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<h2>Setup/software list</h2>
<ul>
<li>
Distro: <a href="#fedora">fedora xfce</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#setting_up">Setting up fedora</a></li>
<li><a href="#nvidia">Nvidia drivers</a></li>
<li><a href="#xfce_settings">xfce settings in fedora</a></li>
<li><a href="#rofi">rofi in xfce</a></li>
<li><a href="#useful_things">Useful things in fedora</a></li>
</ul>
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<li>
<a href="#gui">GUI apps</a>
<ul>
<li>Web browser: <a href="#icecat">icecat</a></li>
<li>Mail client: <a href="#claws">claws</a></li>
<li>Editor: <a href="#emacs">emacs</a></li>
<li>Media player: <a href="#mpv">mpv</a></li>
<li>Feed reader: <a href="#liferea">liferea</a></li>
</ul>
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<li>
<a href="#commandline">Command line</a>
<ul>
<li>Terminal: <a href="#alacritty">alacritty</a></li>
<li>Shell: <a href="#zsh">zsh</a></li>
<li>Terminal based editor: <a href="#vim">vim</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
<a href="#extras">Extras</a>
<ul>
<li><a href="#lite-xl">lite-xl</a></li>
<li><a href="#vlc">vlc</a></li>
<li><a href="#evolution">Evolution</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
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<h2><a href="https://codeberg.org/nathansmith/dotfiles" target="_blank">Dotfiles</a></h2>
<p>
This is a repo for my dotfiles and its kind of fucked up. I finally fix it so
I have everything in the dotfiles repo instead of configs getting their
own repo and others not.
</p>
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<h2>Why linux</h2>
<p>
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.
</p>
<img src="images/windows_kills_kittens.jpg" alt="Window kills kittens" width="95%"/>
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<h1 id="fedora">Fedora xfce</h1>
<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.
</p>
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<h2 id="setting_up">Setting up fedora</h2>
<p>
Fedora has a little extra setup you wouldn't see in something like linux mint though
it isn't that bad.
</p>
<h3>Packages</h3>
<p>
You can speed up dnf by adding these to /etc/dnf/dnf.conf<br>
<code>
max_parallel_downloads=20<br/>
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>
<li>
Setup rpm fusion to get more packages in dnf with the
<a href="https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/quick-docs/rpmfusion-setup/" target="_blank">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" target="_blank">flathub</a>
to get some cool apps!
</li>
</ul>
<h3>Multimedia</h3>
<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>
<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>
<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>
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<h2 id="nvidia">Nvidia drivers</h2>
<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>
<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"
target="_blank">here</a>
</li>
<li>
Also look at the rpmfusion docs on nvidia
<a href="https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/NVIDIA" target="_blank">here</a>
</li>
<li>
Follow the archwiki on nvidia in lightdm
<a href="https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/NVIDIA_Optimus#LightDM" target="_blank">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><br/>
__GL_SYNC_DISPLAY_DEVICE=<monitor to sync to>
</code>
<br/><br/>
Then open your nvidia settings, go to OpenGL Settings and turn off "Allow Flipping".
</li>
</ul>
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<h2 id="xfce_settings">xfce settings in fedora</h2>
<p>
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!
</p>
<ul>
<li>Install nicer icons with <code>sudo dnf install papirus-icon-theme papirus-icon-theme-dark</code>
then set them as your icon theme</li>
<li>
Install a better theme. Some good ones are:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://drasite.com/flat-remix-gtk" target="_blank">flat-remix</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.xfce-look.org/p/1681313/" target="_blank">gruvbox</a></lib>
<li><a href="https://www.xfce-look.org/p/2098041" target="_blank">DoorMaker</a></li>
<li><a href="https://www.xfce-look.org/p/1394325" target="_blank">BaZik</a></li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
The default menu is alright but I like whisker menu more.
<ul>
<li>Install it with <code>sudo dnf install xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin</code></li>
<li>Go into the panel settings to remove the old one and change it to whisker menu.</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
Enable clipman as one of the startup apps for a kde like clipboard.
</li>
<li>
Make some nicer keybinds:
<ul>
<li>I like to bind the <code>xfce4-popup-whiskermenu</code> command to shift-super.
You can't bind things to just super in xfce. It will break other shortcuts.</li>
<li>Bind "super+v" to <code>xfce4-clipman-history</code> to make it feel more like the kde clipboard</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li>
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.
</li>
</ul>
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<td>
<h2 id="rofi">Rofi in xfce</h2>
The default xfce appfinder been causing me issues lately so I decided to switch to rofi.
<br/><br/>
To make rofi work with my workflow I like to add some binds for it:
<ul>
<li>Bind <code>rofi -show drun -icon-theme "Papirus-Dark" -show-icons</code> to super+d</li>
<li>Bind <code>rofi -show run</code> to super+r</li>
</ul>
There is much more I could use rofi for but this is all I need.
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<td>
<h2 id="useful_things">Useful things in fedora</h2>
Fedora doesn't have "update-grub" so instead you have to use these:<br/>
<code>
sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /etc/grub2.cfg<br/>
sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /etc/grub2-efi.cfg
</code>
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<td>
<h1 id="gui">GUI apps</h1>
<p>
A lot of linux users dont like GUI apps. I think they are great
<a href="https://digdeeper.club/articles/design.xhtml" target="_blank">when they are done right</a>.
</p>
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<td>
<h2 id="icecat">icecat</h2>
<p>
I use to use firefox but switched to librewolf because
<a href="https://digdeeper.club/articles/mozilla.xhtml" target="_blank">mozilla is evil as fuck</a>.
If you don't know librewolf it its the ungoogled-chromium of firefox. Than I switched from librewolf to icecat.
<br/><br/>
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.
</p>
<h3>Settings</h3>
<p>
The clipboard doesn't work in icecat by default so go into <code>about:config</code> and change
<code>dom.event.clipboardevents.enabled</code> to true.
</p>
<h3>Search engines</h3>
<p>
The best search engine is <a href="https://searx.space" target="_blank">searx</a>.
Finding instances can be annoying because a lot of time the engine you want to use
gets blocked.
</p>
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<h2 id="claws">Claws mail</h2>
<p>
I have used thunderbird in the past though like I said before
<a href="https://digdeeper.club/articles/mozilla.xhtml" target="_blank">mozilla is evil as fuck</a>.
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.
</p>
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<td>
<h2 id="emacs">Emacs</h2>
<p>
<b>Don't use emacs. Its stupido.</b>
<br/><br/>
That is and will always be true but lately as of writing this I been bit by
the emacs bug. Using emacs is so bad and so wrong but feels so good to use. I defeated rsi
by doing hand exercises for nearly a year and a half as of writing this. I had to learn
the hard way being a guitarist and emacs user while taking CS classes and writing code
all the time wasnt a good idea. Now I play bass to but it balances out because I switched
over to IT and became too lazy to write code most of the time. I lost my lite weight hand
exercise tools and instead of buying new ones I just started using the heavy ones for hours
at a time until I had <b>the grip strength to crush a human skull</b>. Now my rsi is cured
<i>as long as I keep up the exercises</i>.
<br/><br/>
I dont use doom emacs, spacemacs... or any of that shit. Just good old gnu emacs with my own
config which can be found <a href="https://codeberg.org/nathansmith/dotfiles/src/branch/main/.emacs.d"
target="_blank">here</a>.
<br/>
<b>Fun fact: I use emacs to work on this site.</b>
</p>
</td>
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<td>
<h2 id="mpv">mpv</h2>
<p>
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.<br/><br/>
The config can be found
<a href="https://codeberg.org/nathansmith/dotfiles/src/branch/main/.config/mpv" target="_blank">
here</a>.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<h2 id="liferea">Liferea</h2>
<p>
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.<br/><br/>
If liferea has issues add this to your /etc/environment and reboot<br/>
<code>WEBKIT_DISABLE_DMABUF_RENDERER=1</code>
<br/><br/>
Some cool tricks:
</p>
<ul>
<li>
Get <a href="https://github.com/shevabam/get-rss-feed-url-extension" target="_blank">
this plugin</a> to find feeds easier.
</li>
<li>
You can turn youtube channels into rss feeds with
<code>https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml?channel_id={channel_id}</code><br/>
This can be done for all your subscriptions with
<a href="scripts/youtube_subs_export.py" target="_blank">
this script</a>
</li>
<li>
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.
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
</table>
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<td>
<h1 id="commandline">Command line</h1>
<p>
Yes, the terminal is a GUI program. But I put it here because <b>fuck you</b>.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
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<td>
<h2 id="alacritty">Alacritty</h2>
<p>
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.<br/><br/>
You can find my config on the
<a href="https://codeberg.org/nathansmith/dotfiles/src/branch/main/.config/alacritty" target="_blank">dotfiles repo</a>.
</p>
</td>
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<td>
<h2 id="zsh">zsh</h2>
<p>
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.<br/><br/>
For my zsh config to work you need powerline and nerd fonts which can be installed with:
</p>
<ul>
<li><code>sudo dnf install powerline</code></li>
<li>
Download a nerd font from the <a href="https://www.nerdfonts.com/font-downloads" target="_blank">nerd fonts site</a>.
Personal I use hack font and configured neovim with it.
</li>
</ul>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<h2 id="vim">vim</h2>
<p>
For a long time I used neovim. I started using neovim becaues I wanted vim to act more
like a ide and have fancy shit. For most things I ended up using <s>lite-xl</s> emacs more
because well... emacs just make my autism happy. Neovim ended up just being used for editing
configs, quickly
throwing together scripts, crazy vim wizard edits... so I decided to just ditch neovim
(you can find my old config
<a href="https://gitea.com/nathansmithsmith/nvim_config" target="_blank">here</a>)
and instead go with a simple vimrc with only a few plugins.
<br/><br/>
My vimrc can be found <a href="https://codeberg.org/nathansmith/dotfiles/src/branch/main/.vimrc"
target="_blank">
here</a>.
<br/><br/>
<b><i>How dare someone use both emacs and vim!</i></b> Shut your fucking piehole stupido!
</p>
</td>
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<td>
<h1 id="extras">Extras</h1>
<p>
These are programs I use to use, dont use much... that I wanted to add.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<h2 id="lite-xl">lite-xl</h2>
<p>
I started using lite-xl because I wanted a simple little easy to config graphical text editor. lite-xl is
just that. I no longer have a need for it as I get into emacs again as of writing this but still a great
little editor.
</p>
<h3>lite-xl config</h3>
<p>
My old config can be found
<a href="https://codeberg.org/nathansmith/dotfiles/src/commit/2cf000e92d2aec0f6e679aa228b739388b8edb72/.config/lite-xl"
target="_blank">here</a>.
On different screen sizes lite-xl may look bad and to fix it you need to set the <code>LITE_SCALE</code>
environment variable.
<br/><br/>
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.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<h2 id="vlc">vlc</h2>
<p>
Yes, mpv is better. Yes, vlc sometimes has issues. But vlc is still better than the default media player
on most systems and has its fair share of useful features. Even with mpv I still like to have vlc
installed just in case mpv breaks when I dont have internet and I like its file converting features. The
mobile version of vlc kicks ass.
</p>
</td>
</tr>
<tr>
<td>
<h2 id="evolution">Evolution</h2>
<p>
Evolution is one of the better mail clients out there. If for whatever reason you need to use gmail or some
other locked down shitty service evolution has you covered. By default it uses the gnome style window decorators
but unlike most gnome apps it lets you use your desktop/WM decorators instead. Its not as bad as most
mail clients (looking at you thunderbird) and it lets you <i>at least</i> hide most of that shit out of the way.
</p>
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