Category: Fedora

Fun.

Of all the articles found on the net on installing nvidia, one worked for me, listed below. Here are the steps I took to successfully installed:

1. dnf update

2. reboot

3. dnf install fedora-workstation-repositories

4. dnf config-manager --set-enabled rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver

1. dnf repository-packages rpmfusion-nonfree-nvidia-driver info

2. go to GNOME software > Add-ons > Hardware Drivers> NVIDIA Linux Graphics Driver > Install

Of course, repositiories only need to be installed once.
 

reference: https://fedoramagazine.org/install-nvidia-gpu/

I am a fan of fedora and have been so for years. I feel it is a solid distribution with a good package base and attention to security. I now enjoy the latest version of gnome and some of its standard tools.

Setting up an ideal system can be a challenge. My downfall has been video driver installation. This is when I wish I had a mac or could be content with a windows 10 box.

Listed below are solutions to common setup issues that worked for me.

FEDORA 29: Install date: 1/10/2019

I have a unique file system layout that is part server and part desktop. I add hard drives as I need them creating and switching around partitions by setting the partitions using ext4 and going into the fstab file. This is what works for me. I had lots of losses when I used lvm. I’m sure lvm has improved since.

Each directory has its own partition, the ones not listed share with root. Hard drive space I have is a lot more than what I need.

list all versions of a package

dnf --releasever=29 --showduplicates list $pkgname

when upgrading packages, do not include “packagename”

sudo dnf upgrade --exclude=packagename

add programs to your gnome desktop that you manually installed into opt

Create a file like this: call it Postman.desktop.
save this file in your /home/usr/.local/share/applications directory

[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Postman
Exec=YOUR_INSTALL_DIR/Postman/app/Postman %U
Icon=YOUR_INSTALL_DIR/Postman/app/resources/app/assets/icon.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Development;