Fedora

Things to do after installing Fedora 35

1. Update DNF config

sudo nano /etc/dnf/dnf.conf

Append this:

fastestmirror=True
max_parallel_downloads=10
defaultyes=True

Save and exit

2. Update the system

sudo dnf update

3. Enable RPM Fusion

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

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

4. Enable media codecs

sudo dnf install gstreamer1-plugins-{bad-\*,good-\*,base} gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 gstreamer1-libav --exclude=gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel

sudo dnf install lame\* --exclude=lame-devel

sudo dnf group upgrade --with-optional Multimedia

5. Install Visual Studio Code

sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
sudo sh -c 'echo -e "[code]\nname=Visual Studio Code\nbaseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc" > /etc/yum.repos.d/vscode.repo'

dnf check-update
sudo dnf install code

6. Install Docker

Set up the repository

sudo dnf -y install dnf-plugins-core

sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/fedora/docker-ce.repo

Install Docker Engine (latest)

sudo dnf install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io

sudo systemctl start docker

Test it

sudo docker run hello-world

7. Install NMAP

sudo dnf install nmap

8. Install NVM

curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | bash -

Close the terminal and open a new one, check the version (0.38.0) by typing:

nvm -v

9. Install Node.JS (via NVM)

nvm install 16.14.2

10. Install NordVPN

sh <(curl -sSf https://downloads.nordcdn.com/apps/linux/install.sh)

su - $USER

nordvpn login

Go to the URL you are given in a browser and login. I needed to restart before running the following command:

su - $USER

nordvpn connect

Here are some useful commands:

nordvpn countries
nordvpn settings
nordvpn connect Norway
nordvpn set autoconnect on

11. Do Firewall stuff

Check firewall status

systemctl status firewalld

sudo firewall-cmd --state

Run/Install firewall-config GUI

Just type:

firewall-config

The GUI will appear if it's installed already, otherwise Fedora 35 will suggest to install it, here's how that went down for me:

[terminator@fedora ~]$ firewall-config
bash: firewall-config: command not found...
Install package 'firewall-config' to provide command 'firewall-config'? [N/y] y


 * Waiting in queue... 
The following packages have to be installed:
 firewall-config-1.0.4-1.fc35.noarch	Firewall configuration application
Proceed with changes? [N/y] y


 * Waiting in queue... 
 * Waiting for authentication... 
 * Waiting in queue... 
 * Downloading packages... 
 * Requesting data... 
 * Testing changes... 
 * Installing packages... 
/usr/bin/firewall-config:2388: DeprecationWarning: Gtk.Misc.set_alignment is deprecated
  label.set_alignment(0, 0.5)
/usr/bin/firewall-config:2452: DeprecationWarning: Gtk.Misc.set_padding is deprecated
  label.set_padding(12, 0)

After that, the GUI showed up:

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12. Install GNOME Tweaks

This is a very useful program to add some functionality Fedora's desktop.

Open the Software application

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Click on the magnifying glass...

...at the top left corner and type gnome tweaks and then click on it and install it (I did it before the screenshot).
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13. Install Snap

sudo dnf install snapd

Close the session or restart the computer. Then run:

sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap

14. Install Postman (via Snap)

sudo snap install postman

15. Install Rocket.Chat Desktop (via Snap)

sudo snap install rocketchat-desktop

16. Create SSH directory

cd ~
mkdir .ssh
chmod 755 .ssh/

17. Add SSH config file

cd ~
cd .ssh/
touch config
chmod 600 config

Inside this file (config) is where you paste your configurations, it may look similar to this:

Host Somewhere
 LocalForward 9977 192.168.1.34:22
 Hostname 192.168.0.2
 User terminator

Host skynet-1
  User terminator
  Hostname 127.0.0.1
  Port 9977

18. Add private SSH keys to connect somewhere

cd ~
cd .ssh/
touch id_rsa
chmod 600 id_rsa

Inside this file (id_rsa) is where you paste your private keys to connect somewhere, it may look similar to this:

19. Install VeraCrypt

Download the RPM package from here:

https://www.veracrypt.fr/en/Downloads.html

Install the package

sudo rpm -i veracrypt-1.25.9-CentOS-8-x86_64.rpm

You can run it by opening a console and typing:

veracrypt

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20. Install OpenSSL

sudo dnf install openssl

21. Install Telegram (Desktop)

sudo dnf install snapd
sudo ln -s /var/lib/snapd/snap /snap
sudo snap install telegram-desktop

22. Install Docker Compose

sudo dnf install docker-compose

23. Install TShark (inside Wireshark CLI)

sudo dnf install wireshark-cli

24. Install Balena Etcher

curl -1sLf 'https://dl.cloudsmith.io/public/balena/etcher/setup.rpm.sh' | sudo -E bash
sudo dnf install balena-etcher

25. Install Security Lists

sudo snap install seclists
ls -l /snap/seclists/current

26. Install Hash Cat

sudo dnf install hashcat

27. Install Brave Browser

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

28. Install btop

sudo dnf install btop

29. Install Fuzzy Finder

sudo dnf install fzf

30. Install Neo VIM

sudo dnf install neovim

31. Install TLDR

sudo dnf install tldr

32. Install Neo Fetch

sudo dnf install neofetch

33. Install VLC Player

sudo dnf install vlc

100. Download some cool wallpapers

This is one of my favorite websites for that:

Sources: