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Fedora Silverblue and Workstation setup and configurations.
https://github.com/xanderbaatz/fedora

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# Fedora Workstation Setup



## Post-install

Update, upgrade and reboot:



```bash

sudo sh -c "dnf --refresh upgrade -y && flatpak upgrade -y && reboot"

```



## Enable Third Party Repositories



### RPM Fusion

Install RPM Fusion repos and the Appstream data provided by the RPM Fusion software repositories:



```bash

sudo sh -c "dnf install -y \

"https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm" \

"https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm" \

&& dnf group update -y core"

```



### Flathub

Add Flathub Flatpak repositories:



```bash

sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

```



## Multimedia (Media codecs)

**Note:** Do the following after installing RPM Fusion repositories.



Install Media codecs:



```bash

sudo dnf group upgrade -y --with-optional Multimedia --allowerasing

```



Additionally, switch to `ffmpeg` with patented codecs:



```bash

sudo dnf swap ffmpeg ffmpeg-free --allowerasing

```



## Firmware and Drivers

Update firmware using Firmware Update Manager (`fwupdmgr`):



```bash

sudo sh -c "fwupdmgr get-devices && fwupdmgr refresh --force && fwupdmgr get-updates && fwupdmgr update"

```



### NVIDIA Drivers

Install NVIDIA driver (for more recent NVIDIA GPUs):



```bash

sudo dnf install -y akmod-nvidia

```



### (Optional) Fsync kernel

Fsync kernel, for gaming etc.:



```bash

sudo sh -c "dnf copr enable -y sentry/kernel-fsync && \

grep -qxF "exclude=kernel*" /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo || sed -i "/\[updates\]/a exclude=kernel*" /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora-updates.repo && \

dnf update --refresh -y"

```



## Aliases



### System Update Alias

```bash

#!/bin/bash



# Add sourcing of .bash_aliases to .bashrc

BASHRC="$HOME/.bashrc"

BASH_ALIASES="$HOME/.bash_aliases"



# Check if the sourcing line already exists in .bashrc

if ! grep -q "\. ~/.bash_aliases" "$BASHRC"; then

    echo -e "\n# Source custom aliases from ~/.bash_aliases\nif [ -f ~/.bash_aliases ]; then\n    . ~/.bash_aliases\nfi" >> "$BASHRC"

    echo "Added .bash_aliases sourcing to .bashrc"

else

    echo "Sourcing of .bash_aliases already exists in .bashrc"

fi



# Create or append to .bash_aliases with the sysup alias

ALIAS_LINE="alias sysup='sudo bash -c \"dnf --refresh upgrade -y && flatpak upgrade -y\"'"

if [ ! -f "$BASH_ALIASES" ]; then

    echo "# Update system" > "$BASH_ALIASES"

    echo "$ALIAS_LINE" >> "$BASH_ALIASES"

    echo "Created .bash_aliases with sysup alias"

elif ! grep -q "alias sysup=" "$BASH_ALIASES"; then

    echo "$ALIAS_LINE" >> "$BASH_ALIASES"

    echo "Appended sysup alias to .bash_aliases"

else

    echo "sysup alias already exists in .bash_aliases"

fi



# Source .bash_aliases to apply changes

source "$BASH_ALIASES"

echo "Applied changes by sourcing .bash_aliases"

```



## System Configurations, Tweaks and Settings



### Mouse / Pointer / Touchpad

Disable mouse acceleration:

```bash

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

```



### Nautilus (file manager)

Sort folders before files:

```

gsettings set org.gtk.Settings.FileChooser sort-directories-first 'true'

```



### DNF software package manager

DNF settings optimizations:

```bash

grep -qxF "fastestmirror=" /etc/dnf/dnf.conf || sudo sed -i "/\[main\]/a fastestmirror=True" $_

grep -qxF "max_parallel_downloads=" /etc/dnf/dnf.conf || sudo sed -i "/\[main\]/a max_parallel_downloads=10" $_

```



### Login Manager

Install Login Manager Settings:

```bash

flatpak install flathub io.github.realmazharhussain.GdmSettings

```



1. Open Login Manager Settings

2. Go to ``Display``

3. Click ``Apply`` under ``Apply current display settings``

4. Apply the changes by clicking ``Apply`` in the top part of the window



## Personalization



### Fonts



#### Default Font

Install the Inter font:

```bash

sudo dnf install inter-fonts

```



Set Inter as the default font:

```bash

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name 'Inter 10'

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface document-font-name 'Inter 10'

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences titlebar-font 'Inter Bold 10'

```



#### Fonts for compatibility

Install proprietary Microsoft fonts for compatibility reasons (e.g. Maple):

```bash

sudo sh -c "dnf copr enable -y adrienverge/some-nice-fonts && dnf install -y some-nice-fonts"

```



Alternative method (with more/other fonts):

https://www.fosslinux.com/42406/how-to-install-microsoft-truetype-fonts-on-fedora.htm



Substitutions for popular proprietary fonts from Microsoft, Apple etc.:

```bash

sudo sh -c "dnf copr enable dawid/better_fonts -y && dnf install fontconfig-font-replacements -y

```



Additionally, one can also install:

```bash

sudo dnf install -y liberation-fonts

```



### Themes

GTK3 libadwaita port (makes GTK3 apps look like GTK4+):

```bash

sudo dnf install adw-gtk3-theme

```



Change the theme and turn on dark mode:

```bash

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface gtk-theme 'adw-gtk3-dark' \

&& gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface color-scheme 'prefer-dark'

```



### Firefox GNOME theme

One command curled script to auto-download and install the latest version of the theme (from https://github.com/rafaelmardojai/firefox-gnome-theme):

```

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

```



### Extensions

Install Extension Manager:

```

flatpak install flathub com.mattjakeman.ExtensionManager

```



System extensions:



```

sudo dnf install -y gnome-shell-extension-gsconnect \

gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

```



Extensions:



- Alphabetical App Grid

- AppIndicator and KStatusNotifierItem Support

- Just Perfection



## Applications and repos

Audio, pluign etc. repo:

```

dnf copr enable -y ycollet/audinux

```



## Kernel compilation

Refer to:

https://odysee.com/@mumblingdrunkard:7/20210405-fedora-patch-compile-and-install-kernel:0



Kernel patches, made using the difference between two files (a and b):

```

git diff a b > patchfile.patch

```