freedesktop.org/software/systemd/man/kernel-command-line.html#systemd.restore_state=
• 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: 2019/01/07

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'

• Last updated: 2019/01/07

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'

• Change x to computer name

hostnamectl set-hostname 'x'

• General → [ ] Load previous databases on startup

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

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/mpv#High_quality_configurations

mkdir -p ~/'.config/mpv' && echo -e "profile=gpu-hq\nscale=ewa_lanczossharp\ncscale=ewa_lanczossharp\nvideo-sync=display-resample\ninterpolation\ntscale=oversample" | tee ~/'.config/mpv/mpv.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat ~/'.config/mpv/mpv.conf'

• wifi.powersave can be 2 for disabled, or 3 for enabled
• ethernet.cloned-mac-address=random breaks USB Tethering with iOS/iPhones

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

• See Laptop Power Management

• See Secure Shell

• https://solokeys.com/
• Usable as authentication for GDM and sudo

sudo dnf install pamu2fcfg pam-u2f

pamu2fcfg > ~/'u2f_keys' && sudo mv ~/'u2f_keys' '/etc/u2f_mappings'

• Add to line 2, under the pam_selinux_permit.so entry

sudo -e '/etc/pam.d/gdm-password'

auth sufficient pam_u2f.so authfile=/etc/u2f_mappings cue

• Add to line 2, under the #%PAM-1.0 line

sudo -e '/etc/pam.d/sudo'

auth sufficient pam_u2f.so authfile=/etc/u2f_mappings cue

echo "vm.swappiness=10" | sudo tee '/etc/sysctl.d/99-swappiness.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/sysctl.d/99-swappiness.conf'

cat '/sys/fs/cgroup/memory/memory.swappiness'

• Log data is stored in volatile storage
• Max log file sizes of 50MB

sudo mkdir -p '/etc/systemd/journald.conf.d' && echo -e "[Journal]\nStorage=volatile\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 ⁴⁾
• According to the swapon man page, setting this in fstab is acceptable

sudo -e '/etc/fstab'

,discard

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

• See Wine

alsamixer

• Expects an ASUS KCMA-D8 motherboard
• If OpenBMC is figured out, this may be superseded
• Answer yes to all sensors-detect prompts and reboot for fancontrol to run

sudo dnf install 'lm_sensors' && sudo sensors-detect && sudo -e '/etc/fancontrol' && sudo systemctl enable 'fancontrol'

INTERVAL=10
DEVNAME=/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon6=w83795g

FCTEMPS=/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon6/device/pwm2=/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon6/device/temp8_input
FCFANS=/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon6/device/fan1_input+/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon6/device/fan2_input

MINTEMP=/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon6/device/pwm2=50
MAXTEMP=/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon6/device/pwm2=60

MINSTART=/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon6/device/pwm2=4000
MINSTOP=/sys/class/hwmon/hwmon6/device/pwm2=0

• 4k@60Hz CVT-RB
• Mostly fixes random display glitches
• The grep here confirms the expected Modeline for my usual display ⁵⁾
• This cannot be used on Wayland currently
• This expects amdgpu DDX driver to be used ⁶⁾

cvt --verbose --reduced '3840' '2160' '60' | grep 'Modeline "3840x2160R"  533.00  3840 3888 3920 4000  2160 2163 2168 2222 +hsync -vsync'

• Change as-needed

sudo -e '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-graphics.conf'

Section "Monitor"
    Identifier      "HDMI-A-0"
    Modeline "3840x2160R"  533.00  3840 3888 3920 4000  2160 2163 2168 2222 +hsync -vsync
    Option          "PreferredMode" "3840x2160R"
EndSection

• The lack-of quotes around 30 is intentional and required syntax
• This may cause minor issues with programs not expecting 30-bit color ⁷⁾
• This breaks GNOME Settings on F29, but seemingly works fine on F30

sudo -e '/etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/99-graphics.conf'

Section "Screen"
    Identifier      "Deep Color Screen"
    DefaultDepth    30
EndSection

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

Section "Device"
    Identifier      "Intel GPU"
    Driver          "intel"
    Option          "TearFree"      "disabled"
EndSection

• ShadowPrimary set to on caused GNOME not to log-in

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

Section "Device"
    Identifier      "AMD GPU"
    Driver          "amdgpu"
    Option          "TearFree"      "off"
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          "TearFree"      "off"
    Option          "AccelMethod"   "EXA"
EndSection

• If using Optimus or some other multi-GPU set-up with different GPU vendors and/or drivers, add the BusID option
• TODO: How to get the BusID value

    BusID      "PCI:0:2:0"

• Use Disconnect.me strict protection Block List

• Enables hardware acceleration and use of WebRenderer
• WebRenderer requires the previous MOZ_ACCELERATED variable as well

echo -e 'export MOZ_ACCELERATED=1\nexport MOZ_WEBRENDER=1' | sudo tee '/etc/profile.d/firefox-hwaccel.sh' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/profile.d/firefox-hwaccel.sh'

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: 2019/04/05
• IPv6 is disabled in order to prevent WebRTC from grabbing a IPv6 address even though NetworkManager has it disabled…
• media.peerconnection.enabled disables WebRTC

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

/***********
 * General *
 ***********/

user_pref("extensions.screenshots.disabled", true);
user_pref("reader.parse-on-load.enabled", false);

user_pref("media.mediasource.experimental.enabled", true);
user_pref("media.mediasource.ignore_codecs", true);
user_pref("media.autoplay.enabled", false);

user_pref("webgl.disabled", true);
user_pref("webgl.enable-webgl2", false);
user_pref("accessibility.force_disabled", 1);
user_pref("mousewheel.min_line_scroll_amount", 40);
user_pref("browser.tabs.drawInTitlebar", true);

/*******
 * U2F *
 *******/

user_pref("security.webauth.u2f", true);

/***********
 * Privacy *
 ***********/

user_pref("network.dns.disableIPv6", true);
user_pref("media.peerconnection.enabled", false);

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

• Path should report the current user's username, and the text Custom Stuff should be visible

ls '/tmp/profiles.ini' '/tmp/user.js' && 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 'Custom Stuff' && sleep '1' && sync

• https://www.startpage.com/

• Decentraleyes
• HTTPS Everywhere
• Privacy Badger
• Cookie AutoDelete
• uBlock Origin
• CanvasBlocker

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'

• [x] Enable Automatic Cleaning? Delay Before Cleaning
• [x] Enable Cleanup on Domain Change
• [ ] Enable Cleanup Log and Counter
• [ ] Show Notification After Cookie Cleanup
• [x] Clean Cookies from Open Tabs on Startup
• [x] Localstorage Cleanup (Firefox 58+)

• [x] Prevent WebRTC from leaking local IP addresses

• [ ] Ads → EasyList ¹⁰⁾
• [ ] Privacy → EasyPrivacy ¹¹⁾

• Multipurpose → [x] Dan Pollock's hosts file
• Multipurpose → [x] hpHost's Ad and tracking servers
• Multipurpose → [x] MVPS HOSTS

• Custom → [x] Import

• Last updated: 2018/11/23

https://www.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-problematic-sites.txt
https://www.fanboy.co.nz/r/fanboy-ultimate.txt
https://www.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-antifacebook.txt
https://www.fanboy.co.nz/fanboy-antifonts.txt
https://www.fanboy.co.nz/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://www.youtube.com/html5
• https://ipx.ac
• https://decentraleyes.org/test/
• https://panopticlick.eff.org/
• https://browserleaks.com/

• 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

• Change x to a URL

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

youtube-dl --extract-audio --format 'bestaudio' 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 --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'

• 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

grep 'MHz' '/proc/cpuinfo'

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

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

• Both commands do the same things

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'

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

sudo blkdiscard --verbose '/dev/sda'

• 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 ¹²⁾
• 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'

• 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 ¹³⁾
• 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