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| author | nathansmith <nathansmith@posteo.com> | 2025-05-22 12:11:10 -0600 |
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| committer | nathansmith <nathansmith@posteo.com> | 2025-05-22 12:11:10 -0600 |
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diff --git a/testTheThing/xhtml/distro-guides/fedora.xhtml b/testTheThing/xhtml/distro-guides/fedora.xhtml new file mode 100644 index 0000000..c09039e --- /dev/null +++ b/testTheThing/xhtml/distro-guides/fedora.xhtml @@ -0,0 +1,156 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" +"http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> +<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" lang="en" xml:lang="en"> +<head> +<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html;charset=utf-8" /> +<meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1" /> +<title>‎</title> +<meta name="generator" content="Org Mode" /> +</head> +<body bgcolor="#dcd1ba"> +<center> +<table border="1" width="65%" bgcolor="#bebebe" id="content" class="content"><tr><td> +<div id="table-of-contents" role="doc-toc"> +<h2>Table of Contents</h2> +<div id="text-table-of-contents" role="doc-toc"> +<ul> +<li><a href="#fedora-xfce">1. Fedora xfce</a> +<ul> +<li><a href="#setting_up">1.1. Setting up fedora</a> +<ul> +<li><a href="#packages">1.1.1. Packages</a></li> +<li><a href="#multimedia">1.1.2. Multimedia</a></li> +</ul> +</li> +<li><a href="#nvidia">1.2. Nvidia drivers</a></li> +<li><a href="#useful_things">1.3. Useful things in fedora</a></li> +</ul> +</li> +</ul> +</div> +</div> +<p> +<a href="../index.html">[[../images/back<sub>home.png</sub></a>]]<br /> +<a href="../linux_room.html#distro_guides">[[file:images/back.png</a>]] +</p> +<div id="outline-container-fedora-xfce" class="outline-2"> +<h2 id="fedora-xfce"><span class="section-number-2">1.</span> Fedora xfce</h2> +<div class="outline-text-2" id="text-fedora-xfce"> +<p> +Fedora been my go to for quite a while though I sometimes switch +desktops lmao. I have tried the gnome version but it doesn't really fit +me so most of the time I have used the kde spin though recently kde just +haven't been feeling the same. It has been feeling buggy and have been +fighting with nvidia drivers. After running xfce on my second computer +for a while I grew to really like it and started using it on my main and +it have been running much better then kde.<br /> +<br /> +Fedora xfce can be downloaded +<a href="https://fedoraproject.org/spins/xfce">here</a>. +</p> + +<ul class="org-ul"> +<li><a href="#setting_up">Setting up fedora</a></li> +<li><a href="#nvidia">Nvidia drivers</a></li> +<li><a href="#useful_things">Useful things in fedora</a></li> +</ul> +</div> +<div id="outline-container-setting_up" class="outline-3"> +<h3 id="setting_up"><span class="section-number-3">1.1.</span> Setting up fedora</h3> +<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-setting_up"> +<p> +Fedora has a little extra setup you wouldn't see in something like linux +mint though it isn't that bad. +</p> +</div> +<div id="outline-container-packages" class="outline-4"> +<h4 id="packages"><span class="section-number-4">1.1.1.</span> Packages</h4> +<div class="outline-text-4" id="text-packages"> +<p> +You can speed up dnf by adding these to /etc/dnf/dnf.conf<br /> +<code>max_parallel_downloads=20 fastestmirror=True</code><br /> +<br /> +The default repos have lots of stuff but you might want an app that +isn't in it like steam. I know the gnome version has a enable 3rd party +repos button that does everything I listed here but I am on the xfce +version and also had to do this on the kde verison. +</p> + +<ul class="org-ul"> +<li>Setup rpm fusion to get more packages in dnf with the +<a href="https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/rpmfusion-setup/">resources +here</a></li> +<li>Install flatpak if not already there using "sudo dnf install flatpak" +then add <a href="https://flathub.org/setup/Fedora">flathub</a> to get some +cool apps!</li> +</ul> +</div> +</div> +<div id="outline-container-multimedia" class="outline-4"> +<h4 id="multimedia"><span class="section-number-4">1.1.2.</span> Multimedia</h4> +<div class="outline-text-4" id="text-multimedia"> +<p> +By default fedora doesn't have many codecs and you need to install them +yourself. Without them many media files will not work and lots of +youtube videos will not be able to play. The fedora docs use to show how +to install them but they removed it from their page and instead shows a +new version which installs some stuff but not everything. I do both of +them to make sure I get all the codecs I need. +</p> + +<ul class="org-ul"> +<li>Update your system with <code>sudo dnf upgrade</code></li> +<li>Install the new packages with <code>sudo dnf group install multimedia</code></li> +<li>Install the old ones with these three commands in a row: +<ul class="org-ul"> +<li><code>sudo dnf install gstreamer1-plugins-{bad-\*,good-\*,base} gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 gstreamer1-libav --exclude=gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel</code></li> +<li><code>sudo dnf install lame\* --exclude=lame-devel</code></li> +<li><code>sudo dnf swap ffmpeg-free ffmpeg --allowerasing</code></li> +</ul></li> +</ul> +</div> +</div> +</div> +<div id="outline-container-nvidia" class="outline-3"> +<h3 id="nvidia"><span class="section-number-3">1.2.</span> Nvidia drivers</h3> +<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-nvidia"> +<p> +Nvidia isn't the best on linux and I like AMD much more though I am +stuck with nvidia for now. For xfce there are some extra settings to +enable it but it works great once that is done. You will need rpm fusion +first before you can install the drivers. +</p> + +<ul class="org-ul"> +<li>Follow the fedora docs on nvidia +<a href="https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/set-nvidia-as-primary-gpu-on-optimus-based-laptops">here</a></li> +<li>Also look at the rpmfusion docs on nvidia +<a href="https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA">here</a></li> +<li>Follow the archwiki on nvidia in lightdm +<a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA_Optimus#LightDM">here</a>.</li> +<li>For multi monitor refresh rate issues add these to your +/etc/environment<br /> +<code>CLUTTER_DEFAULT_FPS=<refresh rate of your sync monitor> __GL_SYNC_DISPLAY_DEVICE=<monitor to sync to></code><br /> +Then open your nvidia settings, go to OpenGL Settings and turn off +"Allow Flipping".</li> +</ul> +</div> +</div> +<div id="outline-container-useful_things" class="outline-3"> +<h3 id="useful_things"><span class="section-number-3">1.3.</span> Useful things in fedora</h3> +<div class="outline-text-3" id="text-useful_things"> +<p> +Fedora doesn't have "update-grub" so instead you have to use these:<br /> +<code>sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /etc/grub2.cfg sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /etc/grub2-efi.cfg</code> +</p> +</div> +</div> +</div> +</td></tr></table> +<div id="postamble" class="status"> +<p class="creator"><a href="https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/">Emacs</a> 30.1 (<a href="https://orgmode.org">Org</a> mode 9.7.11)</p> +</div> +</center> +</body> +</html> |