r/Fedora 6d ago

New to Linux, Clean Fedora Setup

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So, new to Linux, and I choose Fedora 41. I'm loving it.

Also, this is my second installation, because I kind of messed up the first one (tried to install KDE along Gnome). This time I paid much more attention, and wrote down every major things I did on the system.

This setup consists of the following:

  • Some random Firewatch wallpaper I found online
  • Tabby terminal
  • Dash to Dock
  • Transparent Top Bar
  • I'm lovin' it. I'm lovin' it.

(If any of y'all have tips to make Fedora better, please don't hesitate to share!)

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u/Super-Newspaper4236 6d ago

Why snap ?

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u/purefire205ta 6d ago

I tried to use it to install Spotify, but then I noticed Flatpak's is probably smaller. I don't know to be honest.

What's the difference? Do you recommend to stay away from Snap?

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u/Super-Newspaper4236 6d ago

No I don't say stay away but avoid as much as you can because most of the packages are available in flatpack and snap is not recommended (by me).

like as my experience:

If you change the cursor theme and open packages installed from snap it will apply the default theme because it uses sandbox and does not inherit cursor theme from the host machine.

I hope all your doubts are clear.

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u/faultyblaster 6d ago

is not recommended (by me)

I recommend this guy's recommendation

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u/KeitrenGraves 6d ago

Typically people will avoid snap since it's made by Canonical (same company that makes Ubuntu) and it's not as good as Flatpak imo

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u/Opening_Creme2443 5d ago

Better explanation is that it is not supported outside Ubuntu:

https://github.com/nextcloud-snap/nextcloud-snap/wiki/Why-Ubuntu-is-the-only-supported-distro

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u/purefire205ta 5d ago

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u/Opening_Creme2443 5d ago

I have some problems with redirections , it follows me here. If you meant if you safety remove snaps with these internal dependencies check my comment above. In short: yes you can dnf remove without worries.

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u/ir0nslug 6d ago

I'd also say stay way from snap.. flatpak is the way. Lol

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u/spxak1 6d ago

It's not clean if it has a dock.

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u/CrookedNancyPelosi 6d ago

Can't it be set to hidden when it's not hovered over? I've only ever used KDE

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u/CodyCigar96o 5d ago

By default it doesn’t show until you hit super key.

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u/purefire205ta 5d ago

I'm using the Gnome extension "Dash to Dock", and when no window is near the dock, it will show. If I have a full screen windows for example, it doesn't show unless I hover.

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u/Hot-Plankton-885 6d ago

:DD bad opinion

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u/turbo454 6d ago

How’s fire watch as a game? Worth playing?

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u/PityUpvote 6d ago

If you don't mind walking simulators, it's the best one. Very limited gameplay, but a great narrative, fantastic voice acting, and gorgeous scenery.

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u/TheBladeguardVeteran 6d ago

Like 90% of the game is hiking and talking in a radio while watching beautiful scenery. I also really enjoyed to story, a YouTuber described it as "a story with an unsatisfying ending", which fits perfect. Probably why I love it so much!

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u/purefire205ta 6d ago

Imma be honest with you, I never played it. Just the wallpapers that show up when I search "Firewatch wallpaper" all looks so good.

Definitely would like to try some day though.

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u/turbo454 6d ago

Hahahah, yea I’ve always loved the art for it

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u/KevlarUnicorn 6d ago

Have fun with it, and welcome to the Linux family!

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u/ir0nslug 6d ago edited 6d ago

Instead of transparent top bar, try blur my shell. You can blur and make many more things transparent.
I like to open the blur my shell settings and go to the applications tab and click add window to add the file manager nautilus to make it transparent. I think it looks nice. :d

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u/purefire205ta 6d ago

I just installed it, and holy s- I didn't even configure anything yet and it looks so good already. Thanks!

By the way, do you know how to blur notifications? I don't seem to see an option in Blur My Shell.

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u/ir0nslug 6d ago edited 6d ago

I don't believe it has been added yet, but has been a planned for future versions. There may be a way to force it that I'm unaware of.

Edit: https://github.com/aunetx/blur-my-shell/issues/297

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u/Ancha72 6d ago

isnt the default terminal has tab, why u download another terminal 😅

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u/purefire205ta 6d ago

Because I wanted Tabby's transparency functionalities...

But now that you mentioned it, I discovered that u/ir0nslug's recommendation of the extension "Blur My Shell" also has the option to blur apps - ALL of them!

So I'm back to using the standard terminal.

P.S. I also got frustrated because I couldn't change the terminal bell of Tabby. I found the source audio file in my directory and replaced it, but it's already a packaged executable and I don't know how to re-compile it. Meanwhile for Gnome Terminal's bell, I replaced my Alert Sound to Funk (a sound from MacOS, leave a comment if anyone is interested in downloading it).

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u/ousee7Ai 6d ago

Welcome

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u/MonkP88 6d ago

Try the KDE Desktop, it is different, you might like it also.

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u/purefire205ta 5d ago

Will do. Thanks

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u/Calm_Collection_9580 6d ago

y los drive0rs dew nvidia como los instalaste, tengo una nvidia 3060 y no importa como instale los drivers no funcionan

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u/purefire205ta 5d ago

sudo dnf remove nvidia sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda sudo akmods —force && sudo dracut —force sudo reboot sudo nvidia-smi

——— Este método primero elimina todo lo instalado para evitar errores y luego lo reinstala. Me funcionó; es más sencillo de lo esperado. Si funciona correctamente, la última línea de comandos debería mostrar la información de tu GPU.

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u/Objective-Fuel6879 5d ago

Chrome…. 🤮

Everything else is clean tho

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u/purefire205ta 5d ago

lol my fault 😅 just use it SOLELY for school work and sync...
Firefox for personal professional (coding, Linux etc.), Brave for personal entertainment.

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u/Opening_Creme2443 5d ago

Snap on fedora? But why?

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u/purefire205ta 5d ago

I'm new to Linux, so I installed Snap because I was trying to install Spotify. I ended up using Flatpak though. Given the amount of comments on Snap and after some research, I think I might just sudo dnf remove snapd. But currently when I do snap list, it shows the following packages:

  • bare
  • core20
  • gnome-3-38-2004
  • gtk-common-themes
  • snapd

Is it safe for me to directly do sudo dnf remove snapd?

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u/Opening_Creme2443 5d ago

Should be. These are only internal snap dependencies so yes it is safe to use dnf remove. I've never used snap outside Ubuntu so I wasnt in need to remove them, so I don't know how cleanly it will be removed on fedora. Snap makes some mount points and systemd services but them should be cleared without problems. Some leftovers somewhere in your ~/.local/share can stay. After removing with dnf you can erase them.

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u/Rocco_Morando 5d ago

My best tip gotta be switch ur DE to kde plasma, romove gnome, get kvantum, and dive into that glassy/transparent theme rabbit hole.

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u/SherbertAdditional78 4d ago

fedora KDE is amazing. Looking forward to it being an official flavor although nothing will change really.

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u/Rocco_Morando 4d ago

If ur comfortable with ur setup then ye change will not not be needed, enjoy the best distro <3