New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?
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This is what I do after isntalling my Fedora Workstation.
Tweaks:
Appearance > Turn off animations
Power > Suspend when laptop lid is closed = Off (Only when my laptop is connected to a TV)
Top Bar > Battery Percentage is On (Laptop Only), Date, Seconds and Week Numbers is set to On
Windows > Titlebar Buttons (Maximize and Minimize) is set to OnExtensions (Active ones only):
Coverflow alt-tab (Gives me a better visual)
Dash to dock (I like having my dock setup like Ubuntu Unity/Gnome)
Pomodoro (Helps me to stay focus)
Topicons (This is needed so I can see Nextcloud notifications)
Sound Input & Output Device ChooserVirtualization:
KVM with Virtual Machine Manager (virt-manager) and libguestfs-tools-c.Other Repo:
RPMFusion
google-chrome
microsoft (Powershell)
virtio-win (virtio drivers for Windows VM)
vscode (Visual Studio Code)
opera
vivalidiOther packages:
Remmina (Mainly used for remoting into Windows computers)
Nextcloud Desktop Client
VLC
OpenArena (Keeps my sanity in check)
Frozen Bubble (Keeps my sanity in check)
dnf-automaticI use symbolic links in my home profile to point to the directories that are in Nextcloud.
rsync scripts to do daily, weekly and monthly backups of my profile directory and other directories. -
Pithos - if you need Pandora
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@irj said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@jaredbusch said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@irj said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
How to create a custom shortcut for terminal
I usually already have a terminal window open and just have gotten in the habit of hitting Ctrl+N to open a new one. This woudl be easier because I wouldn't have to Alt+Tab to a sessions first...
Yeah I felt broken when Ctrl + Alt + T wasnt working lol
It's Ctrl + Shift + T to open a new tab in terminal.
I just use the default terminal with green on black. The tabs label themselves. It's very nice.
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@obsolesce said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@irj said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@jaredbusch said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@irj said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
How to create a custom shortcut for terminal
I usually already have a terminal window open and just have gotten in the habit of hitting Ctrl+N to open a new one. This woudl be easier because I wouldn't have to Alt+Tab to a sessions first...
Yeah I felt broken when Ctrl + Alt + T wasnt working lol
It's Ctrl + Shift + T to open a new tab in terminal.
I just use the default terminal with green on black. The tabs label themselves. It's very nice.
Ctrl + Alt + T opens a new terminal in Ubuntu.
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@irj said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@obsolesce said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@irj said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@jaredbusch said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@irj said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
How to create a custom shortcut for terminal
I usually already have a terminal window open and just have gotten in the habit of hitting Ctrl+N to open a new one. This woudl be easier because I wouldn't have to Alt+Tab to a sessions first...
Yeah I felt broken when Ctrl + Alt + T wasnt working lol
It's Ctrl + Shift + T to open a new tab in terminal.
I just use the default terminal with green on black. The tabs label themselves. It's very nice.
Ctrl + Alt + T opens a new terminal in Ubuntu.
Oh, yeah i read that wrong... it does in fedora too...
But ctrl + shift + T does new tabs in the terminal.
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Here's my default list of packages:
I also install Telegram.
And I have all of my dotfiles for zsh, tmux, and vim in Git.
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I also install these GNOME extensions: Dash to Dock, caffeine, coverflow alt-tab, and easyscreencast. And I use the Papirus icon theme.
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@stacksofplates I put Telegram on my NextCloud so that it is always the same one with me, automatically, wherever I install.
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@scottalanmiller said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@stacksofplates I put Telegram on my NextCloud so that it is always the same one with me, automatically, wherever I install.
Interesting but you don’t have to do that.
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@jaredbusch said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@scottalanmiller said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@stacksofplates I put Telegram on my NextCloud so that it is always the same one with me, automatically, wherever I install.
Interesting but you don’t have to do that.
Yeah. I'm just lazy and stick it in /opt. It auto creates the launcher so I don't really need to do anything. And once in a blue moon when I reload my laptop I have to unpack the tarball and do it again.
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@jaredbusch said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@scottalanmiller said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@stacksofplates I put Telegram on my NextCloud so that it is always the same one with me, automatically, wherever I install.
Interesting but you don’t have to do that.
No, definitely not. But it works really well.
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@stacksofplates said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@jaredbusch said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@scottalanmiller said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@stacksofplates I put Telegram on my NextCloud so that it is always the same one with me, automatically, wherever I install.
Interesting but you don’t have to do that.
Yeah. I'm just lazy and stick it in /opt. It auto creates the launcher so I don't really need to do anything. And once in a blue moon when I reload my laptop I have to unpack the tarball and do it again.
Yeah, it's crazy trivial to install.
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@scottalanmiller said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@stacksofplates said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@jaredbusch said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@scottalanmiller said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@stacksofplates I put Telegram on my NextCloud so that it is always the same one with me, automatically, wherever I install.
Interesting but you don’t have to do that.
Yeah. I'm just lazy and stick it in /opt. It auto creates the launcher so I don't really need to do anything. And once in a blue moon when I reload my laptop I have to unpack the tarball and do it again.
Yeah, it's crazy trivial to install.
And auto updates at that. Pretty awesome for a single bin.
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Something else that is very basic and missing from Fedora. No shortcut to lock screen!
In fact, I had to install this first:
dnf install gnome-screensaver-3.6.1-20.fc28.x86_64Then I was able to run:
gnome-screensaver-command -lWhich I have mapped as a shortcut as:
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@irj said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
Something else that is very basic and missing from Fedora. No shortcut to lock screen!
In fact, I had to install this first:
dnf install gnome-screensaver-3.6.1-20.fc28.x86_64Then I was able to run:
gnome-screensaver-command -lWhich I have mapped as a shortcut as:
Ctrl Alt LThere has to be better way? I would assume that a package should not be needed for this.
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@irj Super key (Windows key) + L
It works natively with Gnome. -
@black3dynamite said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@irj Super key (Windows key) + L
It works natively with Gnome.With Cinnamon, this happens on
Super+L
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@black3dynamite said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@irj Super key (Windows key) + L
It works natively with Gnome.In fedora cinnamon, it's ctrl+alt+L
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@black3dynamite said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@irj Super key (Windows key) + L
It works natively with Gnome.What's weird is there no option to lock screen from power menu. If you don't know the shortcut key, you can't leave your pc lol.
I had to log out to leave my desk since I didn't know default shortcut, until I had a chance to set up ctrl + alt + l
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@irj said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@black3dynamite said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:
@irj Super key (Windows key) + L
It works natively with Gnome.What's weird is there no option to lock screen from power menu. If you don't know the shortcut key, you can't leave your pc lol.
I had to log out to leave my desk since I didn't know default shortcut, until I had a chance to set up ctrl + alt + l
What's your desktop environment?
