Install and Backup(Setup):

NOTE:

1. In Fedora, the sub-volumes are named in a specific way which is why Time-shift doesn’t work.

2. Timeshift works best with the Ubuntu style named sub-volumes.

3. Sub-volume names (Default) :

• root →(/)

• home →(/home)

  For time-shift to work we need to change the names of the sub-volumes.

• root→ (@)

• home→ (@home)

STEPS:

1. (a) Make volumes as given in the Snapshot & Add SWAP → extra. By clicking → Click here to create them automatically.

   

OR

(b) Create partition Manually:

• Add /boot about 1024 MiB

• Add /boot/efi about 100 MiB

• Add SWAP about 8 GiB

• Add /root partition of size → Varies(X GiB)

  Important:

  change the Name: of the sub-volume from: root → @

• Add /home home partition of size → Same as /(root) i.e (X GiB).

  Important:

  change the Name: of the sub-volume from: /home → @home

1. Accept Changes

2. Begin Installation

3. WAIT FOR THE INSTALLATION TO FINISH

4. Reboot the system

5. Now setup using the Setup Wizard

• Start Setup

• Privacy

  • Location Sevices (turn off)

  • Automatic Problem Reporting (turn off)

• Third-Party Repositories (Enable)

• Skip Online Account Creation

• Create login Id & password

• Continue using Fedora

Configuration for SSD:

1. Go to the terminal:

cat /etc/fstab #check the fstab

1. Configuration for SSD:

sudo nano /etc/fstab
# Input password

#Add the same line of code to the file in (**/)** & (**/home)** section
#Line of code:
compress=zstd,noatime,space_cache=v2,ssd,discard=async,

For Reference:

• now Save the files (Ctrl + o)and Exit (Ctrl + x).

• Reboot the system (reboot)

• The system should reboot just fine.

After Installation Setup:

• [Change Touchpad settings (Tap to Click)(scrolling) and Add Shortcut keys (Setting, Home-folder, Terminal) ]

1. configure dnf:

sudo nano /etc/dnf/dnf.conf

Add:

gpgcheck=1
installonly_limit=3
clean_requirements_on_remove=True
best=False
skip_if_unavailable=True
fastestmirror=true
deltarpm=true
max_parallel_downloads=7
defaultyes=1

1. Time-Shift Configure:

sudo dnf check-update
sudo dnf install timeshift

• RSYNC

• Select disk (The disk should be of type: btrfs )

• Select Snapshot Levels:

  • Monthly → 2

  • Weekly → 3

  • Daily → 3

  • Boot → 2

• Exclude @home

• Enable BTRFS groups (recommended)→ if option available

• Finish

• Take a snapshot for backup purposes (Recommended)

  1. Update the system:

sudo dnf update
sudo dnf upgrade --refresh

1. Enable RPM Fusion Repository:

free, non-free, other repository:

sudo rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm

sudo rpm -Uvh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm

sudo dnf groupupdate core

sudo dnf install -y rpmfusion-free-release-tainted

sudo dnf install -y dnf-plugins-core

• Reboot the system

sudo reboot now

1. Update:

Install updates :

sudo dnf upgrade --refresh
sudo dnf check
sudo dnf autoremove
sudo fwupdmgr get-devices
sudo fwupdmgr refresh --force
sudo fwupdmgr get-updates
sudo fwupdmgr update

1. Gnome Extensions and Tweaks:

sudo dnf install -y gnome-extensions-app gnome-tweaks
#sudo dnf install -y gnome-shell-extension-appindicator

Enable Minimize or Maximize Button in Gnome-tweaks

Install extensions from Firefox:

• Sound Input & Output Device Chooser

• User theme

• Dash to Dock

• Frippery application menu

  Flatpak support:

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

flatpak update

Snap support

sudo dnf install -y snapd

sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap

• logout from the session

sudo snap refresh

1. Configure Git:

git config --global user.name "github-username"

git config --global user.email "github-user-email-address"

1. Create .ssh folder:

cd
mkdir ~/.ssh
cd ~/.ssh

1. SSH keys:

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "github-user-email-address"

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"

ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

1. Adding SSH in GitHub:

• go to .ssh folder in the terminal (in the local machine)

• And copy the SSH key using Cat Command

cd ~/.ssh
cat id_ed25519.pub   #copy content

• Go to GitHub

• Go to → Settings

• Then → SSH and GPG Keys

• Click → Add New SSH

• Paste the content below

  1. Clone the required repository if needed.

  2. Microsoft Fonts (Warning: Takes ages to install)(optional)

sudo dnf install -y curl cabextract xorg-x11-font-utils fontconfig

sudo rpm -i https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mscorefonts2/rpms/msttcore-fonts-installer-2.6-1.noarch.rpm

1. System monitor & cleaning tool:

sudo dnf install htop bpytop

sudo dnf install bleachbit

1. Multimedia Codecs:

sudo dnf install -y vlc # prefered

sudo dnf groupupdate sound-and-video

sudo dnf install -y libdvdcss

sudo dnf install -y gstreamer1-plugins-{bad-\*,good-\*,ugly-\*,base} gstreamer1-libav --exclude=gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel ffmpeg gstreamer-ffmpeg 

sudo dnf install -y lame\* --exclude=lame-devel

sudo dnf group upgrade --with-optional Multimedia

1. For OpenH264 in Firefox I run:

sudo dnf config-manager --set-enabled fedora-cisco-openh264

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

Afterwards you need to open Firefox, go to menu → Add-ons → Plugins and enable OpenH264 plugin. You can do a simple test whether your H.264 works in RTC on this page (check Require H.264 video).

# change Host Name:
sudo hostnamectl set-hosetname "fedora"

1. To Install / Remove Essential Applications:

#search:
dnf search <package_name>

snap search <package_name>

sudo dnf install <package_name>

sudo snap install <package_name>

sudo dnf remove <package_name>

1. Screen Lock and Power Settings

2. Use Night Light Settings

Install Applications

1. Notion

sudo snap install notion-snap

1. Sublime Text:

# Install GPG key:
sudo rpm -v --import https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-rpm-pub.gpg

# Stable Channel:
sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://download.sublimetext.com/rpm/stable/x86_64/sublime-text.repo

# Install Sublime Text:
sudo dnf install -y sublime-text

1. Visual Studio Code:

sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc

sudo sh -c 'echo -e "[code]\nname=Visual Studio Code\nbaseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc" > /etc/yum.repos.d/vscode.repo'

sudo dnf check-update

sudo dnf install code

1. Gitignore # from the software center

2. GitHub Desktop # from software center

3. Telegram # from the software center

4. Spotify # from software center

5. Microsoft Edge # from the software center

6. Brave:

sudo dnf install dnf-plugins-core

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/x86_64/

sudo rpm --import https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc

sudo dnf install brave-browser

1. Onlyoffice-Desktop Edition # from the software center

2. Whatsapp-Desktop # from the software center

3. OBS:

sudo dnf -y install obs-studio

1. Fonts:

    sudo dnf install -y fira-code-fonts 'mozilla-fira*' 'google-roboto*'
   

Terminal Setup:

→Fish shell:-

Refer to:-

https://mutschler.eu/linux/install-guides/fedora-post-install/

ZSH shell Setup:

Can Refer to:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PZTLIVQxxEY

OR

1. Verify the shell you are using:

echo $0
#Bash  (/usr/bash)

1. Installing ZSH:

sudo dnf install zsh

1. Change shell:

chsh
#Enter password

#input
/bin/zsh   # Login Shell

• Logout from the session OR reboot

#Reboot
sudo reboot now

1. ZSH initial setup:

#options
# (q) Quit and do nothing.
# (0) Exit, creating the file ~/.zshrc
# (1) Continue to the main menu
# (2) Populate your ~/.zshrc with the configuration recomended

# Input
q

• Verify the shell :

# input
echo $0

# output
zsh

• Now install “Oh My ZSH!”

You can refer to the official website(preferred) :

https://ohmyz.sh/

OR

Run this command:

(Prerequisite : Git, Curl)

# Install "Oh My ZSH!"
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

• Install PowerLevel10K Terminal theme :

• Can Refer to:

  https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k

• click→ Installation

• click→ Oh My Zsh

• Then run the command:

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k

• Get the Fonts:

#clone
git clone https://github.com/Priyansusahoo/Terminal_OH-MY-ZSH.git

copy the files in powerline-fonts to ~/.fonts folder:

cd
mkdir ~/.fonts
cd Terminal_OH-MY-ZSH/powerline-fonts/
cp * /home/PS/.fonts

• Go to Gnome-Tweaks:

• Go to Fonts.

• Change the Monospace Text = MesloLGS NF Regular

• Save the changes

• Restart the terminal

  • Then change ZSH_THEME :

cd

sudo nano ~/.zshrc

#Edit
ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k"

Then Configure as per your liking.

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