Things in this document might not work or be broken nowadays
I'm writing this here because a few things in here are spesific to this model laptop.
Dell XPS 15 9560 (4k) touch screen
Most things after setup are not specific for this laptop
# = run as root
$ = run as normal user (you)
When grub shows up press e
Add the following to the boot parameter nouveau.modeset=0
Yes i know this is kinda stupid but for some reason sometimes the installer wont start
Do not touch the touchscreen after bootup!
Do not close the install screen!
Go to the upper left hot coner and click the install fedora.
NOTE: Make sure to add the boot parameter to the first bootup
$ sudo su
# passwd
# dnf update
# dnf install nano -y
# nano /etc/default/grub
Add the following ot the GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX parameter nouveau.modeset=0
# grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg
# shutdown 0 -rf
If the laptop makes it to the desktop it works
This is more of a personl preferment because fedora uses usually an onder kernel.
sudo dnf install kernel --enablerepo=updates-testing --best --allowerasing
$ su
# dnf install fedora-workstation-repositories -y
# dnf config-manager --set-enabled rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver
# dnf config-manager --add-repo=https://negativo17.org/repos/fedora-nvidia.repo
Reboot..
Open the software app. Click Add-ons > Hardware Drivers > NVIDIA Linux Graphics Driver > Install.
(in the software center you will notice that there are 2 nvidia linux graphics driver chose the one where the source is NOT from rpmfusion.org this one is less bugy, but if it doesn't work out for you chose the other one)
$ su
# dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
# dnf install fedora-workstation-repositories
# dnf config-manager --set-enabled google-chrome
# dnf install google-chrome-beta ffmpeg vlc -y
i have quite a lot of icons and themes i like
$ cd ~/Downloads
$ git clone https://github.com/vinceliuice/vimix-gtk-themes && cd vimix-gtk-themes
$ ./Install
$ cd ..
$ rm -rf vimix-gtk-themes
$ git clone https://github.com/vinceliuice/Sierra-gtk-theme && cd Sierra-gtk-theme
$ ./install.sh
$ cd ..
$ rm -rf Sierra-gtk-theme
$ su
# dnf copr enable snwh/paper
# dnf makecache
# dnf install gtk-murrine-engine gtk2-engines gnome-tweak-tool chrome-gnome-shell arc-theme paper-icon-theme
Packages i usually install: user themes, dash to dock,
block caribou,
topicons Plus,
caffeine
Intel cpu power manager
Open tweak tools to set a theme to youre wish
While doing these steps UNPLUG the laptop from power
$ su
# dnf install powertop tlp tuned-utils thermald -y
# systemctl start powertop
# systemctl enable powertop
# powertop --auto-tune
# nano /etc/default/tlp
In this file uncomment the CPU_SCALING_MAX_FREQ_.... lines and lower the value to make the cpu less power hungry
# systemctl enable tlp
# shutdown 0 -rf
$ su
# dnf install acpi
# dnf config-manager --add-repo https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/uriesk/i8kutils/repo/fedora-28/uriesk-i8kutils-fedora-28.repo
# dnf install i8kutils
# echo "i8k" >> /etc/modules
# echo "options i8k force=1" > /etc/modprobe.d/i8k.conf
# curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mjarkk/eadcd2e793bb5baa0c77f7a539ee7a23/raw/c01dda8f512a42037c446067eab33b4a62ebc0c6/Z-i8kmon.conf > /etc/i8kmon.conf
# curl https://gist.githubusercontent.com/mjarkk/eadcd2e793bb5baa0c77f7a539ee7a23/raw/c01dda8f512a42037c446067eab33b4a62ebc0c6/z-i8kmod.service > /usr/lib/systemd/system/i8kmod.service
# systemctl enable i8kmod
restart the laptop
I noticed a wired bug in fedora where when i press shutdown it waits for 150s because of a job is running for ...
$ su
# dnf install watchdog
# systemctl start watchdog
# systemctl enable watchdog
$ git config --global user.name "mjarkk"
$ git config --global user.email "mkopenga@gmail.com"
$ git config --global credential.helper cache
$ git config --global credential.helper 'cache --timeout=43200'
$ su
# rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
# sh -c 'echo -e "[code]\nname=Visual Studio Code\nbaseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc" > /etc/yum.repos.d/vscode.repo'
# dnf update
# dnf install code -y
# exit
$ echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p
$ git config --global core.editor "code --wait"
$ su
# curl -sL https://rpm.nodesource.com/setup_12.x | bash -
# dnf install nodejs
# exit
$ mkdir ~/.npm-packages
$ prefix = ${HOME}/.npm-packages
$ npm config set prefix '~/.npm-packages'
$ echo 'PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.npm-packages/bin' >> $HOME/.bashrc
$ source ~/.bashrc
DO NOT RUN THIS IN A ROOT SHELL ('#')
$ sudo dnf install golang
$ mkdir ~/go
$ echo 'export GOPATH=$HOME/go' >> ~/.bashrc && echo 'PATH=$PATH:$GOPATH/bin' >> ~/.bashrc
$ source ~/.bashrc
As webserver i use a docker compose config: https://github.com/mjarkk/docker-lemp-config
For laravel devlopment i install:
$ sudo dnf install php php-common php-cli php-json php-pdo php-mbstring php-zip php-xml php-pdo_mysql php-pecl-redis
Install composer via: https://getcomposer.org/download/
$ composer global require "laravel/installer"
$ echo 'PATH=$PATH:$HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin' >> $HOME/.bashrc
$ sudo dnf install pantheon-files
- Download and extract the zip.
- Open a terminal and
cdto thediscord-masterdirectory. - Run one of the following depending on the version you want to create a package for:
- Discord Stable:
./create-package.sh stable - Discord PTB:
./create-package.sh ptb - Discord Canary:
./create-package.sh canary
A easy way to upload pictures to imgur and share them with friends
$ su
# dnf copr enable valdikss/imgur-screenshot
# dnf install imgur-screenshot
@wonrax: take a look at this - https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/GRUB_2
and be aware of this:
Refrain from using grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/efi/EFI/fedora/grub.cfg going forward. This is a valid location on Fedora 33 and earlier. However on Fedora 34 and later, it is a small stub file that merely forwards to /boot/grub2/grub.cfg. See the Reinstalling GRUB section if you have accidentally overwritten this file.