Complete Fedora Installation & Development Setup Guide

# Update all packages
sudo dnf update -y
 
# Update Flatpak
flatpak update

# Install both free and non-free repositories
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
 
# For Fedora 41+, enable openh264 repository
sudo dnf config-manager setopt fedora-cisco-openh264.enabled=1
 

# Install Fish shell
sudo dnf install -y fish
 
# Set Fish as default shell
chsh -s /usr/bin/fish
 
# Install Fisher (Fish plugin manager)
# https://github.com/jorgebucaran/fisher
curl -sL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jorgebucaran/fisher/main/functions/fisher.fish | source && fisher install jorgebucaran/fisher
# Here to find fish plugins
# https://github.com/jorgebucaran/awsm.fish#readme
fisher install jethrokuan/z

# Install Brave Browser
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 -y brave-browser
 
# Launch Brave and sign in to sync bookmarks, passwords, and settings
# brave-browser

# Generate SSH key for GitHub
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "[email protected]"
 
# Start SSH agent and add key
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
 
# Copy public key to clipboard
cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
 
# Add the copied key to your GitHub account:
# 1. Go to GitHub.com → Settings → SSH and GPG keys
# 2. Click "New SSH key"
# 3. Paste the key and give it a descriptive title
# 4. Test the connection:
ssh -T [email protected]

 
sudo dnf install -y tldr 7z htop unar fastfetch wget curl
 
# others
 
# Development tools
sudo dnf groupinstall -y "Development Tools" "Development Libraries"
 
# Compression tools
sudo dnf install -y  p7zip p7zip-plugins
 
# System monitoring
sudo dnf install -y btop wavemon
 
# Network tools
sudo dnf install -y telnet 
 
# Text processing
sudo dnf install -y fd-find ripgrep
 
# Modern alternatives
sudo dnf install -y bat exa

# For screen flickering issues (XPS 13 and similar)
sudo vi /etc/default/grub
 
# Add i915.enable_psr=0 to GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX line:
# GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="rhgb quiet i915.enable_psr=0"
 
# Update GRUB
sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

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

# Install fuzzel launcher
sudo dnf install -y fuzzel
 
# Install additional Wayland tools
sudo dnf install -y grim slurp wl-clipboard

 
# bat (better cat)
sudo dnf install -y bat
 
# exa (better ls)
sudo dnf install -y exa
echo 'alias ls=exa' >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish
echo 'alias ll="exa -la"' >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish
 

# Install mise
curl https://mise.run | sh
echo '~/.local/share/mise/shims' >> ~/.config/fish/fish_variables
 
# Install common development tools
mise install node@lts
mise install python@latest
mise install go@latest
mise install rust@latest
 
# Set global versions
mise global node@lts python@latest go@latest rust@latest

# Add Docker repository
sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://download.docker.com/linux/fedora/docker-ce.repo
 
# Install Docker
sudo dnf install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
 
# Enable and start Docker
sudo systemctl enable --now docker
 
# Add user to docker group
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
 
# Logout and login for group changes to take effect

# Install Brave Browser
# https://brave.com/linux/
sudo dnf install dnf-plugins-core
 
sudo dnf config-manager addrepo --from-repofile=https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/brave-browser.repo
 
sudo dnf install -y brave-browser
 
# Install Chrome (alternative)
# download rpm from official website

# Install Cursor (via AppImage)
mkdir -p ~/Applications
cd ~/Applications
# Download latest Cursor AppImage from cursor.sh
# Make executable and create wrapper script

# Music player
sudo dnf install -y strawberry
 
# E-book manager
sudo dnf install -y calibre
 
# Archive manager
sudo dnf install -y file-roller
 
# Screenshot tool
sudo dnf install -y flameshot
 
# Video player
flatpak install -y flathub org.videolan.VLC
 
# Image viewer
sudo dnf install -y eog

# Install font manager
sudo dnf install -y font-manager
 
# Install additional fonts
sudo dnf install -y \
    google-noto-fonts \
    google-noto-cjk-fonts \
    google-noto-emoji-fonts \
    fira-code-fonts \
    jetbrains-mono-fonts

# Install AppImageLauncher
sudo dnf copr enable -y probono/AppImageLauncher
sudo dnf install -y appimagelauncher
 
# Create ~/Applications directory for AppImages
mkdir -p ~/Applications
 
# Add ~/Applications to PATH
echo 'set -gx PATH $PATH ~/Applications' >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish

# Install Tailscale
curl -fsSL https://tailscale.com/install.sh | sh
 
# Enable and start
sudo systemctl enable --now tailscaled
 
# Connect to Tailscale network
sudo tailscale up

# Install Syncthing via Flatpak
flatpak install -y flathub com.github.zocker_160.SyncThingy
 
# Configure via web interface at http://127.0.0.1:8384/

# Enable fractional scaling for HiDPI displays
gsettings set org.gnome.mutter experimental-features "['scale-monitor-framebuffer']"
 
# Optimize swappiness for SSD
echo 'vm.swappiness=10' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
 
# Enable fstrim timer for SSD maintenance
sudo systemctl enable --now fstrim.timer

# Install and configure firewall
sudo dnf install -y firewalld
sudo systemctl enable --now firewalld
 
# Enable automatic updates (optional)
sudo dnf install -y dnf-automatic
sudo systemctl enable --now dnf-automatic-install.timer

# Install Java 21 LTS
sudo dnf install -y java-21-openjdk-devel
 
# Set JAVA_HOME
echo 'set -gx JAVA_HOME /usr/lib/jvm/java-21-openjdk' >> ~/.config/fish/config.fish

 
# Verify development tools
node --version
python --version
go version
cargo --version
docker --version
 
# Check Git configuration
git config --list

# Monitor system performance
htop
 
# Check WiFi signal strength
wavemon
 
# Monitor disk usage
df -h

# Create backup of configurations
mkdir -p ~/backups/dotfiles
cp -r ~/.config ~/backups/dotfiles/
cp ~/.bashrc ~/.profile ~/backups/dotfiles/ 2>/dev/null || true

# Make AppImage executable
chmod +x your-app.AppImage
 
# Create wrapper script in ~/.local/bin/
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin

# Check niri logs
journalctl --user -u niri
 
# Verify dependencies
niri validate

# Install additional fonts
sudo dnf install -y fontconfig
 
# Refresh font cache
fc-cache -fv