Fedora Workstation Setup

A couple of years ago I installed Fedora on my laptop. And honestly I haven't looked back since, I absolutely love my Fedora desktop. This post is just a list of commands I use to install my applications after a fresh Fedora install, for my own deteriorating memory.

Install RPM fusion¶

sudo dnf -y install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
sudo dnf update

DNF Install¶

Note: bind flameshot gui to what ever keybind in Gnome settings. Config command is flameshot config

Note: Peek requires "GNOME on Xorg", at time of writing, to work.

sudo dnf -y install \
  httpie \
  bat \
  git \
  jq \
  exa \
  duf \
  ncdu \
  the_silver_searcher \
  zsh \
  vim \
  filezilla \
  flameshot \
  gnome-tweaks \
  papirus-icon-theme \
  arc-theme \
  remmina \
  tilix \
  celluloid \
  peek \
  ffmpeg gnome-extensions-app

Install Sublime text¶

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://download.sublimetext.com/rpm/stable/x86_64/sublime-text.repo
sudo dnf -y install sublime-text

Install Brave¶

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/x86_64/
sudo rpm --import https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc
sudo dnf -y install brave-browser

Install Oh My Zsh¶

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Setup Flatpak¶

https://flatpak.org/setup/Fedora/

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

Install Flatpaks¶

flatpak install -y discord spotify slack

Ulauncher¶

Ulauncher is part of Fedora Repos.

sudo dnf install ulauncher

Fix Wayland keybind.

https://github.com/Ulauncher/Ulauncher/wiki/Hotkey-In-Wayland

Install package wmctrl (needed to activate app focus) Open Ulauncher Preferences and set hotkey to something you'll never use Open Gnome Settings > Keyboard > View and Customize Shortcuts > Custom Shortcuts > Click + In Command enter ulauncher-toggle, set name and shortcut, then click Add

Install VSCode¶

sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc

cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/yum.repos.d/vscode.repo
[code]
name=Visual Studio Code
baseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
EOF

sudo dnf install code

Install kubectl¶

curl -LO https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/`curl -s https://storage.googleapis.com/kubernetes-release/release/stable.txt`/bin/linux/amd64/kubectl
chmod +x kubectl
mv kubectl ~/.local/bin