Beginner's Guide: 15 Essential Tweaks for New Fedora Workstation Users

[@showbizjosh40]

I just dipped into Fedora 40 on an older laptop to try and breath new life into and holy wow it runs fast. Trying to run windows on it wasn’t working that well but with Fedora, it’s seriously working like a brand new machine!

[@TheJason13]

I have Fedora 40 running on several 5-8 year old 500GB hard drives from old office computers, and you can't really tell the difference between a HDD and SSD. Seriously. I can install, set it up, install a few programs/tweaks and update it in about 30-45 minutes. AND IT'S FAST!!!!!! ON A HARD DRIVE!!!!!

[@AuroraClair]

I was just commenting on how slow my old laptop is now. Hopefully there is a solution to the lagginess, I don't wanna go back to windows. I had win7 installed as up to today. Just installed fedora a couple of hours ago and the initial update after the install jas been taking forever... still stuck at 97%

[@TheJason13]

@@AuroraClair sometimes the updates can take a while depending on the computer's hardware. Be patient, and if anything, just reinstall to make sure the problem wasn't on the install. I've never seen it stay at 97% for very long, but it can happen i'm sure.

[@TheJason13]

i snagged an old HP Probook from work to test Fedora on, and it runs like a dream. I did upgrade the hard drive to an SSD (only cause i had one handy) but i might put a regular hard drive in it to recreate the 13 year old specs lol. I upgraded the ram to 8GB, ethernet jack is true gigabit, but the WIFI isn't working for whatever reason. Not really concerned with that. Just wanted an old laptop to play with.

[@AuroraClair]

@@TheJason13 thank you, I really was just impatient after a long day :) ended up not successfully installing the nvidia drivers. Keep getting "nvidia kermel module missing. Falling back to nouveau " msg on startup. Reinstalling didn't help. And it is overheating. Not sure if fedora was best choice for my old thinkpad (CPU: Intel Core i5-3210M Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 and NVIDIA GeForce GT 635M RAM: 4GB)

[@davemeech]

This is awesome. I've been using Fedora with completely vanilla gnome for a couple of months now in favor of getting used to the intended gnome workflow, which I'm pretty much there I think. That being said, I think I'm now granting myself the permission to now look at gnome extensions and tweaks to really get it where I like it.

[@TheJason13]

Gnome Tweaks, Extension Manager (install right from the program, don't have to go online). Dconf editor if you want to have the sound go over 100%, but that's just me. Extensions I recommend: Worksapce Indicator, Blur My Shell, Dash To Dock and Vitals.

[@Joshua_Sims]

Perfect timing. I just setup my laptop on Fedora 40. Thanks Jay!

[@Nerzhina]

Hi Jay. Thank you for making these excellent Linux video tutorials. Please continue creating great Linux content. Best wishes from Ireland.

[@FloridaDave-i6j]

This is good. Just wished you liked Plasma more than gnome......

[@ReinisIkass]

Excellent timing, just switched to Nobara. Let's see what applies. EDIT, at least half of the tips are Gnome-related. The rest are already applied in Nobara official KDE edition. Not that it diminishes the value of this video in any way.

[@RedSntDK]

I have been wanting a gaming optimized BtrFS and Zram based distro and Nobara looks perfect, and KDE being an option is just the cherry on top.

[@henriquepicanco97]

Well, WORKSTATION is GNOME, at the end.

[@belvederebaileycambodia]

@@RedSntDK so... how did your Nobara installation go ?? would you recommend ? I've downloaded the iso, but just checking a few more opinions before I go ahead..

[@simo47768]

Can you do an advanced follow up? Like using docker, Making a backup of OS, separate partition for /home dir , tips about game emulation , etc etc

[@GapRecordingsNamibia]

This, this is s good comment, one that makes sense, and asks for something useful as a followup...

[@JMX246]

Excellent video and useful information ! thanks for posting (new Fedora AARCH64 user) currently running as a VM in Fusion on Macbook Pro M1

[@turtlewax3849]

GNOME is interesting. It does take a little time to get use to. I think that it is a testament to Linux, because you have flexibility in your desktop environment. Dont like one, install another. That is awesome!

[@McDuffington]

Finally switching over to a good distro I see. Good!

[@NeptuneSega]

Commenting for the algorithm. Thanks for the video!

[@mmcleod06]

Thank you for another fine and informative video. Even though I like Mint and MX, Fedora is tempting me.

[@pawjast]

Lots of good points in the video!

[@paulothx138]

What an awesome video, thank you!

[@matthewness435]

Great video!!! I am thinking about running fedora on my next build so this is helpful

[@NikitaKovalenko-j7c]

Thank you for the guide on my favourite distro!

[@Tired_Night_Owl_in_the_Woods]

Aand now same jazz but for KDE version😅 I am a newby to Linux and such simple showdown will help a lot😊

[@GapRecordingsNamibia]

Reading through this comments section reminds me of why I thought I would never switch to linux from windows..... There are some really toxic and hateful people that use this kernel and it's associated software. This is such a shame, yet these very same bad apples that like to shame those who would dare to ask for help or advice. This comments section is exactly what's wrong with this community, not everyone but those bad apples ruin the experiance for new people wanting to try out a distro.... Such a shame.... Thank you Jay for making the effort on these kinds of videos for new comers.

[@ibizenco]

Not trying out Linux because some Linux users are a§§es is a foolish reason.😐

[@GapRecordingsNamibia]

No, it's not. If you ask a normal question and get an answer like "if you need to ask that then don't use linux" or asking if a certain program might be working correctly and you get told "why can't you figure that out yourself," or you get something like, "why must we hold your hand, go back to windows" is not a stupid reason, and quite frankly why I stayed off until recently, you may think it is stupid, but, in reality, it is the truth... Those kinds of comments are not at all inviting and only show thise users asking questions like those that they are on their own..

[@ibizenco]

@@GapRecordingsNamibia But the impoliteness of (some) Linux users IS a foolish reason (I do not want to insult you by using the word "foolish") not to install and use Linux... I mean, do you mean: "You are all rude to me - FINE, then I WON'T use Linux!!!" If you know a BIT about computers, then you will realise that Windows is inferior to Linux At work, I refused to be the "local system administrator" any longer because of the endless "issues" in Windows 10 - I was sick and tired of it. Before Windows we had SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and we NEVER had problems. Windows 10? You really don't want to get me started... I have been using Linux since 2007 (alongside Windows) and I would never be that rude to anyone because I will never forget that I once knew nothing about Linux. Don't give up on a great computer system, only because there are people too STUPID to realise that they TOO once knew nothing about Linux. Perhaps try another Linux distro? (Linux Mint is still my favourite version.)

[@GapRecordingsNamibia]

Hi, no. Not all Linux users are nasty , but, you have to see it from the eyes of a normal windows user, someone who is not very tech savvy. I agree that saying you will not use something because of a few bad apples is not the right thing to do, but, this is a fact. This what puts new users off, I am not arguing wheather Linux is superior or not. Obviously it is. But, Linux has a very very very steep learning curve for a normal user coming from windows and needs to be seen as such. What makes or breaks a product, any product, is it's ease of use and its support base, the easier it is to garner the needed support from the support base the better and easier it is to adopt for a new comer.... This is an undeniable fact, this is the reason I chose to go with Fedora, because that support base has been the most welcoming group and also the most helpful people that not only supplied links to read but also gave explanations and examples of how to understand and how to use a lot of the commands. When teaching someone to use something, breaking down the code into snippets and explaining what it does and how it does it helps in cementing an understanding, giving code without the needed context leads to doing more harm than good as it does not give any explination. This I do think is the greater problem, the support base I do think wants to help, but, how the help is given is where the problem lies. If you are in a hurry, your response to soneone asking for help will also be such, and this can lead to missinterperetation or to misunderstanding. And this inevitibly does lead to a lack of patience and irratibility....

[@turtlewax3849]

@@GapRecordingsNamibia Linux is an operating system for people who want to tinker and use things like man pages, (distro) wiki, search forums for users who had similar problems.... you know, working out your problems or trying to before asking. Reading forum rules about how to post an issue and what information that you need ready to have the help you need. If you do not like trying to help yourself before asking for help, Linux is not for you. The people who help are not paid and use their own time to help out. You cannot return the favor to another user if you do not know what you are working with. If you do not like the sarcasm or krass responses, then look for your solutions on your time.

[@riskin620]

This was fantastic! I'd love to see similar guides for other distros. For instance, you loved Debian 12 when it was released, and I wonder what tweaks you'd make to it now that you've had some time with it. But I'd love to see a whole series like this of how to get the most out of some popular distros. Thanks!

[@50-50_Grind]

Very informative, will replicate it in a Virtual Machine.

[@KeepMovingForward-24-365]

gnome extensions wont work as expected in VM

[@50-50_Grind]

@@KeepMovingForward-24-365 Thanks for the heads-up.

[@drakemallard6100]

The very first thing is to enable fast server and parallel downloads!

[@lucasdias2875]

I'm trying to picture how Gnome Desktop could fit my workflow, which consists in constantly answering e-mails and IMs, copying and pasting information between Word and web browsers and having a notepad and a tracker spreadsheet always open. Maybe I would have to separate the things between workstations and get used to it. Too much minimalism can be scary. Does it even have a centralized notification bar or equivalent?

[@sameensap6818]

@LearnLinuxTV Sir I have Questions for You.. What Operating System you use as your Primary OS or as an daily Driver And Which Linux distro OS you would Prefer for Others. Please answer sir.

[@ibizenco]

For people that are new to Linux, I personally would say Linux Mint.

[@ricseeds4835]

Does enabling DVD playback automatically enable Blu-ray playback or is that a different process?

[@ryozanpaku6097]

Nice. Keep it coming

[@derekenz4185]

Great review! Thanks!

[@chromerims]

Thank you, Jay

[@MeshachOgbor]

Great video. I was just wondering if you could also make a video tutorials on Devops

[@GapRecordingsNamibia]

Just a few things to mention surrounding the dock, and the overview button, pressing the windows key or the command key AKA the power key will bring up the windows overview, also, pressing the power key and a number key (eg. powerkey +1) would open your firefox app.

[@tridens6708]

Using Gnome how do you enlarge top bar clock is very small places power button makevthe Bar bigger

[@CyberMayler]

Is there any away to configure Headset Astro 20? I have a wireless that communicate using a USB-audio device, but there is no way the device show my USB device.

[@benderbg]

Thanks!

[@akhlaqihussain]

I am getting this message while booting. "NVIDIA kernel module missing. Falling back to nouveau.", Does anyone know how to solve this?

[@manamanee3318]

Thanks for the great video

[@AuroraClair]

Is it normal for the initial update to take for ages? I guess my old thinkpad isn't really a match for fedora, as the system is a bit laggy :( hopefully the updates will solve this, but I'm doubtful

[@ghost762]

Step on install KDE plasma and ditch Gnome.

[@mathieuberthalay21]

Thank you for your video 🤩

[@kurt_hansen]

What about fractional scaling. On KDE i use 150%, on gnome it is not working well. Anything changed here in the meantime?

[@henriquepicanco97]

Nothing new to me, somethings I just don't use (like tray icons), but still a great video.

[@TylereCalfina]

Man, wish I could use fedora on my laptop, it has a old 1650 that doesn't support the new open source nvidia drivers.

[@bhargavjitbhuyan9394]

Bro, how do I fix my color? For some reason, my laptop's display colors look worse. It has kind of like a blue tint. Increasing green and red should fix it. I am using arch.

[@cugansteamid6252]

Please make one on Debian 12.

[@thatonedude1210]

He did 🙂 kzbin.info/www/bejne/gWiViX1-qteXi7sfeature=shared

[@thatonedude1210]

Not sure why my previous comment was removed, but one was made for Debian 🙂

[@paulodetarsojr]

very good!

[@SergeiAvdoshkin]

Steam does not work (standard). Just keeps blinking on dock and does not show up.

[@BobAltman-j2u]

Extension Manager > GNOME Extensions

[@PremiumGerman]

For those complaining about that you're using KDE: fedora is basically Red Hat Enterprise Linux Alpha version and RHEL uses gnome by default. Fedora has spins yes but gnome is the standard still

[@archip8021]

that's a lot of things to do before gnome becomes useful 😂

[@TimSchraepen]

Mentions egregious sound effects, all the while triggering my starcraft2 protoss brain with those building warp-in sounds… 😅

[@RedSntDK]

Jeez Gnome. I can respect that they do things differently, but they also seem kind of stubborn for no real benefit at all, like the system tray. But on the flip side they have something very nice like Gnome Boxes.

[@Linuxdude-x4u]

The update thingy doesnt happen on fedora kde

[@KukicVidan]

how people install steam on fedora...from where usualy?

[@Albert-gm9so]

Flatpak

[@nekilik89]

I use Gnome since Fedora 34 and switch to KDE few weeks ago. I had no idea how good KDE today is.

[@KeepMovingForward-24-365]

i use fedora - kde. 75% of the video is not at all useful to me. anyway thanks

[@az_tinkerer_gamer]

He does say gnome afterall.

[@KeepMovingForward-24-365]

@@az_tinkerer_gamer ok, i didnt notice.

[@darthkielbasa]

😂 🤡

[@yghhhhrffv]

Ur using a spin, not the main version. You could have skipped the video

[@henriquepicanco97]

Well, he specifies WORKSTATION, the main Fedora, at the title.

[@ibizenco]

Running Fedora 39 at one of my computers (I have... a few). With Cinnamon, because I find Gnome HORRIBLY user-unfriendely (unless you get the Gnome Shell Extensions); I'd rather use Openbox or Fluxbox than Gnome. Ryzen 5 2600, 8GB DDR4-RAM, Quadro P1000 with the Nouveau driver (in a black Corsair "Corsair 275R airflow" PC case). Fedora works just FINE (as does Linux Mint and LMDE and Ubuntu and OpenSUSE and Manjaro). Compare THAT with that GODAWFUL Windows 10/11... #shudder In fact, since I started with Linux in 2007, I have never had any problems with Linux (except a kernel panic at first boot with Debian years ago, and a few PICNIC problems...). Linus Torvalds should get a statue on every continent (alright, you too, Richard) - including Antarctica - for having given us Linux.

[@user-mq1wy8if3i]

I like your hair brother.

[@radman999]

First step, install KDE

[@neoturfmasterMVS]

Exactly. Anyone looking for more features than 'basic' for their mom is gonna be using KDE. I'm just being real, now come get me

[@henriquepicanco97]

No.

[@neoturfmasterMVS]

@@henriquepicanco97 Yes.

[@connivingkhajiit]

Yes

[@henriquepicanco97]

@@neoturfmasterMVS no. GNOME is better. Or install the KDE spins instead screw up with Workstation.

[@cibulis5347]

I just cant decide KDE or GNOME

[@DryPaperHammerBro]

Also, 2 things: 1. It's "guhnome" 2. The watermark's part of the tweaks, it's there even if you swap wallpapers

[@cugansteamid6252]

And the only reason why Gnome is the best /s

[@richardwalters9249]

Now I know what Boxes is ...

[@DryPaperHammerBro]

Hello from my customized Arch+MATE installation!

[@JohnCastleSmokeless]

Love the video and the channel, but I have one big WTF?! going on here. Why on _Earth_ would anyone ditch the spyware that is Windows... and then -- on purpose, mind you -- install the spyware that is Google Chrome?! lol

[@alanm03]

Not quite as good as mint. But a very good distro.

[@50-50_Grind]

That's subjective, isn't it? Your needs might not be mine.

[@KeepMovingForward-24-365]

mint doesnt give kde desktop

[@alanm03]

@@KeepMovingForward-24-365 You can install it. I like KDE as well.

[@foju9365]

Most important thing to do on fedora is to delete it. Save some money and buy a Mac and actually do the work on your project instead of dicking around with Linux

[@belkraiDH]

you need to chill

[@rahulrajan33]

I install nvidia drivers . After restarting it shows nvidia kernal modules are missing. Falling back to noveau. So how to solve this

[@GapRecordingsNamibia]

I tried to post a link for you to follow on Discussion Fedora, YT will nit allow it, go check the forum for a topic labled "need help making an expencive desicion". I was contemplating going over to an AMD gpu until I found out how to install the Nvidia drivers, it is not that hard to do, Linux is full of nonsense when it comes to installing 3rd party drivers, but, when done correctly it works flawlessly.... Hope this helps.

[@davidwayne9982]

I installed Fedora a while back- had it for about a week-- found All kinds of issues-- it was slow- glitchy- and would hang up a lot.. I don't think that was right-- was there maybe something I did that caused this? I liked it-- IF it had worked right.. but for me-- the first thing I did after installing Fedora was to REFORMAT the drive and install MX.. because it didn't work.. and again-- probably MY fault-- but why?

[@smudge0161]

Same here. Found Fedora buggy for a long time, especially the installer, which always crashed. However since I got my Framework 13 Fedors has run on that machine without issue.

[@philtejeda3110]

Tbh this is mostly just a gnome customization video.

[@hasnibrahiti]

Gnome is annoying.

[@aqua-bery]

I would like a little more polish in videos usually. Some music, some sound effects and a little more faster pace. Overall though this video is nice and informative

[@neilmarshall5087]

Why do you need music? Are you attention deficient and need music or Boiing and weee noises to keep you in front of the screen? Most of the top channels (aimed at professional adults) have no music. Music is not a standard part of education. Can you not hear the sound effects? This is a video for IT workers. Not children. It is about setting up computers, not watching cats miss their jumps. Your comment is weird. To say the least.

[@angmoh777]

i had issues using ssh to connect to a headless workstation (didn't want to install server). It would go to sleep, found the settings with sudo -u gdm dbus-run-session gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power | grep sleep set type to 'nothing' and timeout to 0 type and timeout for battery and AC power thanks EU!

[@bradmonk69]

Clicking in the top left to bring up the menu at the bottom... Why?

[@sameensap6818]

@LearnLinuxTV