XFCE on Fedora 23

README.md

Introduction

This is my description of what I did to customize a base install of the Fedora 23 XFCE spin to my needs.

Installation

Apparently there is some sort of bug the the Nouveau driver with dual monitors (at least on the GTX 750). So step 1 was to unplug one of my monitors. I didn't really customize anything, but as soon as it was done installing, I installed the propriatary NVidia drivers. I'm a big Free Software fan, but sometimes I need to Get Things Done and the fact is that the Nouveau drivers kinda suck (also they don't work in my setup).

The bug I encountered with the Nouveau driver causes the display to say "link training failed" and then just hang.

• rpmfusion (free, nonfree)
• nvidia stuff from negativo17

Base Applications

• firefox
• thunderbird
• konsole
• gnome-do
• copyq
• menulibre
• libreoffice
• transmission-remote-gtk
• quodlibet
• xfreerdp
• Chrome
• Flash Player

Development Tools

• git
• gitk
• ack
• jq
• perl
• ruby
• nmap

Personal Dotfiles and local Customizations

• zsh
• ctags
• clang-devel
• golang
• nodejs
• npm
• python-devel

Then:

• Create ~/bin
• Set up https://github.com/abatkin/dotfiles
• ~/.zshrc-local-pre
• Java Stuff
• JDK
• Maven
• Ant
• IntelliJ

Moving windows around:

• https://github.com/abatkin/move-window
• wmctrl
• xdotool
• xrandr
• xwininfo
• xprop

Hot Corners:

• xfce4-hotcorner-plugin (note: default build installes to /usr/lib and the file needs to be moved to /usr/lib64)
• Xfdashboard

Remote Access:

• Citrix Receiver
• CA Cert
• Rebuild with c_rehash from openssl-perl package

Printer:

• hplip
• simple-scan
• Run hp-setup -i

IntelliJ:

• Plugins
• Maven Helper
• .ignore
• Markdown Support

xfreerdp:

• xfreerdp /v:$windows_host /f /multimon +clipboard +home-drive +toggle-fullscreen -sec-nla /audio

Custom Shortcuts

• CopyQ: Ctrl+Alt+V
• Gnome-Do: Super+Space
• Virtual Desktop keys
• Tile window keys
• Web Browser key
• Terminal key
• Thunar key
• move-window.pl left/right (Shift+Super+Left/Right)

XFCE Settings

• Set Preferred Applications (firefox, thunderbird, konsole)
• Disable screensaver (blank only), add monitor powersave

Fonts

• Infinality-Ultimate-Bundle (https://danielrenninghoff.com/2015/11/22/infinality-ultimate-bundle-packaged-for-fedora/)
• Note: This appears to break some things, including many Amazon pages on Firefox (browser becomes unresponsive)
• msttcore-fonts
• powerline-fonts

System

• Set up /etc/fstab and mounts
• Add kernel.sysrq = 1 to /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.conf
• Symlink ~/Documents
• Restore ~/.mozilla, ~/.thunderbird
• Restore game saves
• Restore .gnupg stuff