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Fedora Post Install

  1. Make DNF faster by adding these lines in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf
# DNF config
fastestmirror=True
max_parallel_downloads=10
defaultyes=True
keepcache=True
  1. Update your system
sudo dnf update
  1. Enable RPM Fusion
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

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  1. Switch to full ffmpeg
sudo dnf swap ffmpeg-free ffmpeg --allowerasing

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  1. Enable Flatpaks
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

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  1. Install media plugins
sudo dnf group install Multimedia

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  1. Enable video thumbnails
sudo dnf install ffmpegthumbnailer
  1. Enable HEIC image support
sudo dnf install heif-pixbuf-loader
sudo dnf install libheif-freeworld
  1. Change Hostname of the machine
sudo hostnamectl set-hostname "New_Custom_Name"

Fedora Better Fonts

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Debian Post Install

  1. Enable contrib and non-free sources

    Using the terminal, edit the following file, add the “contrib” and “non-free” sources, or replace with these lines:

    sudo vim /etc/apt/sources.list
    
    deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    
    deb http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian-security/ bookworm-security main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    
    deb http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    deb-src http://deb.debian.org/debian bookworm-updates main contrib non-free non-free-firmware
    
  2. Enable bookworm backports (it works for Trixie as well)

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Arch Post Install

  1. Update the system:
sudo pacman -Syu
  1. Install vim (or other text editor)
sudo pacman -S vim git 
  1. Open /etc/pacman.conf and make the following changes in order to improve the overall experience.
sudo vim /etc/pacman.conf
  1. Remove the # from Color and ParallelDownloads.
# Misc options
#UseSyslog
Color
#NoProgressBar
CheckSpace
#VerbosePkgLists
ParallelDownloads = 5
  1. Update the system:
sudo pacman -Sy
  1. Install reflector so you can get the most up-to-date mirrors. You can also choose the mirrors by country if you want.
sudo pacman -S reflector

Create a backup of the mirrorlist file.

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