Fedora Setup Guide

Generic tweaks and configuration for Fedora Linux after fresh install

dnf is too slow

• Open dnf.conf : nano /etc/dnf/dnf.conf
  (replace nano with kwrite/gedit etc if you want to)
• Add/Change the following values.

# Download 20 packages simultaneously
max_parallel_downloads = 20

# Mirror must maintain download speed of atleast 256*1024 bytes (256KiB/s) for the duration of `timeout` value in seconds
minrate = 262144

# Mirror must maintain `minrate` amount of download speed in bytes for `timeout` value in seconds
timeout = 5  

Install Noto fonts and Bangla language pack

Install all the Noto fonts and the langpacks-bn language pack.

sudo dnf install -y google-noto-fonts-all langpacks-bn

Configure flatpak remotes

Remove the Fedora flatpak remotes and add the Flathub flatpak remote.

# Delete fedora remotes
flatpak remote-delete fedora
flatpak remote-delete fedora-testing

# Add flathub remote as user (remove --user flag to install as system)
flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

Configure RPMFusion

Configure RPMFusion and install restricted extras.

# Run elevated to avoid password prompt spam
sudo bash

# Install rpmfusion repos
dnf install -y 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

# Initial setup stuff
dnf config-manager setopt fedora-cisco-openh264.enabled=1
dnf update -y @core @multimedia

# Install rpmfusion tainted repos
dnf install -y rpmfusion-free-release-tainted rpmfusion-nonfree-release-tainted

# Install unrestricted ffmpeg
dnf swap -y ffmpeg-free ffmpeg --allowerasing

# Install intel drivers
dnf install -y intel-media-driver libva-intel-driver

# Install unrestricted amd drivers
dnf swap -y mesa-va-drivers mesa-va-drivers-freeworld
dnf swap -y mesa-vdpau-drivers mesa-vdpau-drivers-freeworld

# Install 32bit unrestricted amd drivers (avoid)
#dnf swap -y mesa-va-drivers.i686 mesa-va-drivers-freeworld.i686
#dnf swap -y mesa-vdpau-drivers.i686 mesa-vdpau-drivers-freeworld.i686

# Install unrestricted nvidia drivers
dnf install -y libva-nvidia-driver

# Install 32bit unrestricted nvidia drivers (avoid)
#dnf install -y libva-nvidia-driver.{i686,x86_64}

# Install dvd ripping library
dnf install libdvdcss

# Install tainted firmware
dnf --repo=rpmfusion-nonfree-tainted install "*-firmware"