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Fedora Setup Help #fedora
# NO LONGER NEEDED COZ TRANSPARENT PROXY
http_proxy="http://proxy.iiit.ac.in:8080/"
https_proxy="http://proxy.iiit.ac.in:8080/"
ftp_proxy="http://proxy.iiit.ac.in:8080/"
no_proxy="localhost,127.0.0.1,.iiit.ac.in"
HTTP_PROXY="http://proxy.iiit.ac.in:8080/"
HTTPS_PROXY="http://proxy.iiit.ac.in:8080/"
FTP_PROXY="http://proxy.iiit.ac.in:8080/"
NO_PROXY="localhost,127.0.0.1,.iiit.ac.in"

Fedora Setup Help

  • git config --global url."https://".insteadOf git:// (IIIT proxy)
  • Install fedy http://folkswithhats.org/ and use GUI.
  • https://extensions.gnome.org -> Allow plugin and refresh -> Coverflow Alt-Tab, Dash to Dock, Lock Keys, Force quit
  • sudo dnf install gnome-tweak-tool gcc gcc-c++ vlc vim -y
  • After installing vlc: System Settings > Details > Default Applications > VLC for video
  • Install Flash Player from http://get.adobe.com/flash/ -> YUM for linux -> cd Downloads && sudo dnf install adobe*.rpm -y && sudo dnf install flash-plugin -y
  • Icon theme numix circle
  • touch ~/Templates/blank will bring you a New Document to right-click menu in Nautilus and any file you put in Templates folder will be copied to that folder when you select New Document > fileName in that folder
  • Store git password in gnome keyring: git config --global credential.helper libsecret
  • Settings > Devices > Displays > Night Light > On (I prefer manual)
  • Nautilus tweaks https://gist.github.com/meghprkh/f4d7c5a0c95b70a330db3a30a398de3d
  • Fedora dc++ https://gist.github.com/meghprkh/e5b8d48e718940356db06dc98d363941

Not using anymore

  • For battery saving- > Follow instructions on tlp site http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/tlp.html
  • For no heating of laptop -> sudo dnf copr enable hadrons123/thermald -y && sudo dnf install thermal-daemon -y
  • Transparent proxy - no longer needed - sudo vi /etc/environment and add content of the environment file above
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ghost commented Mar 6, 2016

Very Helpful Megh....

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iamstg commented May 22, 2016

indeed very helpful.. bt why is dnf install not working right now

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youre a magician, Megh!!

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