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+ Tux the penguin flying + + + + + + + + + + + + +
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My current setup

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Dotfiles

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This is a repo for my dotfiles and its kind of fucked up. + Some configs have there own repos because I didn't think ahead lmao. +

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Why linux

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+ I have always liked being able to customize, mod, and poke inside different things. + Computers are machines for us to play around with and use how we see fit yet the only thing + the big tech companies want to do it lock everything up and it disgusts me. + Fuck google, fuck microsoft, fuck apple, and fuck all the other evil tech companies!!! + Its time for the open source revolution and seize them all and open source the entire world!!! + Without linux or any other unix life would be much much worse. Linux is my safe place + from all the shit in the world. +

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Fedora xfce

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+ 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. +

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Setting up fedora

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+ Fedora has a little extra setup you wouldn't see in something like linux mint though + it isn't that bad. +

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Packages

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+ You can speed up dnf by adding these to /etc/dnf/dnf.conf
+ + max_parallel_downloads=20
+ fastestmirror=True + +

+ 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. +

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  • + Setup rpm fusion to get more packages in dnf with the + resources here +
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  • + Install flatpak if not already there using "sudo dnf install flatpak" then add + flathub + to get some cool apps! +
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Multimedia

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+ 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. +

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  • Update your system with sudo dnf upgrade
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  • Install the new packages with sudo dnf group install multimedia
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  • + Install the old ones with these three commands in a row: +
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    • sudo dnf install gstreamer1-plugins-{bad-\*,good-\*,base} gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 gstreamer1-libav --exclude=gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel
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    • sudo dnf install lame\* --exclude=lame-devel
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    • sudo dnf swap ffmpeg-free ffmpeg --allowerasing
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Nvidia drivers

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+ 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. +

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  • + Follow the fedora docs on nvidia + here +
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  • + Also look at the rpmfusion docs on nvidia + here +
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  • + Follow the archwiki on nvidia in lightdm + here. +
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  • + For multi monitor refresh rate issues add these to your /etc/environment
    + + CLUTTER_DEFAULT_FPS=<refresh rate of your sync monitor>
    + __GL_SYNC_DISPLAY_DEVICE=<monitor to sync to> +     +

    + Then open your nvidia settings, go to OpenGL Settings and turn off "Allow Flipping". +
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xfce settings in fedora

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+ By default xfce is a very plain desktop and looks kind of old and shitty + (like this website), but it can look and feel great with some work! +

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  • Install nicer icons with sudo dnf install papirus-icon-theme papirus-icon-theme-dark then set them as your icon theme
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  • + Install a better theme. Some good ones are: + +
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  • + The default menu is alright but I like whisker menu more. +
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    • Install it with sudo dnf install xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin
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    • Go into the panel settings to remove the old one and change it to whisker menu.
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  • + Enable clipman as one of the startup apps for a kde like clipboard. +
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  • + Make some nicer keybinds: +
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    • I like to bind the xfce4-popup-whiskermenu command to shift-super. + You can't bind things to just super in xfce. It will break other shortcuts.
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    • Bind "super+v" to xfce4-clipman-history to make it feel more like the kde clipboard
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  • + Make new windows show up at the mouse by going into the "Window ManagerTweaks" "Placement" tab, + turning the minimum size all the way up and chaning the place windows position to under the mouse pointer. +
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Rofi in xfce

+ The default xfce appfinder been causing me issues lately so I decided to switch to rofi. +

+ To make rofi work with my workflow I like to add some binds for it: +
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  • Bind rofi -show drun -icon-theme "Papirus-Dark" -show-icons to super+d
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  • Bind rofi -show run to super+r
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+ There is much more I could use rofi for but this is all I need. +
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Useful things in fedora

+ Fedora doesn't have "update-grub" so instead you have to use these:
+ + sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /etc/grub2.cfg
+ sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /etc/grub2-efi.cfg + +
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icecat

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+ I use to use firefox but switched to librewolf because + mozilla is evil as fuck. + If you don't know librewolf it its the ungoogled-chromium of firefox. Than I switched from librewolf to icecat. +

+ The builtin plugins are decent. Librejs and its other contend blocking plugins are way more annoying + than something like umatrix but I am giving them a fair chance knowing that umatrix might not have + much of a future even if its still quite functional still. I still like to install ublock even with + everything that comes builtin. +

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Settings

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+ The clipboard doesn't work in icecat by default so go into about:config and change + dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled to true. +

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Search engines

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+ The best search engine is searx. + Finding instances can be annoying because a lot of time the engine you want to use + gets blocked. +

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Claws mail

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+ I have used thunderbird in the past though like I said before + mozilla is evil as fuck. + I have some gmail accounts and haven't gotten them to work in claws yet though I am working on + moving everything away from gmail because fuck google!! Though my other accounts work in it just fine. + Its a quite basic mail client so you often have to play around with different things to get accounts to work. + Also tried evolution but it was too bloated but not nearly as bad as thunderbird. +

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lite-xl

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+ I started using lite-xl because I wanted a editor that was simple but very configurable. + Neovim and kate were my two favorite editors and lite-xl is kind of a mix of the two. + It uses lua for its config files and has some really cool things like: a project structure + to make it fit better for coding, support for all the major languages and lsp plugins. +

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lite-xl config

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+ I have my config on a repo here here. + On different screen sizes lite-xl may look bad and to fix it you need to set the LITE_SCALE environment variable. +

+ + My config has buttons for quickly opening a terminal and file explore in the current directory. + It doesn't know what your defaults are for those apps so to set them just change the varibles + in the "init.lua" file. +

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mpv

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+ I switched to mpv because vlc was acting weird with audio sometimes when watching anime and nothing + in this world is worse then something getting in the way of anime time! Just like lite-xl and neovim + mpv uses lua for its config files and is really simple by default. It also can play youtube videos + or other online streams just by giving it a url.

+ + The only thing I did to config mine was install plugins for a nicer interface + and mpris yet + it has its own repo when it + could just be in the dotfiles repo. Like I said, my dotfiles are kind of fucked up. +

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Liferea

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+ Feed readers are one of those things I use on and off. A lot like mail clients feed readers + tend to be very bloated. Liferea is my favorite but + it has always had issues with nvidia drivers until I found out a trick.

+ If liferea has issues add this to your /etc/environment and reboot
+ WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER=1 + +

+ Some cool tricks: +

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  • + Get + this plugin to find feeds easier. +
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  • + You can turn youtube channels into rss feeds with + https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id={channel_id}
    + This can be done for all your subscriptions with + + this script +
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  • + You can drag and drop youtube urls from your feed reader into mpv so you can keep up with + your subscriptions without even touching youtube's website. +
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Alacritty

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+ I only started using it very recently because I been using kitty for a long time. + I switched to alacritty because ssh in kitty is fucked up and I found out that + alacritty now has a option for toml files for the config. The yml files was + one of the biggest things keeping me away from alacritty.

+ You can find my config on the + dotfiles repo. +

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zsh

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+ zsh is pretty cool though I been playing with fish a bit and been thinking of switching to that. + zsh has lots of cool things like vi keys and is somewhat compatable with bash to.

+ + For my zsh config to work you need powerline and nerd fonts which can be installed with: +

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  • sudo dnf install powerline
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  • + Download a nerd font from the nerd fonts site. + Personal I use hack font and configured neovim with it. +
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Neovim

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+ I been using neovim for quite a while and have added a lot to my config. Onetime in the middle + of the night I thought my neovim config was trying to kill me because of the pain I caused it + by doing a bad job programming it. It looked like a flat snake head that was tired and pissed off.
+ I don't use neovim for programming things much anymore and prefer graphical editors + for that now but I still use neovim sometimes.

+ + You can find my neovim config (the one that tried to kill me) + here. +

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Emacs

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+ Don't use emacs. Its stupido. +

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