Fedora Post Install

Make DNF faster by adding these lines in /etc/dnf/dnf.conf # DNF config fastestmirror=True max_parallel_downloads=10 defaultyes=True keepcache=True Update your system sudo dnf update 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 Source Switch to full ffmpeg sudo dnf swap ffmpeg-free ffmpeg --allowerasing Source Enable Flatpaks flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo Source Install media plugins sudo dnf group install Multimedia Source Enable video thumbnails sudo dnf install ffmpegthumbnailer Enable HEIC image support sudo dnf install heif-pixbuf-loader sudo dnf install libheif-freeworld Change Hostname of the machine sudo hostnamectl set-hostname "New_Custom_Name" Make fonts look better Follow this guide under fonts documentation and this guide as well. ...

9 April 2025 · 1 min · Eloy Melo

Debian Post Install

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 Enable bookworm backports ...

9 April 2025 · 2 min · Eloy Melo

Arch Post Install

Update the system: sudo pacman -Syu Install vim (or other text editor) sudo pacman -S vim git Open /etc/pacman.conf and make the following changes in order to improve the overall experience. sudo vim /etc/pacman.conf Remove the # from Color and ParallelDownloads. # Misc options #UseSyslog Color #NoProgressBar CheckSpace #VerbosePkgLists ParallelDownloads = 5 Update the system: sudo pacman -Sy 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. ...

8 April 2025 · 2 min · Eloy Melo