How I install my system

Preparing

Download Fedora image and write it to the USB drive:

flatpak install flathub io.gitlab.adhami3310.Impression

Copy .ssh and .gnupg into .Private.

Clean node_modules:

rm -R ~/Dev/*/node_modules ~/Dev/*/*/node_modules ~/Dev/*/coverage ~/Dev/*/*/coverage ~/Dev/susedko/fedora-coreos.iso

Copy these files to external SDD:

Dev/
Vídeos/*
.Private/

BIOS

Boot to BIOS and set supervisor password.
Set battery charge limit to 80%.
Set Game Optimized iGPU.
Temporary enable USB boot.

Install

Start installer:

Select English language.
Use disk manual mode.
1. Create btrfs partitions automatically.
2. Remove /home partition.
3. Remove / partition.
4. Add new / partition.
5. Rename volume to savoia.
6. Set encryption in volume settings.

Reboot to USB drive again. Mount laptop SSD.

Open etc/fstab.

Add noatime,nodiratime to root partitions.

Move /tmp and /var/tmp to RAM:

vartmp /var/tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,nodiratime 0 0
vartmp /tmp     tmpfs defaults,noatime,nodiratime 0 0

Reboot to BIOS. Block boot from USB.

Reboot to system. Set Spanish language, name to Andrey Sitnik and login ai.

Set laptop name:

sudo hostnamectl set-hostname savoia

Reboot.

Copy Dev/ and .Private/ from external SDD and open Install.md locally.

Reduce swap usage by creating /etc/sysctl.d/99-swappiness.conf with:

vm.swappiness = 10

Fix video driver:

sudo grubby --update-kernel=ALL --args="amdgpu.sg_display=0"

Enable Rendimiento, disable Ahorro de energía automático, Suspender automaticámente in Energía settings.

System Update

Remove unnecessary packages:

sudo dnf remove cheese rhythmbox gnome-boxesd orca gnome-contacts gnome-getting-started-docs nautilus-sendto gnome-shell-extension-* libreoffice-* gnome-characters gnome-maps gnome-photos simple-scan virtualbox-guest-additions gedit gnome-boxes gnome-tour gnome-connections mediawriter eog gnome-system-monitor baobab gnome-log gnome-calculator gnome-weather gnome-text-editor gnome-font-viewer gnome-clocks gnome-calendar evince totem ffmpeg-free snapshot intel-media-driver cups-browsed anaconda

Run Software Center, disable Fedora Flatpak and enable Flathub and Chrome.

Add RPM Fusion:

sudo dnf install --nogpgcheck http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm

Update system via Software Center.

Install software:

sudo dnf swap ffmpeg-free ffmpeg --allowerasing
sudo dnf swap mesa-va-drivers mesa-va-drivers-freeworld
sudo dnf swap mesa-vdpau-drivers mesa-vdpau-drivers-freeworld
sudo dnf copr enable atim/starship
sudo dnf copr enable dusansimic/themes
sudo dnf install xclip micro fuse-encfs zenity borgbackup openssl ffmpegthumbnailer nss-tools mosquitto ydotool amrnb amrwb faac faad2 flac gstreamer1-libav gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeworld gstreamer-ffmpeg gstreamer-plugins-bad-nonfree gstreamer-plugins-espeak gstreamer-plugins-ugly lame libdca libmad libmatroska x264 x265 xvidcore gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free gstreamer1-plugins-base gstreamer1-plugins-good gstreamer-plugins-bad gstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free mpv ffmpeg xorg-x11-drv-intel intel-media-driver webp-pixbuf-loader avif-pixbuf-loader ffmpeg-libs libva libva-utils gstreamer1-vaapi mozilla-openh264 libheif-tools unrar p7zip p7zip-plugins speech-dispatcher speech-dispatcher-utils google-chrome-stable nodejs podman git tig ripgrep xkill bat make difftastic java-21-openjdk nextcloud-client zsh util-linux-user starship sqlite input-remapper morewaita-icon-theme https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/mscorefonts2/rpms/msttcore-fonts-installer-2.6-1.noarch.rpm

Set Flatpak languages:

flatpak config languages --set "es;en;ru"
sudo flatpak update

Install applications from Flatpak:

flatpak install flathub de.haeckerfelix.Fragments org.telegram.desktop us.zoom.Zoom org.nickvision.tubeconverter org.gnome.Loupe com.mattjakeman.ExtensionManager io.gitlab.adhami3310.Converter net.nokyan.Resources org.gnome.baobab org.gnome.Calculator org.gnome.Logs org.gnome.Weather org.gnome.clocks org.gnome.Calendar org.gnome.Epiphany org.inkscape.Inkscape org.gnome.gitlab.YaLTeR.VideoTrimmer org.gnome.gitlab.cheywood.Iotas app.devsuite.Ptyxis hu.irl.cameractrls org.gnome.Snapshot org.gnome.Papers org.gimp.GIMP dev.zed.Zed
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub-beta https://flathub.org/beta-repo/flathub-beta.flatpakrepo
flatpak install flathub-beta com.yubico.yubioath

Remove default GNOME console.

Fix unnecessary dir creation in Zoom:

flatpak override --user us.zoom.Zoom --nofilesystem=~/Documents/Zoom
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/applications/
cp /var/lib/flatpak/exports/share/applications/us.zoom.Zoom.desktop ~/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/applications/

Replace Exec to /home/ai/Dev/environment/bin/zoom @@u %U @@ in ~/.local/share/flatpak/exports/share/applications/us.zoom.Zoom.desktop.

Add Autostart and fingers to user settings.

Disable Software auto-start:

dconf write /org/gnome/software/allow-updates false
dconf write /org/gnome/software/download-updates false
mkdir -p ~/.config/autostart && cp /etc/xdg/autostart/org.gnome.Software.desktop ~/.config/autostart/
echo "X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=false" >> ~/.config/autostart/gnome-software-service.desktop
dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/search-providers/disabled "['org.gnome.Software.desktop']"
echo "X-GNOME-Autostart-enabled=false" >> ~/.config/autostart/org.gnome.Software.desktop

Set color profile in Color settings.

Install micro and its plugins:

micro -plugin install editorconfig
sudo dnf remove nano

Base Settings

Disable file system scanning:

dconf write /org/freedesktop/tracker/miner/files/crawling-interval -2

Enable HiPDI on login screen:

sudo cp ~/.config/monitors.xml /var/lib/gdm/.config/
sudo chown gdm:gdm /var/lib/gdm/.config/monitors.xml

Change geolocation API:

sudo mkdir /etc/geoclue/conf.d
sudo tee > /etc/geoclue/conf.d/99-beacondb.conf <<EOF
[wifi]
enable=true
url=https://api.beacondb.net/v1/geolocate
EOF
sudo systemctl restart geoclue

Personal Files

Copy .ssh and .gnupg:

~/Dev/environment/bin/private

Change permissions:

chmod 744 ~/.ssh
chmod 700 ~/.gnupg/
chmod 644 ~/.ssh/* ~/.gnupg/*
chmod 700 ~/.gnupg/private-keys-v1.d
chmod 600 ~/.ssh/id_* ~/.gnupg/private-keys-v1.d/*

Copy configs:

~/Dev/environment/bin/copy-env system

Terminal

Install eza:

curl -sL https://github.com./eza-community/eza/releases/latest/download/eza_x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu.tar.gz | tar xz
chmod +x eza
mkdir -p ~/.local/bin/
mv eza ~/.local/bin/eza

Prepare zsh and podman integration:

mkdir ~/.local/share/history
chmod 700 ~/.local/share/history
podman volume create shell-history

Install zsh:

git clone https://github.com./zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting ~/.local/share/zsh/zsh-syntax-highlighting
git clone https://github.com./zsh-users/zsh-history-substring-search ~/.local/share/zsh/zsh-history-substring-search
git clone https://github.com./zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ~/.local/share/zsh/zsh-autosuggestions
chsh -s /bin/zsh

Create /root/.zshrc:

eval "$(starship init zsh)"

Reboot.

rm ~/.bash*

Open backup and copy files from it.

mkdir ~/backup
borg mount "ai@susedko.local:/var/mnt/vault/ai/backup" ~/backup

Copy files.

borg umount ~/backup
rmdir ~/backup

Enable mouse buttons presets:

sudo systemctl enable --now input-remapper

Start copying Vídeos/* from SDD.

Text Editors

Install VS Code:

sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
sudo 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'
sudo dnf install code
sudo sysctl fs.inotify.max_user_instances=524288

Install VS Code extensions.

Sign-in into accounts in Zed and VS Code.

Install Zed plugins: ini, dockerfile, toml, svelte, make, adwaita, material icon theme.

Open Iotas app, log-in into Nextcloud account.

GNOME Settings

Open Clock and add Vladivostok, Beijing, Moscow, Lisbon, and San Francisco.

Run Weather app and set current location.

Install JetBrains Mono.

mkdir ~/.local/share/fonts
# Copy variable fonts
fc-cache -f -v
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface monospace-font-name "JetBrains Mono Regular 12"

Install custom universal keyboard layouts:

mkdir -p ~/.config/xkb/symbols/ ~/.config/xkb/rules/
wget -O ~/.config/xkb/symbols/universal_en https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ai/universal-layout/main/universal_en.xkb
wget -O ~/.config/xkb/symbols/universal_ru https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ai/universal-layout/main/universal_ru.xkb
wget -O ~/.config/xkb/rules/evdev.xml https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ai/universal-layout/main/evdev.xml

Restart system and select Russian Universal and English/Spanish/Catalan Universal layouts.

Set keyboard settings:

dconf write /org/gnome/desktop/input-sources/xkb-options "['grp_led:caps', 'lv3:ralt_switch', 'grp:shift_caps_switch']"

Open settings:

Apariencia: use standard GNOME wallpaper.
Notificaciones: disable Notificaciones de la pantalla de bloqueo.
Buscar: keep only Calculadora and Configuracion.
Multitarea: disable Activar bordes de la pantalla.
Cuentas en línea: add Google.
Energía: enable Mostrar porcentaje de la bataría.
Ratón y panel táctil: mouse speed to 75%, touchpad speed to 90%.
Sistema → Fecha y hora: enable seconds and week day on top panel.
Privacidad y seguridad → Historico de archivos y papelera: disable File History.

Login to NextCloud client to sync.sitnik.ru.

Nautilus:

Enable Sort folders before files.
Enable Single click to open items.

Disable GNOME extension version check:

gsettings set org.gnome.shell disable-extension-version-validation true

Install extensions from GNOME.md.

Restore settings file from backup:

~/Dev/environment/bin/restore-gnome-extensions

Clean up applications list.

Folders

Create empty file template:

mkdir ~/.local/share/desktop
mkdir ~/.local/share/templates
touch ~/.local/share/templates/Archivo\ vacío

Fix folders at ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs:

XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/.local/share/desktop"
XDG_DOWNLOAD_DIR="$HOME/Descargas"
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/.local/share/templates"
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME"
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/Documentos"
XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME"
XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME"
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/Vídeos"

Clean bookmarks:

echo "" > ~/.config/gtk-3.0/bookmarks

Remove unnecessary folders:

rm -R ~/Imágenes ~/Música ~/Público ~/Plantillas ~/Escritorio
mkdir "Capturas de pantalla"

Connect to server in Files by sftp://ai@susedko.local/ and add vault to Favorites places. Add Descargas and Capturas de pantalla to Favorites places.

Add icon theme:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface icon-theme 'MoreWaita'

Set icons:

/usr/share/icons/MoreWaita/scalable/places/folder-code.svg for ~/Dev/.
/usr/share/icons/Adwaita/scalable/places/folder-pictures.svg for ~/Capturas de pantalla/.

Home Server

Add server’s sertificate to the system:

certutil -d sql:$HOME/.pki/nssdb -A -t "C,," -n sitnik -i ~/Dev/susedko/sitniks.crt
sudo cp ~/Dev/susedko/sitniks.crt /etc/pki/ca-trust/source/anchors/sitniks.pem
sudo update-ca-trust

Add service to ~/.config/systemd/user/susedko-listener.service:

[Unit]
Description=Susedko Listener
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Service]
ExecStart=/home/ai/Dev/environment/bin/susedko-listener
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=30s
StartLimitBurst=5

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Add service to /etc/systemd/system/ydotoold.service:

[Unit]
Description=ydotool Daemon

[Service]
ExecStart=ydotoold --socket-path="/run/.ydotool_socket" --socket-own="1000:1000"
Restart=on-failure
RestartSec=30s

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Create script on screen lock at ~/.config/systemd/user/lock-listener.service:

[Unit]
Description=Run script on screen lock

[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=/home/ai/Dev/environment/bin/lock-listener

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Enable services:

sudo systemctl enable ydotoold.service
sudo systemctl start ydotoold.service
systemctl --user enable susedko-listener.service
systemctl --user start susedko-listener.service
systemctl --user enable lock-listener.service
systemctl --user start lock-listener.service

Additional Software

Fix Wayland in Chrome:

Open Chrome.
Open chrome://flags/#ozone-platform-hint.
Set Wayland.

Left only Telegram, Firefox, Nautilus, Terminal, Iotas, System Update, and Backup in the dock.

Development Tools

Install Node.js and Dev Containers.

npm config set ignore-scripts true
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/node/
tee -a ~/.local/share/node/package.json << EOM
{
  "dependencies": {
    "@devcontainers/cli": ">=0.71.0"
  }
}
EOM
cd ~/.local/share/node && npm install && cd
podman volume create pnpm-store

Sign-in to npm:

npm login

Install Keybase:

sudo dnf install https://prerelease.keybase.io/keybase_amd64.rpm
run_keybase

Disable autostart in Keybase settings and revoke old laptop.

LanguageTool Server

Prepare ngrams:

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/ngrams
cd ~/.local/share/ngrams
wget https://languagetool.org/download/ngram-data/ngrams-en-20150817.zip
wget https://languagetool.org/download/ngram-data/ngrams-es-20150915.zip
wget https://languagetool.org/download/ngram-data/untested/ngram-ru-20150914.zip
unzip ngrams-en-20150817.zip
unzip ngrams-es-20150915.zip
unzip ngram-ru-20150914.zip
rm ngram*.zip

Prepare fasttext:

wget https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/fcsm/fasttext/fedora-39-x86_64/06624475-fasttext/fasttext-0.9.2-4.fc39.x86_64.rpm https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/fcsm/fasttext/fedora-39-x86_64/06624475-fasttext/fasttext-libs-0.9.2-4.fc39.x86_64.rpm
sudo dnf install ./fasttext-*
rm ./fasttext-*
mkdir -p ~/.local/share/fasttext
cd ~/.local/share/fasttext
wget https://dl.fbaipublicfiles.com/fasttext/supervised-models/lid.176.bin

Create config ~/.config/languagetool.properties:

languageModel=/home/ai/.local/share/ngrams
fasttextModel=/home/ai/.local/share/fasttext/lid.176.bin
fasttextBinary=/usr/bin/fasttext

mkdir -p ~/.config/systemd/user/

Create service unit ~/.config/systemd/user/languagetool.service:

[Unit]
Description=LanguageTool Server

[Service]
ExecStart=java -Xms512m -Xmx2g \
          -cp .local/lib/languagetool/languagetool-server.jar \
          org.languagetool.server.HTTPServer \
          --config .config/languagetool.properties \
          --port 8081 --allow-origin

[Install]
WantedBy=default.target

Install LanguageTool:

~/Dev/environment/bin/update-languagetool

Enable service.

systemctl --user enable --now languagetool.service

Google Cloud

Install gcloud CLI:

sudo tee -a /etc/yum.repos.d/google-cloud-sdk.repo << EOM
[google-cloud-cli]
name=Google Cloud CLI
baseurl=https://packages.cloud.google.com/yum/repos/cloud-sdk-el9-x86_64
enabled=1
gpgcheck=1
repo_gpgcheck=0
gpgkey=https://packages.cloud.google.com/yum/doc/rpm-package-key.gpg
EOM
sudo dnf install google-cloud-cli

Create a user for Google Cloud:

sudo useradd gcloud

Sign-in:

gcloud auth login

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How I install my system

Preparing

BIOS

Install

System Update

Base Settings

Personal Files

Terminal

Text Editors

GNOME Settings

Folders

Home Server

Additional Software

Development Tools

LanguageTool Server

Google Cloud

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How I install my system

Preparing

BIOS

Install

System Update

Base Settings

Personal Files

Terminal

Text Editors

GNOME Settings

Folders

Home Server

Additional Software

Development Tools

LanguageTool Server

Google Cloud