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Things to do after installing Fedora 42
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 # Fedora 42 Post Install Guide

Things to do after installing Fedora 42



## Please read this if you can

Hi, I have been going through a very tough stretch in life, and am actively looking for work to be able to support myself. I created this guide 3.5 years ago and this is the only place that has gained some traction where I could possibly ask out for help. I can be reached out to at [email protected] if you know of anything that might be of help please write me a mail, I would be tremendously grateful to for any assistance that I can get.

I hope you find the guide helpful! 



## RPM Fusion & Terra



* Fedora has disabled the repositories for a lot of free and non-free .rpm packages by default. Follow this if you want to use non-free software like Steam, Discord and some multimedia codecs etc. As a general rule of thumb it is advised to do this to get access to many mainstream useful programs.

* Enable third party repositories by pasting the following into the terminal: 

* `sudo dnf install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm`

* For Terra:

* `sudo dnf install --nogpgcheck --repofrompath 'terra,https://repos.fyralabs.com/terra$releasever' terra-release`

* also while you're at it, install app-stream metadata by:

* `sudo dnf group upgrade core`

* `sudo dnf4 group update core`

  



## Update 

* Go into the software center and click on update. Alternatively, you can do:

* `sudo dnf -y update`

* Reboot



## Firmware

* If your system supports firmware update delivery through lvfs, update your device firmware by:

```

sudo fwupdmgr refresh --force

sudo fwupdmgr get-devices # Lists devices with available updates.

sudo fwupdmgr get-updates # Fetches list of available updates.

sudo fwupdmgr update

```



## Flatpak

* Fedora doesn't include all non-free flatpaks by default. The command below enables access to all the flathub flatpaks. Particularly useful for users of Fedora KDE and other spins since they do not get the "Enable Third Party Repositories" option on initial boot.

* `flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo`



## AppImage



* For Appimage support install fuse:

* `sudo dnf in fuse`

* You can also install an AppImage manager like [Gearlever](https://flathub.org/apps/it.mijorus.gearlever) for neater management. To do so, run the following command:

* `flatpak install it.mijorus.gearlever` 



## NVIDIA Drivers

* Only follow this if you have a NVIDIA gpu. Also, don't follow this if you have a gpu which has dropped support for newer driver releases i.e. anything earlier than nvidia GT/GTX 600, 700, 800, 900, 1000, 1600 and RTX 2000, 3000, 4000, 5000 series. Fedora comes preinstalled with NOUVEAU drivers which may or may not work better on those remaining older GPUs. This should be followed by Desktop and Laptop users alike.

* `sudo dnf update` #To make sure you're on the latest kernel and then reboot.

* Enable RPM Fusion Nvidia non-free repository in the app store and install it from there,

* or alternatively

* `sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia`

* Install this if you use applications that can utilise CUDA i.e. Davinci Resolve, Blender etc.

* `sudo dnf install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda`

* Wait for atleast 5 mins before rebooting, to let the kernel module get built.

* `modinfo -F version nvidia` #Check if the kernel module is built.

* Reboot



## ~~Battery Life (Deprecated)~~

* ~~Follow this if you have a Laptop and are facing sub optimal battery backup.~~

* ~~power-profiles-daemon which come pre-configured on fedora works well on a great majority of systems but still in case you're facing sub-optimal battery backup you try installing tlp by:~~

* ~~`sudo dnf install tlp tlp-rdw`~~

* ~~and mask power-profiles-daemon by:~~

* ~~`sudo systemctl mask power-profiles-daemon`~~

* ~~Also install powertop by:~~

* ~~`sudo dnf install powertop`~~

* ~~`sudo powertop --auto-tune`~~

* Edit: Fedora comes preinstalled with [Tuned](https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/TunedAsTheDefaultPowerProfileManagementDaemon) which works well on its own now and all the aforementioned changes are now unnecessary. Just follow [HW video acceleration](https://github.com/devangshekhawat/Fedora-40-Post-Install-Guide/blob/main/README.md#hw-video-acceleration) for better battery backup. 



## Media Codecs

* Install these to get proper multimedia playback.

````

sudo dnf4 group upgrade multimedia

sudo dnf swap 'ffmpeg-free' 'ffmpeg' --allowerasing # Switch to full FFMPEG.

sudo dnf upgrade @multimedia --setopt="install_weak_deps=False" --exclude=PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin # Installs gstreamer components. Required if you use Gnome Videos and other dependent applications.

sudo dnf group install -y sound-and-video # Installs useful Sound and Video complementary packages.

````



## H/W Video Acceleration

* Helps decrease load on the CPU when watching videos online by alloting the rendering to the dGPU/iGPU. Quite helpful in increasing battery backup on laptops.



### H/W Video Decoding with VA-API 

* `sudo dnf install ffmpeg-libs libva libva-utils`



Intel

 

* If you have a recent Intel chipset (5th Gen and above) after installing the packages above., Do:

* `sudo dnf swap libva-intel-media-driver intel-media-driver --allowerasing`

* `sudo dnf install libva-intel-driver`



AMDNo need to do this for intel integrated graphics. Mesa drivers are for AMD graphics, who lost support for h264/h245 in the fedora repositories in f38 due to legal concerns.

 

* If you have an AMD chipset, after installing the packages above do:

```

sudo dnf swap mesa-va-drivers mesa-va-drivers-freeworld

sudo dnf swap mesa-vdpau-drivers mesa-vdpau-drivers-freeworld

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

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

```



### OpenH264 for Firefox

* `sudo dnf install -y openh264 gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 mozilla-openh264`

* `sudo dnf config-manager setopt fedora-cisco-openh264.enabled=1`

* After this enable the OpenH264 Plugin in Firefox's settings.



## Set Hostname

* `hostnamectl set-hostname YOUR_HOSTNAME`



## Default Firefox start page 

* The tweak below will make the start page the default firefox start page instead of [this](https://fedoraproject.org/start)

* `sudo rm -f /usr/lib64/firefox/browser/defaults/preferences/firefox-redhat-default-prefs.js`



## Custom DNS Servers

* For people that want to setup custom DNS servers for better privacy

```

sudo mkdir -p '/etc/systemd/resolved.conf.d' && sudo -e '/etc/systemd/resolved.conf.d/99-dns-over-tls.conf'



[Resolve]

DNS=1.1.1.2#security.cloudflare-dns.com 1.0.0.2#security.cloudflare-dns.com 2606:4700:4700::1112#security.cloudflare-dns.com 2606:4700:4700::1002#security.cloudflare-dns.com

DNSOverTLS=yes

```

## Set UTC Time

* Used to counter time inconsistencies in dual boot systems

* `sudo timedatectl set-local-rtc '0'`



## Optimizations

* The tips below can allow you to squeeze out a little bit more performance from your system. 



### Disable Mitigations 

* Increases performance in multithreaded systems. The more cores you have in your cpu the greater the performance gain. 5-30% performance gain varying upon systems. Do not follow this if you share services and files through your network or are using fedora in a VM. 

* Modern intel CPUs (above 10th gen) do not gain noticeable performance improvements upon disabling mitigations. Hence, disabling mitigations can present some security risks against various attacks, however, it still _might_ increase the CPU performance of your system.

* `sudo grubby --update-kernel=ALL --args="mitigations=off"`



### Enable nvidia-modeset 

* Useful if you have a laptop with an Nvidia GPU. Necessary for some PRIME-related interoperability features.

* `sudo grubby --update-kernel=ALL --args="nvidia-drm.modeset=1"`



### Disable `NetworkManager-wait-online.service`

* Disabling it can decrease the boot time by at least ~15s-20s:

* `sudo systemctl disable NetworkManager-wait-online.service`



### Disable Gnome Software from Startup Apps

* Gnome software autostarts on boot for some reason, even though it is not required on every boot unless you want it to do updates in the background, this takes at least 100MB of RAM upto 900MB (as reported anecdotically). You can stop it from autostarting by:

* `sudo rm /etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.Software.desktop`



## Gnome Extensions

* Don't install these if you are using a different spin of Fedora.

* Pop Shell - run `sudo dnf install -y gnome-shell-extension-pop-shell xprop` to install it.

* [GSconnect](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1319/gsconnect/) - run `sudo dnf install nautilus-python` for full support. then `sudo firewall-cmd --permanent --zone=public --add-service=kdeconnect`

* [Gesture Improvements](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4245/gesture-improvements/)

* [Quick Settings Tweaker](https://github.com/qwreey75/quick-settings-tweaks)

* [User Themes](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/19/user-themes/)

* [Compiz Windows Effect](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3210/compiz-windows-effect/)

* [Just Perfection](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3843/just-perfection/)

* [Rounded Windows Corners](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/5237/rounded-window-corners/)

* [Dash to Dock](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/307/dash-to-dock/)

* [Quick Settings Tweaker](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/5446/quick-settings-tweaker/)

* [Blur My Shell](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/3193/blur-my-shell/)

* [Bluetooth Quick Connect](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1401/bluetooth-quick-connect/)

* [App Indicator Support](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-support/)

* [Clipboard Indicator](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/779/clipboard-indicator/)

* [Legacy (GTK3) Theme Scheme Auto Switcher](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4998/legacy-gtk3-theme-scheme-auto-switcher/)

* [Caffeine](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/517/caffeine/)

* [Vitals](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1460/vitals/)

* [Wireless HID](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4228/wireless-hid/)

* [Logo Menu](https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4451/logo-menu/)

* [Space Bar](https://github.com/christopher-l/space-bar)



## Apps [Optional]

* Packages for Rar and 7z compressed files support:

 `sudo dnf install -y unzip p7zip p7zip-plugins unrar`

* These are Some Packages that I use and would recommend:

```

Amberol

Blanket

Builder

Brave 

Blender

Discord

Drawing

Deja Dup Backups

Endeavour 

Easyeffects

Extension Manager

Flatseal

Foliate

Footage

GIMP

Gnome Tweaks

Gradience

Handbrake

Iotas

Joplin

Khronos

Krita

Logseq

lm_sensors

Onlyoffice

Overskride

Parabolic

Pcloud

PDF Arranger

Planify

Pika backup 

Snapshot

Solanum

Sound Recorder

Tangram

Transmission

Ulauncher

Upscaler

Video Trimmer

VS Codium

yt-dlp

```

  

## Theming [Optional]



### GTK Themes

* Don't install these if you are using a different spin of Fedora.

* https://github.com/lassekongo83/adw-gtk3

* https://github.com/vinceliuice/Colloid-gtk-theme

* https://github.com/EliverLara/Nordic

* https://github.com/vinceliuice/Orchis-theme

* https://github.com/vinceliuice/Graphite-gtk-theme



### Use themes in Flatpaks

* `sudo flatpak override --filesystem=$HOME/.themes`

* `sudo flatpak override --env=GTK_THEME=my-theme` 



### Icon Packs

* https://github.com/vinceliuice/Tela-icon-theme

* https://github.com/vinceliuice/Colloid-gtk-theme/tree/main/icon-theme



### Wallpaper

* https://github.com/manishprivet/dynamic-gnome-wallpapers



### Firefox Theme

* Install Firefox Gnome theme by: `curl -s -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/rafaelmardojai/firefox-gnome-theme/master/scripts/install-by-curl.sh | bash`



### Starship (terminal theme)

* Configure starship to make your terminal look good (refer https://starship.rs)



### Grub Theme

* https://github.com/vinceliuice/grub2-themes