10 Things You Should Do Right After Installing Fedora Linux

Any Fedora idiosyncratic volition archer you that the operating strategy is large retired of the box. That, however, doesn't mean we can't tweak a fewer things to marque it adjacent better. Follow on and I'll amusement you however to supercharge your caller Fedora installation.

Regularly updating your strategy is captious to guarantee that some your operating strategy and bundle packages are connected their latest versions to supply amended stability, higher performance, and, astir importantly, the astir existent extortion against information problems and vulnerabilities.

There person undoubtedly been astatine slightest a fewer updates to the bundle connected your caller Fedora strategy since the installation media was released. Now is the cleanable clip to get everything up to the implicit latest version.

You tin easy update your strategy by opening GNOME Software and clicking connected the "Updates" tab located astatine the apical of the window. You tin besides update rapidly successful the terminal with the pursuing command:

sudo dnf update

To destruct the request to manually cheque for updates, click connected the hamburger paper astatine the top-right of the GNOME Software model to unfastened preferences and alteration automatic updates if they aren't already enabled. Your strategy volition automatically support everything up to day successful the inheritance arsenic you spell astir your regular business.

2 Enable RPM Fusion Software Repositories

There are definite things (intentionally) missing successful a caller Fedora installation. The organisation maintainers bash not see immoderate proprietary bundle with the basal strategy owed to imaginable conflicts caused by licensing issues.

RPM Fusion is simply a acceptable of community-maintained Fedora bundle repositories that supply escaped but proprietary bundle specified arsenic multimedia codecs and hardware drivers that volition importantly heighten your Fedora Linux experience.

There are 2 ways to instal the repositories connected your system. If you similar the GUI, you tin sojourn the RPM Fusion configuration leafage and travel the instructions to instal done your browser. You tin besides participate the pursuing commands astatine a terminal punctual to execute the aforesaid result:

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

sudo dnf config-manager setopt fedora-cisco-openh264.enabled=1

sudo dnf update @core

Once installed, bundle from the RPM Fusion repositories volition beryllium disposable to instal from the bid enactment oregon done GNOME Software.

Again, due to the fact that of imaginable licensing issues, the archetypal Fedora installation is missing tools indispensable to render assorted types of multimedia objects arsenic good arsenic drivers for fashionable Nvidia GPUs. With the RPM Fusion repositories enabled, you tin instal everything you'll request to play immoderate media you travel across.

The pursuing commands volition acceptable everything up for you:

sudo dnf swap ffmpeg-free ffmpeg

sudo dnf update @multimedia --setopt="install_weak_deps=False" --exclude=PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin

It's besides worthy visiting the RPM Fusion multimedia page to get drivers for circumstantial graphics processors including Intel, Nvidia, and AMD.

4 Remove Unnecessary Software

The emblematic installation of Fedora Workstation is acold from what you'd telephone bloated, but determination is immoderate pre-installed bundle that you're astir apt ne'er going to usage if you're not a developer oregon engineer. Removing thing you don't usage volition trim the chances of conflicts with different software, and, of course, let you to reclaim a spot of retention space.

You tin easy spot each the bundle installed connected your strategy by going into GNOME Software and clicking connected the "Installed" tab astatine the apical of the window. Boxes, for example, is simply a strategy for running virtual machines (virtual computers wrong your computer). Most wide users volition person nary request for it. You mightiness privation to region Firefox if you similar a antithetic web browser. Depending connected wherever you are located, you mightiness besides find other connection packs installed that you person nary usage for.

If you're not definite what thing does, look it up done your favourite hunt motor and marque definite it's not going to bash immoderate harm if you region it.

5 Enable the Flathub Flatpak Repository

The Flatpak system is simply a bundle level that allows creators to administer their bundle successful an all-in-one bundle that volition tally connected immoderate Linux distribution. Many radical successful the Linux assemblage see them to beryllium safer than accepted bundle packages due to the fact that they are wholly self-contained and tally successful an situation isolated from the remainder of your system.

Fedora supports Flatpak by default, but lone includes a constricted bundle repository curated by The Fedora Project. Flathub offers a important magnitude of bundle that you won't find successful Fedora's bundle repositories including apps specified arsenic Spotify, Steam, and plentifulness more.

You tin alteration the Flathub repository by opening a terminal and entering the pursuing commands:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub <a href="https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo">https:

flatpak remote-modify

After enabling the Flathub repository you should spot the Flathub enactment look successful the bundle halfway on with the Fedora Flatpak repo and the Fedora RPM repo erstwhile installing software. You'll besides announcement rather a fewer applications disposable that weren't determination before. Note that not each apps volition springiness the prime of each 3 installation sources. Some whitethorn amusement lone 1 and others mightiness amusement 2 retired of the three.

6 Install GNOME Tweaks

GNOME Tweaks gives you immoderate further settings that volition let you to customize your desktop a spot beyond what it comes with retired of the box. Some versions of Fedora whitethorn person Tweaks installed by default. If it is installed connected your strategy you volition find it by opening the app launcher and looking successful the "Utilities" folder.

If you don't spot it successful your app launcher, you tin instal it from the terminal bid enactment successful a fewer seconds with the pursuing command:

sudo dnf install gnome-tweaks

Fedora gives you immoderate elemental powerfulness and artillery options successful the settings but determination is simply a bid enactment inferior called tlp that provides overmuch amended show and gives you overmuch greater power implicit what happens erstwhile you are moving connected artillery power.

Install tlp and alteration it with the pursuing commands:

sudo dnf install tlp tlp-rdw

sudo systemctl alteration

man tlp

Simply enabling tlp volition instantly tweak settings to optimize your powerfulness settings and artillery usage. The antheral leafage lists details of assorted switches and settings you tin usage with tlp to good tune it for your circumstantial needs.

8 Install Essential Applications

Fedora comes with immoderate bundle installed, but it's minimal by design. With RPM Fusion and the Flathub repositories enabled, you'll find plentifulness of applications that volition spell a agelong mode toward making you consciousness astatine location with your caller Fedora system. Following are a fewer suggestions. You should beryllium capable to find them each successful the bundle center.

Web Browsers

• Chromium
• Google Chrome
• Brave
• Microsoft Edge

Multimedia Apps

• VLC (Videos)
• Strawberry Music Player
• Spotify

Office Productivity

• LibreOffice (Installed default)
• ONLYOFFICE
• Evolution (Email)
• Thunderbird (Email)

Communication

• Slack
• Discord
• Zoom
• Portal for Teams

Miscellaneous

• Steam (Games)
• GIMP (Photo editing)
• Extensions (GNOME Extension Manager)

9 Configure Privacy Settings

Fedora, and Linux successful general, are overmuch much privacy-oriented than different operating systems. Still, it's worthy looking done the settings to beryllium definite you're alert of what accusation astir your strategy mightiness beryllium shared done Fedora and GNOME.

You'll find the privateness and information settings connected the near broadside of the main settings menu. You should click connected each of the disposable settings and marque definite they are acceptable the mode you privation them.

10 Set Up a Backup Solution

Now that you person your strategy acceptable up conscionable the mode you privation it, it's clip to marque definite that you don't suffer each your hard enactment if thing goes wrong. Making backups should beryllium a portion of your regular routine.

One of the easiest to usage and astir fashionable Linux backup solutions is Déjà Dup. It makes the process of backing up your strategy incredibly simple. All you truly request to bash is archer it what directory you privation it to backmost up (we urge backing up your full location directory), exclude circumstantial directories if you privation (like downloads), and yet archer it wherever to prevention the backup. The programme volition instrumentality attraction of everything else. If your backup determination is ever available, you tin besides acceptable it to backmost up automatically astatine regular intervals.

You'll find Déjà Dup successful the bundle center. We urge selecting the Fedora Linux RPM mentation from the installation menu. This volition springiness you the champion integration betwixt Déjà Dup and the Fedora operating system, ensuring that the programme has due entree to marque backups arsenic implicit arsenic possible. Once installed, it volition amusement up labeled arsenic "Backups" successful the "Utilities" folder of your app launcher.

Don't hide to trial restoring thing from your backups regularly, too! A backup you can't reconstruct is not a backup astatine all.

---

At this point, you should person a precise well-rounded strategy tweaked for comfort, convenience, and performance. You volition undoubtedly find much ways to personalize your strategy adjacent further. Don't beryllium acrophobic to research and experimentation (always marque a backup first). Linux is each astir making your ain choices and doing what works champion for you.