Fedora Post-Install Setup Guide
A minimal setup reference for Fedora users to enable essential repositories, drivers, codecs, and performance tweaks.
RPM Fusion & Terra
Fedora ships with several repositories disabled by default.
To access free and non-free software like Steam, Discord, or certain codecs, enable them:
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
To enable Terra:
sudo dnf install --nogpgcheck --repofrompath 'terra,https://repos.fyralabs.com/terra$releasever' terra-release
Update appstream metadata:
sudo dnf group upgrade core
sudo dnf4 group install core
Update System
Use the Software Center → Update
or run:
sudo dnf -y update
Then reboot your system.
Firmware
If your device supports updates through LVFS, refresh and apply firmware updates:
sudo fwupdmgr refresh --force
sudo fwupdmgr get-devices
sudo fwupdmgr get-updates
sudo fwupdmgr update
Flatpak
Enable full Flathub access (for non-free and third-party apps):
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
Allow Flatpak installs per-user (optional):
flatpak remote-add --user --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
AppImage
For AppImage support:
sudo dnf install fuse
Optional AppImage manager:
flatpak install it.mijorus.gearlever
NVIDIA Drivers
Only for systems with supported NVIDIA GPUs (GT/GTX 600 series or newer).
sudo dnf update
Reboot, then install drivers:
sudo dnf install akmod-nvidia
sudo dnf install xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda # for CUDA apps
Wait a few minutes for the kernel module to build:
modinfo -F version nvidia
Then reboot again.
Media Codecs
Enable full multimedia playback support:
sudo dnf4 group install multimedia
sudo dnf swap 'ffmpeg-free' 'ffmpeg' --allowerasing
sudo dnf upgrade @multimedia --setopt="install_weak_deps=False" --exclude=PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin
sudo dnf group install -y sound-and-video
Hardware Video Acceleration
Improves playback and reduces CPU load.
sudo dnf install ffmpeg-libs libva libva-utils
Intel
sudo dnf swap libva-intel-media-driver intel-media-driver --allowerasing
sudo dnf install libva-intel-driver
AMD
Restore codec support:
sudo dnf swap mesa-va-drivers mesa-va-drivers-freeworld
sudo dnf swap mesa-vdpau-drivers mesa-vdpau-drivers-freeworld
sudo dnf swap mesa-va-drivers.i686 mesa-va-drivers-freeworld.i686
sudo dnf swap mesa-vdpau-drivers.i686 mesa-vdpau-drivers-freeworld.i686
OpenH264 for Firefox
sudo dnf install -y openh264 gstreamer1-plugin-openh264 mozilla-openh264
sudo dnf config-manager setopt fedora-cisco-openh264.enabled=1
Then enable the OpenH264 plugin in Firefox settings.
System Tweaks
Set Hostname
hostnamectl set-hostname YOUR_HOSTNAME
Restore Default Firefox Start Page
sudo rm -f /usr/lib64/firefox/browser/defaults/preferences/firefox-redhat-default-prefs.js
Fix Dual-Boot Time Sync
sudo timedatectl set-local-rtc 0
Performance & Optimization
Enable NVIDIA Modeset
sudo grubby --update-kernel=ALL --args="nvidia-drm.modeset=1"
Disable Boot Delay
Speeds up boot by disabling the wait service:
sudo systemctl disable NetworkManager-wait-online.service
Recommended Apps
Compression Support
sudo dnf install -y unzip p7zip p7zip-plugins unrar
Useful Applications
Blender, Brave, Discord, Easyeffects, Flatseal, Foliate, GIMP
Krita, Obsidian, OnlyOffice, qBittorrent, VS Codium, yt-dlp
Wallpaper
https://github.com/NischalDawadi/Wallpapers
Credit: https://github.com/devangshekhawat/Fedora-43-Post-Install-Guide