Dotfiles for fedora i3

Included in config:

• i3
• kitty
• nvim
• fish
• starship
• ranger
• tokyonight theme

This works on my desktop with:

• Ryzen 3600
• Nvidia 1070
• Username: h

Instructions

Packages

# Add rpmfusion
sudo dnf install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm -y

# Add yadm repo
dnf config-manager addrepo --from-repofile=https://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:TheLocehiliosan:yadm/Fedora_40/home:TheLocehiliosan:yadm.repo

# Add github desktop package feed (https://github.com/shiftkey/desktop)
sudo rpm --import https://mirror.mwt.me/shiftkey-desktop/gpgkey
sudo sh -c 'echo -e "[mwt-packages]\nname=GitHub Desktop\nbaseurl=https://mirror.mwt.me/shiftkey-desktop/rpm\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\nrepo_gpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://mirror.mwt.me/shiftkey-desktop/gpgkey" > /etc/zypp/repos.d/mwt-packages.repo'

# Lua LS
sudo dnf copr enable yorickpeterse/lua-language-server -y

sudo dnf upgrade -y

# Configure multimedia - https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/Multimedia?highlight=%28%5CbCategoryHowto%5Cb%29
# Switch to full ffmpeg
sudo dnf swap ffmpeg-free ffmpeg --allowerasing
# Install additional codecs
sudo dnf update @multimedia --setopt="install_weak_deps=False" --exclude=PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin

# Install packages
sudo dnf install conda jq cmake which fish tmux neovim yadm gh git wget ripgrep make clang unzip pandoc clang-tools-extra go python3-pip luarocks lua-language-server fzf rofi vlc xset syncthing mupdf xdotool kernel-tools xarchiver thunar-archive-plugin libasan valgrind qutebrowser st flatpak python-pillow flameshot github-desktop -y

# Install ranger
# ranger installed with dnf doesn't work in python 3.13
# https://github.com/ranger/ranger/issues/3019
pip install git+https://github.com/ranger/ranger.git

# Change shell to fish
chsh -s $(which fish)

# Install gdb
sudo dnf debuginfo-install gdb glibc

# Disable smart card daemon
sudo systemctl stop pcscd
sudo systemctl stop pcscd.socket

# Remove mousepad text editor and azote picture browser and background setter
sudo dnf remove mousepad azote

# Git config
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"
git config --global user.name "Henry Lee"

# Power menu
chmod +x .config/i3/rofi-power-menu

# starship prompt
curl -sS https://starship.rs/install.sh | sh

# glow (for markdown rendering)
go install github.com/charmbracelet/glow@latest

# gopls
go install golang.org/x/tools/gopls@latest

# rustup
curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

# stylua and mdbook
cargo install stylua mdbook

# python type checker, formatter, and syntax highlighter
pip install autopep8 pyright pygments

# kitty
curl -L https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/installer.sh | sh /dev/stdin

# markdown table of contents
sudo npm install -g markdown-toc

Additonal Neovim settings

Add to /usr/share/applications/nvim.desktop and ~/.local/share/applications/nvim.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Neovim
Exec=kitty -e nvim %F
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Keywords=Text;editor;
Icon=nvim
Categories=Utility;TextEditor;
StartupNotify=false

Swap caps lock and escape for keyboard

Add to /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/00-keyboard.conf

Section "InputClass"
        MatchIsKeyboard "on"
        Option "XkbOptions" "caps:swapescape"
EndSection

Firefox

1. Type about:config in the address bar.
2. In the search bar, type gfx.webrender.all and set it to true.
3. In the search bar, type media.ffmpeg.vaapi.enabled and set it to true.
4. In the search bar, type toolkit.tabbox.switchByScrolling and set it to true.
5. In the search bar, type browser.zoom.siteSpecific and set it to false.
6. In the search bar, type layout.css.devPixelsPerPx and set it to 1.0.

Nvidia settings

sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia
# optional for cuda/nvdec/nvenc support
sudo dnf install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda 

sudo nvidia-settings
# then enable full composition pipeline and correct refresh rate

Night light

Add to ~/.config/i3/config (to execute during startup)

xrandr --output HDMI-0 --gamma 1.0:0.869:0.737

# Or add to ~/.nvidia-settings-rc
# [DPY:HDMI-0]/RedGamma=1.000000
# [DPY:HDMI-0]/GreenGamma=0.868607
# [DPY:HDMI-0]/BlueGamma=0.736888

Background color for desktop and greeter

Add to /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf

• #808080 is gray color

[greeter]
background=#808080

Github Copilot CLI

gh extensions install github/gh-copilot

# To use
ghcs "${DESCRIBE_COMMAND}"

Stremio

https://github.com/alexandru-balan/Stremio-Install-Scripts