System: ROG Zephyrus G14 GA402RJ
Most of instruction came from Asus Linux, or the Fedora OS documentation.
The machine is AMD bases, so no custom kernel will need to be installed.
The intention is that RPM Fusion will not be installed on the machine. Everything should be a ToolBox, DistroBox or a Flatpak. This setup will describe how to configure a Distrobox or Flatpak to handle this. Unless stated otherwise all RPMs should be managed in either environment.
If pCloud is not installed in the directed folder, the application will not synch. I think this is an SELinux thing. haven't figured that out yet.
VS Code and Edge repos installed due to requirements for my development environment. Though admittedly Edge can be handled through a Distrobox export. Choose one and not the other. Else Edge will crash randomly, and not start back up. Not certain why this is. But some programs will not export from a Fedora image Distrobox either. But they will from an openSUSE box.
Use either Flathub or Fedora Flatpaks as you see fit, though. Fedora Flatpaks run on Fedora. Flathub will be hit or miss as to what OS they are running on, and can affect your system resources.
Update frequency concerns between the two Flathub and Fedora Flatpaks, can be quite different. Because of this I will be defaulting to Flathub, then Fedora Flatpaks. Otherwise a Fedora Distrobox can used.
Note that the Wayland support configuration for VS Code, is only needed for Gnome.
512 mb /boot/efi fs:efi
1024 mb /boot fs:ext4
lvm
42.24 gb / fs:btrfs
<rest> /var/home fs:btrfs
LVM encrypted
gsettings set org.gnome.mutter experimental-features "['scale-monitor-framebuffer']"
rpm-ostree upgrade --check
sudo rpm-ostree upgrade --reboot
sudo nano /etc/yum.repos.d/asus.repo
[copr:copr.fedorainfracloud.org:lukenukem:asus-linux]
name=Copr repo for asus-linux owned by lukenukem
baseurl=https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/lukenukem/asus-linux/fedora-$releasever-$basearch/
type=rpm-md
skip_if_unavailable=True
gpgcheck=1
gpgkey=https://download.copr.fedorainfracloud.org/results/lukenukem/asus-linux/pubkey.gpg
repo_gpgcheck=0
enabled=1
enabled_metadata=1
sudo rpm-ostree install asusctl supergfxctl asusctl-rog-gui --reboot- Add ROG-GUI to the autostart list.
- In ROG-GUI settings, set check start minimized.
- Enable supergfxctl and set graphics mode.
sudo systemctl enable --now supergfxd.service && \
systemctl reboot
- Check the status of the tree
rpm-ostree status - Pin the branch you want. Probably 0.
sudo ostree admin pin 0
sudo ostree admin pin --unpin 0
Note the number will probably be different later. So look at the layered packages to identify the right branch.
sudo wget https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/virtio-win.repo -O /etc/yum.repos.d/virtio-win.repo
sudo nano /etc/yum.repos.d/virtio-win.repo
then change the latest drivers to enabled.
[virtio-win-latest]
name=Latest virtio-win builds
baseurl=https://fedorapeople.org/groups/virt/virtio-win/repo/latest
enabled=1 # Change from 0 to 1
skip_if_unavailable=1
gpgcheck=0
-
cd /etc/pki/rpm-gpg -
sudo wget https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
sudo sh -c 'echo -e "[edge-yum]\nname=edge-yum\nbaseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/edge/\n
repo_gpgcheck=0\ngpgcheck=0\nenabled=1\ngpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/edge/repodata/repomd.xml.key" > /etc/yum.repos.d/packages.microsoft.com_yumrepos_edge.repo'
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 rpm-ostree cleanup -m
sudo rpm-ostree install \
qemu libvirt virt-manager virt-viewer libosinfo edk2-ovmf swtpm guestfs-tools \
gnome-boxes \
code code-insiders microsoft-edge-stable \
distrobox \
--reboot
gnome-tweaks gnome-shell-extension-pop-shell gnome-shell-extension-pop-shell-shortcut-overrides gnome-shell-extension-user-theme gnome-shell-extension-dash-to-dock
- Per documentation, the following steps are required.
grep -E '^kvm:' /usr/lib/group | sudo tee -a /etc/group && \
grep -E '^libvirt:' /usr/lib/group | sudo tee -a /etc/group && \
sudo usermod -a -G libvirt,kvm $USER
- Then logout and log back in.
for drv in qemu interface network nodedev nwfilter secret storage; do \
sudo systemctl enable virt${drv}d.service; \
sudo systemctl enable virt${drv}d{,-ro,-admin}.socket; \
done \
&& systemctl reboot
sudo virt-host-validate qemu
sudo ostree admin pin 0
- Download app image file. https://www.pcloud.com/download-free-online-cloud-file-storage.html
- Place it in the
~/.local/share/applicationsdirectory. - Execute the file, and complete the setup.
- Download app zip file file at: https://developer.android.com/studio?gad_source=1&gclid=EAIaIQobChMIoaOfhrvahAMVHQ6tBh0YuQjpEAAYASAAEgLI5PD_BwE&gclsrc=aw.ds
- Place the extracted folder in the
~/.local/share/applicationsdirectory. - Execute the studio.sh file, located in the app's bin folder.
- Customize the install of the Android SDK to
~/.local/share/applications/Android/SDK - Once app launches in settings select 'Create Desktop Entry...' to add the app to the startup menu.
sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
Flatseal, Flatsweep, Warehouse, Steam
In VS Code press ctrl+shift+p, type settings, open user settings (JSON). Add "window.titleBarStyle": "custom", to the JSON file.
Create a ~/.config/code-flags.conf file. Then insert in the file --enable-features=UseOzonePlatform --ozone-platform-hint=auto. Once done VS Code Insiders will display with Wayland support. If only operating in a Wayland environment you can use --ozone-platform=wayland instead. This only work for VS Code Insiders.
(Note! There is an error stating that the rpm-ostreed.service is not running. Yet the machine still seems to auto stage any updates, that Plasma Dicover identifies. Havn't tried this in Gnome so I can't comment there.)
sudo nano /etc/rpm-ostreed.conf
- Change the contents of the file to: (comments added for clarity for future reference)
# The 'none' option disables automatic updates. This is the default policy.
# The 'check' option downloads enough metadata to display available updates with rpm-o>
# The 'stage' option downloads, unpacks and stages the update which will be finalized >
# The 'apply' option is the same as stage but also initiates the reboot to the new ver>
[Daemon]
AutomaticUpdatePolicy=stage
IdleExitTimeout=60
#LockLayering=false
- Then configure the timer.
sudo systemctl reload rpm-ostreed && \
sudo systemctl enable --now rpm-ostree-update.service && \
sudo systemctl enable --now rpm-ostreed-automatic.timer
Given the error, this command will not resolve the issue.
sudo systemctl enable --now rpm-ostreed.service
- On Reboot run:
sudo systemctl enable --now rpm-ostreed-automatic.timer - Finally check that the timer and settings are correct.
rpm-ostree status
sudo nano /etc/gdm/custom.conf- Under the
[daemon]section, add or modify the following lines:
AutomaticLoginEnable=True
AutomaticLogin=[YourUsername]
- Place in
~/.config/distrobox/distrobox.conf
container_manager="podman"
container_image_default="registry.fedoraproject.org/fedora-toolbox:39"
#container_image_default="registry.opensuse.org/opensuse/distrobox-packaging:latest"
That way by default created boxes will share a Fedora runtime. This will need to be changes with OS upgrades. Or go with the openSUSE image, which is rolling.
You can create a systemd service to perform distrobox-upgrade automatically, this example shows how to run it daily.
-
sudo nano ~/.config/systemd/user/distrobox-upgrade.service -
Then enter:
[Unit]
Description=distrobox-upgrade Automatic Update
[Service]
Type=simple
ExecStart=distrobox-upgrade --all
StandardOutput=null
-
Create:
sudo nano ~/.config/systemd/user/distrobox-upgrade.timer -
And enter:
[Unit]
Description=distrobox-upgrade Automatic Update Trigger
[Timer]
OnBootSec=1h
OnUnitInactiveSec=1d
[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target
systemctl --user daemon-reload && systemctl --user enable --now distrobox-upgrade.timer
sudo rpm-ostree install oneplay-codec-pack-22-1.x86_64.rpm
Note adding RPM Fusion and the Gstreamer codecs is unneeded if the Fluendo Codec RPM has been installed.
sudo rpm-ostree install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm --reboot
sudo dnf install @multimedia @sound-and-video ffmpeg-libs gstreamer1-plugins-{bad-*,good-*,base} gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 gstreamer1-libav lame*
Alternativley you could also use:
dnf install gstreamer1-devel gstreamer1-plugins-base-tools gstreamer1-doc gstreamer1-plugins-base-devel gstreamer1-plugins-good gstreamer1-plugins-good-extras gstreamer1-plugins-ugly gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-devel gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-extras
sudo ostree admin pin 0
By pinning the last branch after the codec installation. We can esure the previous confiurations made are retained.
distrobox create --unshare-all --name sand_fox.
This assumes Distrobox is configured for Fedora by default.
distrobox create --name tumbleSUSE --unshare-all --image registry.opensuse.org/opensuse/distrobox-packaging:latest
sudo rpm-ostree install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/linux/packages
Usefull for refrencing changes to repos.