I recently had a reshuffling of computing hardware, which means for the first time in abot a year, I have a functioning personal laptop again. 
Keeping notes on setting up my personal computing environment in hopes of moving these steps into dotfiles and scripts that I run to get started.
First thing upon logging in is:
sudo dnf update
During the initial configuration modal, it asks to enable third party repos, which I generally do in case the hardware I’m using has weird software it needs to operate some part of the machine.
And then:
reboot
Fedora ships with a lot of decent software these days, so from the start I have a functional laptop, I can browser, go wild! 
So I install 1password. Getting that setup with Firefox saves me a huge amount of time getting back into my various systems.
Or install 1Password manually:
- Add the key for the 1Password yum repository:
sudo rpm --import https://downloads.1password.com/linux/keys/1password.asc
- Add the 1Password yum repository:
sudo sh -c 'echo -e "[1password]\nname=1Password Stable Channel\nbaseurl=https://downloads.1password.com/linux/rpm/stable/\$basearch\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\nrepo_gpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=\"https://downloads.1password.com/linux/keys/1password.asc\"" > /etc/yum.repos.d/1password.repo'
- Install 1Password:
sudo dnf install 1passwordThe packages and repository are signed with the GPG key 3FEF9748469ADBE15DA7CA80AC2D62742012EA22.
And then the Firefox extension:
Since I have 1password on my phone, I scan a QR code and I’m logged in. 
I need to sync over some files, but before that I want to set up my home directory.
It has been a journey, and here is where I am, today, with my ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs:
XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME"
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/dl"
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME"
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME"
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/docs"
XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/music"
XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME"
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME"
maiki@deck:~$ tree -L 1
.
├── dl
├── docs
├── media
└── music
media will have several syncthing shares for devices and archives; I don’t use a photo or video directory, tho I may if an app starts saving files in my home directory. 
Previously I had installed syncthing via flatpak, and that works fine; however a maintainer produces a package for Fedora, and it works just as well.
I opted for user session:
syncthing
Usage
By default, the syncthing service isn’t enabled after installation. Depending on the use-case, syncthing can be run as a system-wide service for a specific user, or as a real user-session service.
Once enabled, the syncthing service exposes a web interface (the port can be changed in the configuration later) at address localhost:8384.
For manual (or offline) configuration, the settings file of syncthing (XML format) lives at
$HOME/.config/syncthing/config.xml.An empty, default “Sync” folder is created at the first startup in the user’s home directory.
User Session service
To enable the syncthing service as a user-session service for the current user, run:
systemctl --user enable --now syncthing.serviceThe service will be started now and each time you log in.
The syncthing user session service will not automatically be restarted after package updates. Instead, the user has to either restart syncthing from the web interface, log out and back in, or run the following commands manually:
systemctl --user daemon-reload systemctl --user restart syncthing.service
maiki@deck:~$ sudo dnf install syncthing
[sudo] password for maiki:
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Package Arch Version Repository Size
Installing:
syncthing x86_64 1.29.5-1.fc42 updates 23.9 MiB
Transaction Summary:
Installing: 1 package
Total size of inbound packages is 9 MiB. Need to download 9 MiB.
After this operation, 24 MiB extra will be used (install 24 MiB, remove 0 B).
Is this ok [y/N]: y
[1/1] syncthing-0:1.29.5-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 8.1 MiB/s | 8.9 MiB | 00m01s
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[1/1] Total 100% | 6.2 MiB/s | 8.9 MiB | 00m01s
Running transaction
[1/3] Verify package files 100% | 11.0 B/s | 1.0 B | 00m00s
[2/3] Prepare transaction 100% | 2.0 B/s | 1.0 B | 00m00s
[3/3] Installing syncthing-0:1.29.5-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 10.2 MiB/s | 23.9 MiB | 00m02s
Complete!
maiki@deck:~$ systemctl --user enable --now syncthing.service
Created symlink '/home/maiki/.config/systemd/user/default.target.wants/syncthing.service' → '/usr/lib/systemd/user/syncthing.service'.
maiki@deck:~$ systemctl --user daemon-reload
maiki@deck:~$ systemctl --user restart syncthing.service
Now I can start syncing over all the media shares!
For large file transfers I also use bittorrent, which means deluge.
sudo dnf install deluge-gtk
maiki@deck:~$ sudo dnf install deluge-gtk
[sudo] password for maiki:
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Package Arch Version Repository Size
Installing:
deluge-gtk noarch 2.2.0-1.fc42 updates 2.1 MiB
Installing dependencies:
GeoIP x86_64 1.6.12-20.fc42 fedora 349.8 KiB
GeoIP-GeoLite-data noarch 2018.06-18.fc42 fedora 1.2 MiB
SDL2_mixer x86_64 2.8.1-1.fc42 fedora 361.9 KiB
SDL2_ttf x86_64 2.22.0-4.fc42 fedora 88.0 KiB
boost-python3 x86_64 1.83.0-12.fc42 fedora 254.4 KiB
deluge-common noarch 2.2.0-1.fc42 updates 4.2 MiB
deluge-daemon noarch 2.2.0-1.fc42 updates 2.0 KiB
deluge-images noarch 2.2.0-1.fc42 updates 405.2 KiB
flexiblas x86_64 3.4.5-1.fc42 fedora 50.4 KiB
flexiblas-netlib x86_64 3.4.5-1.fc42 fedora 10.9 MiB
flexiblas-openblas-openmp x86_64 3.4.5-1.fc42 fedora 39.2 KiB
gnu-free-fonts-common noarch 20120503-35.fc42 fedora 491.9 KiB
gnu-free-sans-fonts noarch 20120503-35.fc42 fedora 2.9 MiB
libappindicator-gtk3 x86_64 12.10.1-8.fc42 fedora 108.5 KiB
libdbusmenu x86_64 16.04.0-29.fc42 fedora 540.1 KiB
libdbusmenu-gtk3 x86_64 16.04.0-29.fc42 fedora 92.4 KiB
libgfortran x86_64 15.1.1-1.fc42 updates 3.3 MiB
libquadmath x86_64 15.1.1-1.fc42 updates 317.9 KiB
openblas x86_64 0.3.29-1.fc42 fedora 111.7 KiB
openblas-openmp x86_64 0.3.29-1.fc42 fedora 43.7 MiB
portmidi x86_64 217-60.fc42 fedora 55.6 KiB
python3-Automat noarch 24.8.1-1.fc42 fedora 400.3 KiB
python3-constantly noarch 23.10.4-1.fc42 fedora 128.0 KiB
python3-hyperlink noarch 21.0.0-19.fc42 fedora 479.8 KiB
python3-incremental noarch 24.7.2-2.fc42 fedora 190.8 KiB
python3-numpy-f2py x86_64 1:2.2.6-1.fc42 updates 2.0 MiB
python3-pyasn1 noarch 0.6.1-3.fc42 fedora 863.7 KiB
python3-pyasn1-modules noarch 0.6.1-3.fc42 fedora 1.7 MiB
python3-rencode x86_64 1.0.6-28.fc42 fedora 206.7 KiB
python3-service-identity noarch 24.2.0-2.fc42 fedora 64.2 KiB
python3-twisted noarch 24.11.0-1.fc42 updates 34.5 MiB
python3-twisted+tls noarch 24.11.0-1.fc42 updates 22.0 KiB
python3-zope-interface x86_64 7.2-2.fc42 fedora 893.1 KiB
rb_libtorrent x86_64 2.0.11-1.fc42 fedora 5.4 MiB
rb_libtorrent-python3 x86_64 2.0.11-1.fc42 fedora 3.5 MiB
Installing weak dependencies:
python3-GeoIP x86_64 1.3.2-33.fc42 fedora 93.2 KiB
python3-numpy x86_64 1:2.2.6-1.fc42 updates 40.3 MiB
python3-pygame x86_64 2.6.1-2.fc42 fedora 14.9 MiB
Transaction Summary:
Installing: 39 packages
Total size of inbound packages is 39 MiB. Need to download 39 MiB.
After this operation, 177 MiB extra will be used (install 177 MiB, remove 0 B).
Is this ok [y/N]: y
[ 1/39] deluge-daemon-0:2.2.0-1.fc42.noarch 100% | 253.1 KiB/s | 11.4 KiB | 00m00s
[ 2/39] deluge-gtk-0:2.2.0-1.fc42.noarch 100% | 3.6 MiB/s | 414.5 KiB | 00m00s
[ 3/39] deluge-images-0:2.2.0-1.fc42.noarch 100% | 2.7 MiB/s | 208.7 KiB | 00m00s
[ 4/39] deluge-common-0:2.2.0-1.fc42.noarch 100% | 5.7 MiB/s | 1.2 MiB | 00m00s
[ 5/39] python3-rencode-0:1.0.6-28.fc42.x86_64 100% | 597.0 KiB/s | 78.2 KiB | 00m00s
[ 6/39] python3-pyasn1-0:0.6.1-3.fc42.noarch 100% | 1.0 MiB/s | 197.4 KiB | 00m00s
[ 7/39] python3-service-identity-0:24.2.0-2.fc42.noarch 100% | 352.3 KiB/s | 30.3 KiB | 00m00s
[ 8/39] python3-zope-interface-0:7.2-2.fc42.x86_64 100% | 2.6 MiB/s | 209.6 KiB | 00m00s
[ 9/39] boost-python3-0:1.83.0-12.fc42.x86_64 100% | 2.7 MiB/s | 98.0 KiB | 00m00s
[10/39] rb_libtorrent-python3-0:2.0.11-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 6.4 MiB/s | 708.2 KiB | 00m00s
[11/39] libappindicator-gtk3-0:12.10.1-8.fc42.x86_64 100% | 1.2 MiB/s | 44.6 KiB | 00m00s
[12/39] python3-pyasn1-modules-0:0.6.1-3.fc42.noarch 100% | 2.4 MiB/s | 379.7 KiB | 00m00s
[13/39] libdbusmenu-gtk3-0:16.04.0-29.fc42.x86_64 100% | 1.0 MiB/s | 37.8 KiB | 00m00s
[14/39] libdbusmenu-0:16.04.0-29.fc42.x86_64 100% | 2.2 MiB/s | 132.4 KiB | 00m00s
[15/39] python3-twisted+tls-0:24.11.0-1.fc42.noarch 100% | 293.0 KiB/s | 9.7 KiB | 00m00s
[16/39] rb_libtorrent-0:2.0.11-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 9.0 MiB/s | 1.8 MiB | 00m00s
[17/39] python3-Automat-0:24.8.1-1.fc42.noarch 100% | 2.3 MiB/s | 116.3 KiB | 00m00s
[18/39] python3-constantly-0:23.10.4-1.fc42.noarch 100% | 820.8 KiB/s | 36.1 KiB | 00m00s
[19/39] python3-hyperlink-0:21.0.0-19.fc42.noarch 100% | 2.1 MiB/s | 147.2 KiB | 00m00s
[20/39] python3-incremental-0:24.7.2-2.fc42.noarch 100% | 1.0 MiB/s | 54.6 KiB | 00m00s
[21/39] SDL2_mixer-0:2.8.1-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 1.4 MiB/s | 173.4 KiB | 00m00s
[22/39] SDL2_ttf-0:2.22.0-4.fc42.x86_64 100% | 318.3 KiB/s | 42.0 KiB | 00m00s
[23/39] gnu-free-sans-fonts-0:20120503-35.fc42.noarch 100% | 4.3 MiB/s | 1.3 MiB | 00m00s
[24/39] portmidi-0:217-60.fc42.x86_64 100% | 467.8 KiB/s | 30.4 KiB | 00m00s
[25/39] python3-pygame-0:2.6.1-2.fc42.x86_64 100% | 7.0 MiB/s | 5.3 MiB | 00m01s
[26/39] gnu-free-fonts-common-0:20120503-35.fc42.noarch 100% | 1.1 MiB/s | 122.5 KiB | 00m00s
[27/39] python3-GeoIP-0:1.3.2-33.fc42.x86_64 100% | 812.3 KiB/s | 32.5 KiB | 00m00s
[28/39] python3-twisted-0:24.11.0-1.fc42.noarch 100% | 6.5 MiB/s | 6.8 MiB | 00m01s
[29/39] GeoIP-0:1.6.12-20.fc42.x86_64 100% | 800.2 KiB/s | 112.0 KiB | 00m00s
[30/39] GeoIP-GeoLite-data-0:2018.06-18.fc42.noarch 100% | 5.3 MiB/s | 650.8 KiB | 00m00s
[31/39] python3-numpy-f2py-1:2.2.6-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 4.1 MiB/s | 492.0 KiB | 00m00s
[32/39] flexiblas-0:3.4.5-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 257.3 KiB/s | 26.2 KiB | 00m00s
[33/39] flexiblas-netlib-0:3.4.5-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 10.6 MiB/s | 3.4 MiB | 00m00s
[34/39] flexiblas-openblas-openmp-0:3.4.5-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 198.3 KiB/s | 17.3 KiB | 00m00s
[35/39] libgfortran-0:15.1.1-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 8.0 MiB/s | 953.3 KiB | 00m00s
[36/39] openblas-0:0.3.29-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 783.3 KiB/s | 42.3 KiB | 00m00s
[37/39] libquadmath-0:15.1.1-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 3.7 MiB/s | 197.0 KiB | 00m00s
[38/39] openblas-openmp-0:0.3.29-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 9.8 MiB/s | 5.4 MiB | 00m01s
[39/39] python3-numpy-1:2.2.6-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 6.9 MiB/s | 8.1 MiB | 00m01s
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[39/39] Total 100% | 11.1 MiB/s | 38.9 MiB | 00m03s
Running transaction
[ 1/41] Verify package files 100% | 46.0 B/s | 39.0 B | 00m01s
[ 2/41] Prepare transaction 100% | 34.0 B/s | 39.0 B | 00m01s
[ 3/41] Installing python3-pyasn1-0:0.6.1-3.fc42.noarch 100% | 13.1 MiB/s | 886.2 KiB | 00m00s
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[ 5/41] Installing libdbusmenu-0:16.04.0-29.fc42.x86_64 100% | 22.1 MiB/s | 542.3 KiB | 00m00s
[ 6/41] Installing python3-zope-interface-0:7.2-2.fc42.x86_64 100% | 16.8 MiB/s | 909.9 KiB | 00m00s
[ 7/41] Installing libdbusmenu-gtk3-0:16.04.0-29.fc42.x86_64 100% | 8.3 MiB/s | 93.4 KiB | 00m00s
[ 8/41] Installing libappindicator-gtk3-0:12.10.1-8.fc42.x86_64 100% | 6.0 MiB/s | 110.2 KiB | 00m00s
[ 9/41] Installing python3-pyasn1-modules-0:0.6.1-3.fc42.noarch 100% | 12.2 MiB/s | 1.8 MiB | 00m00s
[10/41] Installing python3-service-identity-0:24.2.0-2.fc42.noarch 100% | 4.5 MiB/s | 69.1 KiB | 00m00s
[11/41] Installing libquadmath-0:15.1.1-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 19.5 MiB/s | 319.2 KiB | 00m00s
[12/41] Installing openblas-0:0.3.29-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 9.2 MiB/s | 113.5 KiB | 00m00s
[13/41] Installing openblas-openmp-0:0.3.29-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 87.6 MiB/s | 43.7 MiB | 00m00s
[14/41] Installing flexiblas-0:3.4.5-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 6.3 MiB/s | 51.6 KiB | 00m00s
[15/41] Installing flexiblas-openblas-openmp-0:3.4.5-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 3.0 MiB/s | 40.1 KiB | 00m00s
[16/41] Installing flexiblas-netlib-0:3.4.5-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 44.3 MiB/s | 10.9 MiB | 00m00s
[17/41] Installing python3-numpy-f2py-1:2.2.6-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 9.6 MiB/s | 2.1 MiB | 00m00s
[18/41] Installing python3-numpy-1:2.2.6-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 35.5 MiB/s | 40.6 MiB | 00m01s
[19/41] Installing GeoIP-GeoLite-data-0:2018.06-18.fc42.noarch 100% | 30.4 MiB/s | 1.2 MiB | 00m00s
[20/41] Installing GeoIP-0:1.6.12-20.fc42.x86_64 100% | 3.7 MiB/s | 352.9 KiB | 00m00s
[21/41] Installing gnu-free-fonts-common-0:20120503-35.fc42.noarch 100% | 22.9 MiB/s | 493.3 KiB | 00m00s
[22/41] Installing gnu-free-sans-fonts-0:20120503-35.fc42.noarch 100% | 41.5 MiB/s | 2.9 MiB | 00m00s
[23/41] Installing portmidi-0:217-60.fc42.x86_64 100% | 390.2 KiB/s | 57.0 KiB | 00m00s
[24/41] Installing SDL2_ttf-0:2.22.0-4.fc42.x86_64 100% | 4.6 MiB/s | 89.6 KiB | 00m00s
[25/41] Installing SDL2_mixer-0:2.8.1-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 4.9 MiB/s | 364.2 KiB | 00m00s
[26/41] Installing python3-incremental-0:24.7.2-2.fc42.noarch 100% | 7.4 MiB/s | 197.9 KiB | 00m00s
[27/41] Installing python3-hyperlink-0:21.0.0-19.fc42.noarch 100% | 12.6 MiB/s | 489.7 KiB | 00m00s
[28/41] Installing python3-constantly-0:23.10.4-1.fc42.noarch 100% | 6.5 MiB/s | 132.7 KiB | 00m00s
[29/41] Installing python3-Automat-0:24.8.1-1.fc42.noarch 100% | 3.6 MiB/s | 411.0 KiB | 00m00s
[30/41] Installing python3-twisted-0:24.11.0-1.fc42.noarch 100% | 25.0 MiB/s | 35.1 MiB | 00m01s
[31/41] Installing python3-twisted+tls-0:24.11.0-1.fc42.noarch 100% | 15.1 KiB/s | 124.0 B | 00m00s
[32/41] Installing rb_libtorrent-0:2.0.11-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 50.1 MiB/s | 5.4 MiB | 00m00s
[33/41] Installing boost-python3-0:1.83.0-12.fc42.x86_64 100% | 15.6 MiB/s | 255.4 KiB | 00m00s
[34/41] Installing rb_libtorrent-python3-0:2.0.11-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 47.9 MiB/s | 3.5 MiB | 00m00s
[35/41] Installing python3-rencode-0:1.0.6-28.fc42.x86_64 100% | 6.6 MiB/s | 210.4 KiB | 00m00s
[36/41] Installing deluge-common-0:2.2.0-1.fc42.noarch 100% | 9.6 MiB/s | 4.3 MiB | 00m00s
>>> Running sysusers scriptlet: deluge-daemon-0:2.2.0-1.fc42.noarch
>>> Finished sysusers scriptlet: deluge-daemon-0:2.2.0-1.fc42.noarch
>>> Scriptlet output:
>>> Creating group 'deluge' with GID 970.
>>> Creating user 'deluge' (deluge daemon account) with UID 970 and GID 970.
>>>
[37/41] Installing deluge-daemon-0:2.2.0-1.fc42.noarch 100% | 19.3 KiB/s | 2.9 KiB | 00m00s
[38/41] Installing deluge-images-0:2.2.0-1.fc42.noarch 100% | 2.8 MiB/s | 456.8 KiB | 00m00s
[39/41] Installing deluge-gtk-0:2.2.0-1.fc42.noarch 100% | 11.2 MiB/s | 2.2 MiB | 00m00s
[40/41] Installing python3-pygame-0:2.6.1-2.fc42.x86_64 100% | 21.9 MiB/s | 15.1 MiB | 00m01s
[41/41] Installing python3-GeoIP-0:1.3.2-33.fc42.x86_64 100% | 17.4 KiB/s | 97.1 KiB | 00m06s
Complete!
Watching any video file on my laptop is done with vlc.
There are instructions there for adding RPMFusion, but as I already enabled third-party repos I can just get started:
sudo dnf install vlc
maiki@deck:~$ sudo dnf install vlc
[sudo] password for maiki:
Updating and loading repositories:
Repositories loaded.
Package Arch Version Repository Size
Installing:
vlc x86_64 1:3.0.21-19.fc42 fedora 373.6 KiB
Installing dependencies:
SDL_image x86_64 1.2.12-39.fc42 fedora 86.5 KiB
aalib-libs x86_64 1.4.0-0.55.rc5.fc42 fedora 151.2 KiB
aribb25 x86_64 0.2.7-5.fc42 fedora 69.8 KiB
daala-libs x86_64 0-30.20200724git694d4ce.fc42 fedora 475.2 KiB
gpm-libs x86_64 1.20.7-51.fc42 fedora 31.6 KiB
libcddb x86_64 1.3.2-45.fc42 fedora 214.7 KiB
libdca x86_64 0.0.7-13.fc42 fedora 221.0 KiB
libdvbpsi x86_64 1.3.3-16.fc42 fedora 288.0 KiB
libebml x86_64 1.4.5-3.fc42 fedora 190.6 KiB
libkate x86_64 0.4.1-33.fc42 fedora 126.9 KiB
libmad x86_64 0.16.4-5.fc42 fedora 179.1 KiB
libmatroska x86_64 1.7.1-10.fc42 fedora 655.5 KiB
libmicrodns x86_64 0.2.0-13.fc42 fedora 61.0 KiB
libmpcdec x86_64 1.3.0^20110810svn475-3.fc42 fedora 80.1 KiB
libspatialaudio x86_64 3.1-22.20200406gitd926a2e.fc42 fedora 1.3 MiB
libtiger x86_64 0.3.4-32.fc42 fedora 85.1 KiB
libupnp x86_64 1.14.20-2.fc42 fedora 260.8 KiB
libusb-compat-0.1 x86_64 0.1.8-10.fc42 fedora 53.0 KiB
lirc-libs x86_64 0.10.0-47.fc42 fedora 332.4 KiB
live555 x86_64 2025.05.08-1.fc42 updates 1.4 MiB
protobuf-lite x86_64 3.19.6-11.fc42 fedora 861.0 KiB
schroedinger x86_64 1.0.11-33.fc42 fedora 933.6 KiB
sdl12-compat x86_64 1.2.68-5.fc42 fedora 195.5 KiB
speexdsp x86_64 1.2.1-8.fc42 fedora 516.9 KiB
vlc-cli x86_64 1:3.0.21-19.fc42 fedora 29.5 KiB
vlc-gui-qt x86_64 1:3.0.21-19.fc42 fedora 3.0 MiB
vlc-libs x86_64 1:3.0.21-19.fc42 fedora 41.3 MiB
vlc-plugin-lua x86_64 1:3.0.21-19.fc42 fedora 868.3 KiB
vlc-plugin-pipewire x86_64 3-5.fc42 fedora 79.8 KiB
vlc-plugin-pulseaudio x86_64 1:3.0.21-19.fc42 fedora 81.5 KiB
vlc-plugins-base x86_64 1:3.0.21-19.fc42 fedora 7.0 MiB
vlc-plugins-video-out x86_64 1:3.0.21-19.fc42 fedora 650.8 KiB
Installing weak dependencies:
libproxy-bin x86_64 0.5.8-2.fc42 fedora 12.0 KiB
vlc-gui-skins2 x86_64 1:3.0.21-19.fc42 fedora 885.0 KiB
vlc-plugin-ffmpeg x86_64 1:3.0.21-19.fc42 fedora 293.7 KiB
vlc-plugin-gnome x86_64 1:3.0.21-19.fc42 fedora 19.4 KiB
vlc-plugin-notify x86_64 1:3.0.21-19.fc42 fedora 19.3 KiB
vlc-plugin-visualization x86_64 1:3.0.21-19.fc42 fedora 62.8 KiB
vlc-plugins-extra x86_64 1:3.0.21-19.fc42 fedora 1.9 MiB
xset x86_64 1.2.5-7.fc42 fedora 41.7 KiB
Transaction Summary:
Installing: 41 packages
Total size of inbound packages is 15 MiB. Need to download 15 MiB.
After this operation, 65 MiB extra will be used (install 65 MiB, remove 0 B).
Is this ok [y/N]: y
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[ 4/41] vlc-gui-qt-1:3.0.21-19.fc42.x86_64 100% | 2.3 MiB/s | 972.3 KiB | 00m00s
[ 5/41] vlc-plugins-video-out-1:3.0.21-19.fc42.x86_64 100% | 2.8 MiB/s | 188.8 KiB | 00m00s
[ 6/41] vlc-plugin-pipewire-0:3-5.fc42.x86_64 100% | 913.7 KiB/s | 38.4 KiB | 00m00s
[ 7/41] vlc-plugin-pulseaudio-1:3.0.21-19.fc42.x86_64 100% | 1.4 MiB/s | 35.5 KiB | 00m00s
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[ 9/41] vlc-plugin-ffmpeg-1:3.0.21-19.fc42.x86_64 100% | 1.9 MiB/s | 103.3 KiB | 00m00s
[10/41] vlc-plugins-base-1:3.0.21-19.fc42.x86_64 100% | 3.8 MiB/s | 2.0 MiB | 00m01s
[11/41] vlc-gui-skins2-1:3.0.21-19.fc42.x86_64 100% | 1.9 MiB/s | 425.3 KiB | 00m00s
[12/41] vlc-plugin-visualization-1:3.0.21-19.fc42.x86_64 100% | 1.9 MiB/s | 33.5 KiB | 00m00s
[13/41] SDL_image-0:1.2.12-39.fc42.x86_64 100% | 2.2 MiB/s | 42.7 KiB | 00m00s
[14/41] aalib-libs-0:1.4.0-0.55.rc5.fc42.x86_64 100% | 1.9 MiB/s | 67.4 KiB | 00m00s
[15/41] aribb25-0:0.2.7-5.fc42.x86_64 100% | 1.1 MiB/s | 34.5 KiB | 00m00s
[16/41] daala-libs-0:0-30.20200724git694d4ce.fc42.x86_64 100% | 2.5 MiB/s | 215.7 KiB | 00m00s
[17/41] vlc-plugins-extra-1:3.0.21-19.fc42.x86_64 100% | 3.2 MiB/s | 670.2 KiB | 00m00s
[18/41] libcddb-0:1.3.2-45.fc42.x86_64 100% | 3.0 MiB/s | 73.4 KiB | 00m00s
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[20/41] libdvbpsi-0:1.3.3-16.fc42.x86_64 100% | 1.7 MiB/s | 103.9 KiB | 00m00s
[21/41] libebml-0:1.4.5-3.fc42.x86_64 100% | 2.5 MiB/s | 75.2 KiB | 00m00s
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[24/41] libmatroska-0:1.7.1-10.fc42.x86_64 100% | 2.6 MiB/s | 155.0 KiB | 00m00s
[25/41] libmicrodns-0:0.2.0-13.fc42.x86_64 100% | 1.1 MiB/s | 31.3 KiB | 00m00s
[26/41] libmpcdec-0:1.3.0^20110810svn475-3.fc42.x86_64 100% | 1.9 MiB/s | 43.6 KiB | 00m00s
[27/41] libtiger-0:0.3.4-32.fc42.x86_64 100% | 2.0 MiB/s | 40.7 KiB | 00m00s
[28/41] libupnp-0:1.14.20-2.fc42.x86_64 100% | 2.6 MiB/s | 110.5 KiB | 00m00s
[29/41] lirc-libs-0:0.10.0-47.fc42.x86_64 100% | 2.8 MiB/s | 124.4 KiB | 00m00s
[30/41] libspatialaudio-0:3.1-22.20200406gitd926a2e.fc42.x86_64 100% | 4.0 MiB/s | 915.1 KiB | 00m00s
[31/41] protobuf-lite-0:3.19.6-11.fc42.x86_64 100% | 2.4 MiB/s | 258.1 KiB | 00m00s
[32/41] sdl12-compat-0:1.2.68-5.fc42.x86_64 100% | 2.4 MiB/s | 91.1 KiB | 00m00s
[33/41] schroedinger-0:1.0.11-33.fc42.x86_64 100% | 1.9 MiB/s | 332.9 KiB | 00m00s
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[35/41] gpm-libs-0:1.20.7-51.fc42.x86_64 100% | 471.4 KiB/s | 20.3 KiB | 00m00s
[36/41] libusb-compat-0.1-0:0.1.8-10.fc42.x86_64 100% | 1.1 MiB/s | 29.6 KiB | 00m00s
[37/41] vlc-plugin-gnome-1:3.0.21-19.fc42.x86_64 100% | 635.3 KiB/s | 17.2 KiB | 00m00s
[38/41] vlc-plugin-notify-1:3.0.21-19.fc42.x86_64 100% | 791.0 KiB/s | 17.4 KiB | 00m00s
[39/41] libproxy-bin-0:0.5.8-2.fc42.x86_64 100% | 616.5 KiB/s | 13.6 KiB | 00m00s
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[41/41] live555-0:2025.05.08-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 893.2 KiB/s | 436.8 KiB | 00m00s
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[ 5/43] Installing vlc-cli-1:3.0.21-19.fc42.x86_64 100% | 486.9 KiB/s | 31.2 KiB | 00m00s
[ 6/43] Installing vlc-plugins-video-out-1:3.0.21-19.fc42.x86_64 100% | 13.8 MiB/s | 662.3 KiB | 00m00s
[ 7/43] Installing sdl12-compat-0:1.2.68-5.fc42.x86_64 100% | 13.8 MiB/s | 197.2 KiB | 00m00s
[ 8/43] Installing libkate-0:0.4.1-33.fc42.x86_64 100% | 7.9 MiB/s | 129.2 KiB | 00m00s
[ 9/43] Installing libebml-0:1.4.5-3.fc42.x86_64 100% | 11.0 MiB/s | 192.0 KiB | 00m00s
[10/43] Installing libmatroska-0:1.7.1-10.fc42.x86_64 100% | 25.7 MiB/s | 657.1 KiB | 00m00s
[11/43] Installing libtiger-0:0.3.4-32.fc42.x86_64 100% | 6.0 MiB/s | 86.7 KiB | 00m00s
[12/43] Installing SDL_image-0:1.2.12-39.fc42.x86_64 100% | 1.3 MiB/s | 88.5 KiB | 00m00s
[13/43] Installing vlc-plugin-lua-1:3.0.21-19.fc42.x86_64 100% | 12.2 MiB/s | 886.8 KiB | 00m00s
[14/43] Installing vlc-plugin-pipewire-0:3-5.fc42.x86_64 100% | 6.6 MiB/s | 81.1 KiB | 00m00s
[15/43] Installing vlc-plugin-pulseaudio-1:3.0.21-19.fc42.x86_64 100% | 5.8 MiB/s | 83.7 KiB | 00m00s
[16/43] Installing vlc-gui-qt-1:3.0.21-19.fc42.x86_64 100% | 27.3 MiB/s | 3.0 MiB | 00m00s
[17/43] Installing live555-0:2025.05.08-1.fc42.x86_64 100% | 32.9 MiB/s | 1.4 MiB | 00m00s
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[19/43] Installing lirc-libs-0:0.10.0-47.fc42.x86_64 100% | 14.9 MiB/s | 335.5 KiB | 00m00s
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[21/43] Installing aalib-libs-0:1.4.0-0.55.rc5.fc42.x86_64 100% | 10.0 MiB/s | 152.9 KiB | 00m00s
[22/43] Installing speexdsp-0:1.2.1-8.fc42.x86_64 100% | 25.3 MiB/s | 519.0 KiB | 00m00s
[23/43] Installing schroedinger-0:1.0.11-33.fc42.x86_64 100% | 31.5 MiB/s | 935.8 KiB | 00m00s
[24/43] Installing protobuf-lite-0:3.19.6-11.fc42.x86_64 100% | 32.4 MiB/s | 862.2 KiB | 00m00s
[25/43] Installing libupnp-0:1.14.20-2.fc42.x86_64 100% | 15.1 MiB/s | 262.8 KiB | 00m00s
[26/43] Installing libspatialaudio-0:3.1-22.20200406gitd926a2e.fc42.x86_64 100% | 32.6 MiB/s | 1.3 MiB | 00m00s
[27/43] Installing libmpcdec-0:1.3.0^20110810svn475-3.fc42.x86_64 100% | 6.1 MiB/s | 81.8 KiB | 00m00s
[28/43] Installing libmicrodns-0:0.2.0-13.fc42.x86_64 100% | 4.4 MiB/s | 62.7 KiB | 00m00s
[29/43] Installing libmad-0:0.16.4-5.fc42.x86_64 100% | 11.0 MiB/s | 181.0 KiB | 00m00s
[30/43] Installing libdvbpsi-0:1.3.3-16.fc42.x86_64 100% | 17.7 MiB/s | 289.7 KiB | 00m00s
[31/43] Installing libdca-0:0.0.7-13.fc42.x86_64 100% | 15.5 MiB/s | 222.8 KiB | 00m00s
[32/43] Installing libcddb-0:1.3.2-45.fc42.x86_64 100% | 3.3 MiB/s | 217.3 KiB | 00m00s
[33/43] Installing daala-libs-0:0-30.20200724git694d4ce.fc42.x86_64 100% | 21.2 MiB/s | 477.8 KiB | 00m00s
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[35/43] Installing vlc-plugins-extra-1:3.0.21-19.fc42.x86_64 100% | 23.2 MiB/s | 2.0 MiB | 00m00s
[36/43] Installing vlc-1:3.0.21-19.fc42.x86_64 100% | 9.2 MiB/s | 377.0 KiB | 00m00s
[37/43] Installing vlc-gui-skins2-1:3.0.21-19.fc42.x86_64 100% | 9.8 MiB/s | 886.9 KiB | 00m00s
[38/43] Installing vlc-plugin-ffmpeg-1:3.0.21-19.fc42.x86_64 100% | 11.6 MiB/s | 297.3 KiB | 00m00s
[39/43] Installing vlc-plugin-visualization-1:3.0.21-19.fc42.x86_64 100% | 6.2 MiB/s | 63.8 KiB | 00m00s
[40/43] Installing vlc-plugin-gnome-1:3.0.21-19.fc42.x86_64 100% | 2.2 MiB/s | 19.9 KiB | 00m00s
[41/43] Installing vlc-plugin-notify-1:3.0.21-19.fc42.x86_64 100% | 2.0 MiB/s | 20.0 KiB | 00m00s
[42/43] Installing libproxy-bin-0:0.5.8-2.fc42.x86_64 100% | 200.7 KiB/s | 12.8 KiB | 00m00s
[43/43] Installing xset-0:1.2.5-7.fc42.x86_64 100% | 12.5 KiB/s | 42.8 KiB | 00m03s
Complete!
I actually ended up installing RPMFusion repos, since codec support is a spotty domain for distros.
Command Line Setup using rpm
To enable access to both the free and the nonfree repository use the following command:
Fedora with dnf: 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 On Fedora, we default to use the openh264 library, so you need the repository to be explicitly enabled. On Fedora 41 and later: sudo dnf config-manager setopt fedora-cisco-openh264.enabled=1
I grabbed all the dconf settings for Gnome:
dconf dump /org/gnome/ > dconf.dump
Then I removed most of those until I got to the important ones that help me set up my laptops:
[clocks]
world-clocks=[{'location': <(uint32 2, <('Oakland', 'KOAK', true, [(0.65832848982162007, -2.133408063190589)], [(0.65981076304875375, -2.1340280914073602)])>)>}, {'location': <(uint32 2, <('Tokyo', 'RJTI', true, [(0.62191898430954862, 2.4408429589140699)], [(0.62282074357417661, 2.4391218722853854)])>)>}]
[desktop/datetime]
automatic-timezone=false
[desktop/input-sources]
mru-sources=[('xkb', 'us'), ('ibus', 'anthy')]
sources=[('xkb', 'us'), ('ibus', 'anthy')]
[desktop/interface]
clock-format='12h'
clock-show-date=true
clock-show-weekday=true
color-scheme='prefer-dark'
enable-hot-corners=false
toolkit-accessibility=false
[desktop/peripherals/mouse]
natural-scroll=true
speed=0.0
[desktop/peripherals/touchpad]
tap-to-click=false
two-finger-scrolling-enabled=true
[desktop/wm/preferences]
num-workspaces=1
[settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys]
custom-keybindings=['/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/maiki-terminal/']
[settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/maiki-terminal]
binding='<Super>Return'
command='ptyxis'
name='terminal'
[shell/world-clocks]
locations=[<(uint32 2, <('Oakland', 'KOAK', true, [(0.65832848982162007, -2.133408063190589)], [(0.65981076304875375, -2.1340280914073602)])>)>, <(uint32 2, <('Tokyo', 'RJTI', true, [(0.62191898430954862, 2.4408429589140699)], [(0.62282074357417661, 2.4391218722853854)])>)>]
The corresponding dconf command imported my values:
dconf load /org/gnome/ < ~/docs/dconf/import-dconf.txt
I’m really happy it configured the Japanese input (‘anthy’) this way!
Now, each time I stop using a computer I will output the dconf settings and compare to my base, to see if I change or add more over time.