Time and Date: optional NTP servers in Germany.
0.de.pool.ntp.org 1.de.pool.ntp.org 2.de.pool.ntp.org 3.de.pool.ntp.org
Activate laptop wifi connection.
rpm -q NetworkManager-wifi # plug-in ethernet connection dnf install NetworkManager-wifi systemctl restart NetworkManager # unplug ethernet connection nmtuiI use dnf priority to isolate the core system from 3rd party software.
[baseos] name=Rocky Linux $releasever - BaseOS mirrorlist=https://mirrors.rockylinux.org/mirrorlist?arch=$basearch&repo=BaseOS-$releasever$rltype gpgcheck=1 enabled=1 countme=1 metadata_expire=6h gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-Rocky-9 priority=10
The rule is that if a [repository] has "enabled=1" then add "priority=X" to establish it's hierarchy among other repos.
The hierarchy usually is:
priority=10 for [baseos]
priority=20 for [appstream]
priority=20 for [crb]
priority=30 for [extras]
priority=40 for [epel]
priority=50 for [google-chrome]
priority=90 for [fedora]
Install epel repo, the Fedora Special Interest Group (with priority=40).
dnf install epel-release
Install Xfce Desktop
dnf group install "Xfce" dnf install lightdm systemctl disable gdm.service systemctl enable lightdm.service systemctl set-default graphical.target ll /etc/systemd/system/default.target dnf install xdg-user-dirs # Create $HOME template directories, e.g. Documents, Downloads, Music, Trash as $HOME/.local/share/Trash # Run as regular user xdg-user-dirs-update
Reboot the system and login to Xfce session
Add [google-chrome] repository.
Create and edit the file /etc/yum.repos.d/google-chrome.repo
[google-chrome] name=google-chrome baseurl=https://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/rpm/stable/x86_64 enabled=1 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=https://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub priority=50
Add Fedora-35 repository to Rocky Linux 9
cd /tmp wget https://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/35/Everything/x86_64/os/Packages/f/fedora-gpg-keys-35-1.noarch.rpm rpm2cpio fedora-gpg-keys-35-1.noarch.rpm | cpio -idmv cp etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-35-primary . rm -rfv etc rm fedora-gpg-keys-35-1.noarch.rpm # as root cp RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-35-primary /etc/pki/rpm-gpg chown -v root:root /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-35-primary chmod 644 /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-35-primary chcon -u system_u -t cert_t -v /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-35-primary
Create /etc/yum.repos.d/fedora35.repo
[fedora35] name=Fedora-35 beta version for RHEL-9 baseurl=http://archives.fedoraproject.org/pub/archive/fedora/linux/releases/35/Everything/$basearch/os/ enabled=0 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=file:///etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-fedora-35-primary protect=0 priority=90
Install Xfce extra packages
dnf install xfce4-datetime-plugin xfce4-screenshooter xfce4-systemload-plugin \
xfce4-weather-plugin xfce4-xkb-plugin xfce4-whiskermenu-plugin \
xfce4-taskmanager xfce4-about mousepad parole
dnf install gnome-calculator ristretto gimp evince brasero mlocate p7zip zip unzip bzip2
Thunar automount feature
dnf install udisks2 gvfs gvfs-fuse gvfs-gphoto2 gvfs-smb ntfs-3g gvfs-mtp
Optional Icons
dnf --enablerepo=fedora35 install \
bluecurve-icon-theme.noarch \
breeze-icon-theme.noarch \
candy-icon-theme.noarch \
echo-icon-theme.noarch \
elementary-icon-theme.noarch \
elementary-icon-theme-gimp-palette.noarch \
elementary-icon-theme-inkscape-palette.noarch \
elementary-xfce-icon-theme.noarch \
faience-icon-theme.noarch \
flat-remix-icon-theme.noarch \
humanity-icon-theme.noarch \
lumina-icons.noarch \
luv-icon-theme.noarch \
mint-x-icons.noarch \
mint-y-icons.noarch \
moka-icon-theme.noarch \
numix-icon-theme.noarch \
numix-icon-theme-circle.noarch \
numix-icon-theme-square.noarch \
paper-icon-theme.noarch \
papirus-icon-theme.noarch \
suru-icon-theme.noarch \
tango-icon-theme.noarch \
tango-icon-theme-extras.noarch \
We10X-icon-theme.noarch \
yaru-icon-theme.noarch
Optional Xfce Themes
dnf --enablerepo=fedora35 install \
bluecurve-cursor-theme \
clearlooks-compact-gnome-theme \
xfwm4-themes \
bluebird-xfwm4-theme \
albatross-xfwm4-theme
To revert/uninstall all packages from fedora35.repo use:
dnf remove $(dnf list installed | grep 'fedora35' | awk '{ print $1 }')
Install seahorse (gnome-keyring related)
dnf info seahorse dnf repoquery --deplist seahorse dnf install seahorse
Edit /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf
greeter-session=lightdm-gtk-greeterSet up the gtk3 css theme
cd /tmp wget ftp://vasilian.net/Gtk-Themes/lightdm-gtk-clearlooks-grey.tar.gz tar -zxvf lightdm-gtk-clearlooks-grey.tar.gz mv lightdm-gtk-clearlooks-grey /usr/share/themes chown -Rv root:root /usr/share/themes/lightdm-gtk-clearlooks-grey chcon -Rv -u system_u -t usr_t /usr/share/themes/lightdm-gtk-clearlooks-greySet up the greeter settings /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf
[greeter] background=/usr/share/backgrounds/default.png theme-name=lightdm-gtk-clearlooks-grey icon-theme-name=Bluecurve font-name=DejaVu Sans Condensed:10 #xft-antialias= xft-dpi=96 #xft-hintstyle= #xft-rgba= indicators=~ally;~host;~spacer;~clock;~spacer;~language;~session;~power; clock-format=%H:%M:%S keyboard=us position=50%,center 50%,center #screensaver-timeout=
Set Thunar custom actions feature.
Install elrepo with priority=40 for kmod-nvidia
Install adobe with priority=50.
Read on the top 10 programming fonts
Add own RHEL repository.
[vasilian] name=Vasilian packages for RHEL baseurl=ftp://vasilian.net/RHEL/$releasever/extras/$basearch/ enabled=0 gpgcheck=1 gpgkey=ftp://vasilian.net/RHEL/$releasever/RPM-GPG-KEY-vasilian protect=0 priority=90
Optional some popular fonts.
dnf --enablerepo=vasilian install win10-fonts mac-fonts
Optional Anonymous Pro Font
cd /tmp wget http://www.marksimonson.com/assets/content/fonts/AnonymousPro-1.002.zip unzip AnonymousPro-1.002.zip mv AnonymousPro-1.002.001 /usr/share/fonts/ cd /usr/share/fonts chown -Rv root:root AnonymousPro-1.002.001 chcon -u system_u -t fonts_t -Rv AnonymousPro-1.002.001/ fc-cache /usr/share/fonts/AnonymousPro-1.002.001
Optional Monaco (From OSX)
cd /usr/share/fonts mkdir Monaco && cd Monaco wget http://www.gringod.com/wp-upload/MONACO.TTF # or manually chown -Rv root:root Monaco chcon -u system_u -t fonts_t -Rv Monaco/ fc-cache /usr/share/fonts/Monaco