NeovVIM Editor #
# Install NeoVIM
sudo dnf install neovim -y
# Adapt systemd editor
echo 'export SYSTEMD_EDITOR=nvim' >> ~/.bashrc
source ~/.bashrc
Sudo Setup #
# Add "fedora" user to sudoers group
cat <<'EOF' | sudo tee /etc/sudoers.d/fedora >/dev/null
fedora ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
EOF
sudo chmod 0440 /etc/sudoers.d/fedora
sudo visudo -c
DNF Package Manager #
Configure Package Manager #
# Update dnf configuration
sudo vi /etc/dnf/dnf.conf
# Add
[main]
fastestmirror=True # fastest available mirror
max_parallel_downloads=10
defaultyes=True # defaults to yes in confirmation prompt
keepcache=True # keep downloaded packages
Update System #
# Update packages
sudo dnf update -y
Add Proprietary Repositories #
# Enable free and non-free repos
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
# List repos
sudo dnf repolist --all
# Shell output: Clean install
repo id repo name status
copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:phracek:PyCharm Copr repo for PyCharm owned by phracek disabled
fedora Fedora 44 - x86_64 enabled
fedora-cisco-openh264 Fedora 44 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 enabled
fedora-cisco-openh264-debuginfo Fedora 44 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 - Debug disabled
fedora-cisco-openh264-source Fedora 44 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 - Source disabled
fedora-debuginfo Fedora 44 - x86_64 - Debug disabled
fedora-source Fedora 44 - Source disabled
google-chrome google-chrome disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - NVIDIA Driver disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - NVIDIA Driver Debug disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver-source RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - NVIDIA Driver Source disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-steam RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - Steam disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-steam-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - Steam Debug disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-steam-source RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - Steam Source disabled
updates Fedora 44 - x86_64 - Updates enabled
updates-debuginfo Fedora 44 - x86_64 - Updates - Debug disabled
updates-source Fedora 44 - Updates Source disabled
updates-testing Fedora 44 - x86_64 - Test Updates disabled
updates-testing-debuginfo Fedora 44 - x86_64 - Test Updates Debug disabled
updates-testing-source Fedora 44 - Test Updates Source disabled
# Shell output: Added repos
repo id repo name status
copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:phracek:PyCharm Copr repo for PyCharm owned by phracek disabled
fedora Fedora 44 - x86_64 enabled
fedora-cisco-openh264 Fedora 44 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 enabled
fedora-cisco-openh264-debuginfo Fedora 44 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 - Debug disabled
fedora-cisco-openh264-source Fedora 44 openh264 (From Cisco) - x86_64 - Source disabled
fedora-debuginfo Fedora 44 - x86_64 - Debug disabled
fedora-source Fedora 44 - Source disabled
google-chrome google-chrome disabled
rpmfusion-free RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Free enabled
rpmfusion-free-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Free - Debug disabled
rpmfusion-free-source RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Free - Source disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Free - Updates enabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Free - Updates Debug disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-source RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Free - Updates Source disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-testing RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Free - Test Updates disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-testing-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Free - Test Updates Debug disabled
rpmfusion-free-updates-testing-source RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Free - Test Updates Source disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree enabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - Debug disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - NVIDIA Driver disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - NVIDIA Driver Debug disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver-source RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - NVIDIA Driver Source disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-source RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - Source disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-steam RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - Steam disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-steam-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - Steam Debug disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-steam-source RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - Steam Source disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - Updates enabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - Updates Debug disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-source RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - Updates Source disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - Test Updates disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing-debuginfo RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - Test Updates Debug disabled
rpmfusion-nonfree-updates-testing-source RPM Fusion for Fedora 44 - Nonfree - Test Updates Source disabled
updates Fedora 44 - x86_64 - Updates enabled
updates-debuginfo Fedora 44 - x86_64 - Updates - Debug disabled
updates-source Fedora 44 - Updates Source disabled
updates-testing Fedora 44 - x86_64 - Test Updates disabled
updates-testing-debuginfo Fedora 44 - x86_64 - Test Updates Debug disabled
updates-testing-source Fedora 44 - Test Updates Source disabled
# Enable free repository (should already be enabled)
sudo dnf config-manager setopt rpmfusion-free.enabled=1
sudo dnf config-manager setopt rpmfusion-free-updates.enabled=1
Install Codecs #
# Replace Fedora's restricted FFmpeg default package with the full RPM Fusion build
sudo dnf swap ffmpeg-free ffmpeg --allowerasing -y
# Update/install the multimedia package group for hardware acceleration and codec-dependent apps
sudo dnf group upgrade multimedia -y
# Update the core package group for RPM Fusion integration and metadata
sudo dnf group upgrade core -y
# Enable OpenH264 (for WebRTC and Firefox)
sudo dnf install openh264 mozilla-openh264 gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 -y
Nvidia Drivers #
# Install Nvidia driver (595.x driver series)
sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia
# Install Nvidia driver (older GTX 10-series)
sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia-580xx
# Install for CUDA support
sudo dnf install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda
akmod-nvidiaNVIDIA graphics driver and automatically rebuilt kernel module.xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cudaCUDA runtime/compute support, including utilities such as nvidia-smi.
Flatpak Package Manager #
Enable third party Flathub repositories #
# Add Flathub repository
sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
# Verify Flathub repository
sudo flatpak remotes --show-details
# Shell output:
Name Title URL Collection ID Subset Filter Priority Options … … Homepage Icon
fedora Fedora Flatpaks oci+https://registry.fedoraproject.org - - - 1 system,oci … … - -
flathub Flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/ - - - 1 system … … https://flathub.org/ https://dl.flathub.org/repo/logo.svg
Enable pwfeedback #
# pwfeedback
sudo visudo -f /etc/sudoers.d/pwfeedback
# Enable pwfeedback
Defaults pwfeedback
SSH #
OpenSSH Setup #
# Install openSSH (package should already be installed)
sudo dnf install openssh-server
# Start and enable ssh
sudo systemctl start sshd && sudo systemctl enable sshd
SSH Keys & Settings #
# Create SSH key pair
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "fedoramini" -f ~/.ssh/fedoramini
# Load SSH agent (if necessary)
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
# Load SSH key
ssh-add ~/.ssh/fedoramini
# List loaded keys
ssh-add -l
# Open SSH configuration
vi ~/.ssh/config
# Add the following
Host *
IdentityFile ~/.ssh/fedoramini
AddKeysToAgent yes
Host gitlab
HostName 192.168.70.90
User debian
Port 2280
# Copy pub SSH key
ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/fedoramini.pub debian@ansible
# Verify SSH agent is running
echo "$SSH_AUTH_SOCK"
# Start SSH agent
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
Network #
# List network devices
nmcli device
Docker #
# Install Docker
curl -fsSL https://get.docker.com | sudo sh &&
sudo systemctl enable --now docker &&
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
KVM & VirtManager #
# Verify virtualization is available
lscpu | grep -i virtualization
# Shell output:
Virtualization: AMD-V
# Install KVM, dependencies and VirtManager
sudo dnf install @virtualization virt-manager
# Start and enable libvirtd services
sudo systemctl enable --now libvirtd
# Add current user to libvirt group
sudo usermod -aG libvirt $(whoami)
Various Packages #
KeePassXC #
# Install KeePassXC
sudo dnf install keepassxc -y
# List currently installed version
keepassxc --version
Ansible (via Python venv) #
# List Python version / verify installation
python3 --version
# Create Python venv
python3 -m venv venv-ansible
# Activate venv
source venv-ansible/bin/activate
# Update pip
python -m pip install --upgrade pip
# Install Ansible and dependencies
python -m pip install \
ansible \
kubernetes \
pyyaml \
httpx \
hvac \
python-dateutil \
requests \
"psycopg[binary]"
Terraform #
Official Documentation: https://developer.hashicorp.com/terraform/install#linux
# Install Terraform
sudo wget -O- https://rpm.releases.hashicorp.com/fedora/hashicorp.repo | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/hashicorp.repo
sudo dnf -y install terraform
# List Terraform version / verify installation
terraform version
Brave #
# Install dependencies
sudo dnf install dnf-plugins-core
# Add Brave repository
sudo dnf config-manager addrepo --from-repofile=https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/brave-browser.repo
sudo rpm --import https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc
# Install Brave
sudo dnf install brave-browser
btop #
# Install btop
sudo dnf install btop
guvcview Webcam Program #
# Install guvcview
sudo dnf install guvcview
KDE #
Overview #
# List KDE plasma version
plasmashell --version
# Shell output:
plasmashell 6.7.1
KDE Shortcuts #
-
win+wOpen workspace overview -
win+tOpen KDE tiling editor -
Hold
Shiftwhile dragging window to snap to grid -
win+<arrow keys>Window edge snapping -
win+shift+left / rightMove window between monitors
Enable X11 #
# Enable x11 (optional)
sudo dnf install plasma-workspace-x11
sduo reboot