Fedora 40 Workstation Setup

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OS Installation

Tastatur

Partitionierung

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Post OS-Installation

Setup RPM Fusion

# Installing Free and Nonfree Repositories
sudo dnf install -y \
    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

# Activating OpenH264 Repository
sudo dnf config-manager --enable -y fedora-cisco-openh264

# Switch to full ffmpeg
sudo dnf swap -y ffmpeg-free ffmpeg --allowerasing

# Install additional codec
sudo dnf update -y @multimedia --setopt="install_weak_deps=False" --exclude=PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin
sudo dnf update -y @sound-and-video

# Install Intel Media Driver for VAAPI (recent)
sudo dnf install -y intel-media-driver

# Install DVD Support
sudo dnf install -y rpmfusion-free-release-tainted
sudo dnf install -y libdvdcss

# Update AppStream metadata
sudo dnf update -y @core

Intel Gen12 Fixes

References:

• https://haominnn.medium.com/fixing-fedora-38-screen-flicking-issue-on-intel-integrated-graphics-620-thinkpad-x270-74020871dfb0

# Fix Screen Flickering Issue with Intel Integrated Graphics
grep -iq '^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=.*i915.enable_psr' /etc/default/grub \
  || sudo sed -i 's#^\(GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=".*\)"$#\1 i915.enable_psr=0"#' /etc/default/grub

# Fix Screen Flickering Issue with Intel Integrated Graphics
grep -iq '^GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=.*i915.enable_guc' /etc/default/grub \
  || sudo sed -i 's#^\(GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX=".*\)"$#\1 i915.enable_guc=3"#' /etc/default/grub

# Intel® oneAPI Toolkits Installation Guide for Linux* OS
# Validate
sudo dnf install -y glx-utils glmark2
DRI_PRIME=0 glxinfo -B | grep -i device
DRI_PRIME=1 glxinfo -B | grep -i device

sudo yum install intel-basekit

-https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/docs/oneapi/installation-guide-linux/2023-0/yum-dnf-zypper.html

# Apply tinny and quiet sound fix for bass speakers and internal microphone
grep -iq '^options snd-sof-intel-hda-generic hda_model=alc287-yoga9-bass-spk-pin' \
  /etc/modprobe.d/snd.conf \
  || echo "options snd-sof-intel-hda-generic hda_model=alc287-yoga9-bass-spk-pin" \
  | sudo tee -a /etc/modprobe.d/snd.conf

Setup Automatic Updates

# Install dnf-automatic
sudo dnf install -y dnf-automatic
systemctl enable --now dnf-automatic.timer

# Settings of dnf-automatic

Power Management

References:

• https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Changes/TunedAsTheDefaultPowerProfileManagementDaemon

# Switch to Tuned Power Profile Management Daemon
sudo dnf swap -y power-profiles-daemon tuned-ppd

sudo dnf install -y powertop