Installing Fedora 43 Beta KDE Plasma
Get Fedora 43 Beta KDE Plasma
Use Fedora Media Writer application to create a ‘Live USB’ or download the ISO image from the torrent list.
Fedora Media Writer is available for Linux and Microsoft Windows.
Install Fedora
Fedora images are hybrid ISO images, so they can be used for DVD burning or flash drive creation. They also work on BIOS and UEFI systems.
I recommend using the Fedora Media Writer application to create the bootable flash drive. There is also a version for Windows.
As this is a “live” distribution, the new OS (operating system) will run from the DVD or pen drive without making any changes to the hard disk. You can test the OS and only then install it on the hard drive.
During installation, leave the “root” account disabled. Create a user with administrative rights and a password.
After installation, restart the computer and remove the DVD or flash drive. Log in, open Terminal and update the entire system with the following command:
sudo dnf update
(enter password)
Restart the computer to load a new kernel and start the updated applications. Restart on the desktop or with the reboot command.
reboot
Parameterize DNF
Fedora uses DNF to install and update its software over the internet. It also automatically determines application dependencies.
Repositories Fedora
Fedora includes two repositories by default: fedora, with the same software packages as the DVD and updates, with updated packages. These repositories sign their RPM files to make sure they are valid when they are downloaded.
Other Repositories
For applications that conflict with Fedora policy (MP3, DVD, MPEG, binary drivers, etc.) the RPM Fusion repository is required.
sudo dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
Install current applications
sudo dnf install thunderbird ktorrent gimp xsane p7zip kde-l10n-Portuguese unrar gsmartcontrol libreoffice-langpack-pt-PT gimp-help gimp-help-pt_BR vlc librecad inkscape scribus
Install codecs
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 the hardware accelerated codec for an Intel recent CPU…
sudo dnf install intel-media-driver
… or for an AMD CPU (best choice)
sudo dnf swap mesa-va-drivers mesa-va-drivers-freeworld
sudo dnf swap mesa-vdpau-drivers mesa-vdpau-drivers-freeworld
To play a DVD you need to install the libdvdcss package
sudo dnf install rpmfusion-free-release-tainted
sudo dnf install libdvdcss
sudo dnf install rpmfusion-nonfree-release-tainted
sudo dnf --repo=rpmfusion-nonfree-tainted install "*-firmware"
Installing KDevelop IDE (for developers)
sudo dnf group install development-tools
sudo dnf group install c-development
sudo dnf install kdevelop kdevelop-pg-qt kdevelop-php
How to change the hostname
If you want to customize the machine name, the easiest method is using the command line.
This instruction is valid for a computer used at home, which is not part of a enterprise network. We use the hostnamectl command:
hostnamectl set-hostname new-name
This name is stored in the /etc/hostname file.
We can simultaneously check the machine name, operating system, kernel version and architecture with this command:
hostnamectl status
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