11+ Things to Do After Post-Fedora Gnome / KDE Install (Updated 2025)

If you just installed Fedora for your PC, glance over this list real fast and see if you can find something useful.

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Glance over the Linux blog post or this Windows post if you want to check out more random stuff.

Create symbolic link with your Windows Music folder inside your Fedora Linux Music folder by running in terminal two commands, cd ~/Music and than ln -s /run/media/web/01DB7617A7227420/Users/Webmaster/Music/* . and you'll be good to go!

  • You should definitely take a look at your desktop flavor in Debian. I've noticed, it's a ROCK SOLID distro and even though the Gnome version that ships with Debian is a little older, it's noticeably faster than Fedora (which is also smooth) on my 14th Gen Intel/RTX 3060 video card. It's worth looking into and testing for yourself. The install takes longer with Debian but check it out.
  • Look into the “Atomic” builds if you love Fedora, you might find it MUCH more stabile and perform faster. The silverblue is Gnome Fedora but isolated and locked down.
    • If you test this route out, consider creating an “alias” command for DNG into the OSTREE one… look below.

If using Fedora Silverblue, create alias for two commands so you don't have to break habit

  1. edit file nano ~/.bashrc
  2. paste this to the very bottom of you file than CTRL + X, then Y, and then Enter
alias yum='rpm-ostree'
alias dnf='rpm-ostree'
  1. apply the changes source ~/.bashrc
  2. test with either dnf --help or yum --help and you should see response

Import/Export Gnome Settings Example

this is how you export custom shortcuts

dconf dump /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/ > ~/Downloads/gnome-shortcuts.dconf

this is how you import custom shortcuts

dconf load /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/ < ~/Downloads/gnome-shortcuts.dconf

backup ALL gnome settings

dconf dump /org/gnome/ > ~/Downloads/gnome-settings-backup.dconf

import ALL gnome settings

dconf load /org/gnome/ < ~/Downloads/gnome-settings-backup.dconf

Resources

  • https://fosspost.org/things-to-do-after-installing-fedora-36/
  • https://itsfoss.com/things-to-do-after-installing-fedora/

Glance over the Linux blog post or this Windows post if you want to check out more random stuff.

Create symbolic link with your Windows Music folder inside your Fedora Linux Music folder by running in terminal two commands, cd ~/Music and than ln -s /run/media/web/01DB7617A7227420/Users/Webmaster/Music/* . and you'll be good to go!

  • You should definitely take a look at your desktop flavor in Debian. I've noticed, it's a ROCK SOLID distro and even though the Gnome version that ships with Debian is a little older, it's noticeably faster than Fedora (which is also smooth) on my 14th Gen Intel/RTX 3060 video card. It's worth looking into and testing for yourself. The install takes longer with Debian but check it out.
  • Look into the “Atomic” builds if you love Fedora, you might find it MUCH more stabile and perform faster. The silverblue is Gnome Fedora but isolated and locked down.
    • If you test this route out, consider creating an “alias” command for DNG into the OSTREE one… look below.

If using Fedora Silverblue, create alias for two commands so you don't have to break habit

  1. edit file nano ~/.bashrc
  2. paste this to the very bottom of you file than CTRL + X, then Y, and then Enter
alias yum='rpm-ostree'
alias dnf='rpm-ostree'
  1. apply the changes source ~/.bashrc
  2. test with either dnf --help or yum --help and you should see response

Import/Export Gnome Settings Example

this is how you export custom shortcuts

dconf dump /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/ > ~/Downloads/gnome-shortcuts.dconf

this is how you import custom shortcuts

dconf load /org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/ < ~/Downloads/gnome-shortcuts.dconf

backup ALL gnome settings

dconf dump /org/gnome/ > ~/Downloads/gnome-settings-backup.dconf

import ALL gnome settings

dconf load /org/gnome/ < ~/Downloads/gnome-settings-backup.dconf

Resources

  • https://fosspost.org/things-to-do-after-installing-fedora-36/
  • https://itsfoss.com/things-to-do-after-installing-fedora/

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3 thoughts on “11+ Things to Do After Post-Fedora Gnome / KDE Install (Updated 2025)”

  1. The default media player that ships with Silverblue Fedora Gnome is not very good. If you want minimal, I recommend:

    1. Amberol (no right click edit/delete song)
    2. Lollypop
    3. Clementine > Amarok by KDE
    4. Byte (not very good but has radio stuff)
    5. Decibels/Audio Player by Gnome (Super Bare Bones)

    More options I’m sure but I only searched for like 10m and tested stuff out…

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