Preparation

If you’re using Windows and wish to install Fedora alongside with it. You can open Disk Management and shrink a drive to make space for Fedora.

Create a live USB with Fedora Media Writer

Installation

Partitioning

Automatic: Anaconda will automatically create mountpoints /, /home, swap with LVM2.

Custom: This lets you decide which mountpoints to create, the size of each mountpoint, and the partition type. The rest would be handled by Anaconda.

Advanced Custom(Blivet GUI): You’ll handle everything by yourself.

Connecting to the Internet

If you connect to the Internet during the installation process, updates will be downloaded and saved for later use.

User Creation

You’ll have to create exactly one user. There’s a checkbox to make the user Administrator.

Also, the root password should be set.

Post Installation

1. Enable tap-to-click on your touchpad:
   • Settings > Mouse & Touchpad > Tap to Click
2. Get new updates:
   • sudo dnf upgrade
3. Set useful shortcuts:
   • Settings > Keyboard > Custom Shortcuts:
   • System Monitor: gnome-system-monitor, Super + x
   • Terminal: gnome-terminal, Ctrl + Alt + T
4. Google Chrome:
   • Download
   • Install: sudo dnf install Path to Chrome RPM File
5. Git Setup:
   
   • git config --global user.name "USERNAME"
   • git config --global user.email "EMAIL"
6. Github ssh setup: https://help.github.com/articles/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/
7. Atom, a hackable text editor:
   • Download
   • Install: sudo dnf install Path to Atom RPM File
   • sync-settings: Install > Search: sync-settings
   • atom-beautify: Replace uncrustify.cfg
   • autocomplete-clang: sudo dnf install clang
   • More about Atom
8. JAVA:
   • Download
   • Install Java: sudo dnf install Path to Java RPM File
   • sudo update-alternatives --config java
   • sudo update-alternatives --config javac
9. Replace .bashrc
10. Setup fstab: noatime,nodiratime and compress=lzo(btrfs only)
11. Gnome Terminal Settings:
    • Edit > Preferences:
      • check Transparent background
      • uncheck Show bold text in bright colors
12. Install gnome-tweak-tool:
    • sudo dnf install gnome-tweak-tool
13. Right click to open terminal from nautilus:
    • sudo dnf install gnome-terminal-nautilus
14. Lollypop Music Player:
    • sudo dnf install lollypop
15. VLC Media Player Setup vlc:
    • sudo dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
    • sudo dnf install vlc
16. Powertop, a Linux tool to diagnose issues with power consumption and power management.
    • sudo dnf install powertop
17. TLP, advanced power management for linux:
    • sudo dnf install tlp
18. Setup Graphics Drivers for Nvidia:
    • Install negativo17 drivers.
    • Sign the modules (usually nvidia, nvidia_drm, nvidia_modeset) for Secure Boot.
    • For battery life optimization, run BlacklistNvidia.sh with root privileges to disable Nvidia modules on all boot entries and create a new Nvidia-enabled entry at the bottom of the list. Re-run the script on every kernel updates.
    • More about Nvidia Optimus driver setup
19. Dolphin, the best WII/GC emulator:
    • sudo dnf install dolphin
20. Wirershark:
    • sudo dnf install wireshark
21. Fedora Media Writer:
    • sudo dnf install mediawriter
22. Sync shell extensions with Google Chrome:
    • sudo dnf copr enable region51/chrome-gnome-shell
    • sudo dnf install chrome-gnome-shell
23. paper-icon-theme
    • Designed according to Material Design guidelines.
    • You can change icon themes with Gnome Tweak Tool.
    • mkdir ~/.icons
    • cd ~/.icons
    • git clone git@github.com:snwh/paper-icon-theme.git
    • cd paper-icon-theme
    • sudo dnf install gnome-common
    • ./autogen.sh
    • make
    • sudo make install
24. Here’s a script for steps 11 to 22:
    • Run it with Secure Boot turned off and with root privileges: 11-22.sh

**Don’t install vlc from negativo17’s multimedia repo. It crashes in Wayland.