Configure DNF

DNF (Dandified YUM) package manager is known to be slow. So change the DNF config using:

• sudo vi /etc/dnf/dnf.conf
• Details of various settings can be found in the official docs here
• At a minimum add the following:

fastestmirror=True
max_parallel_downloads=10
defaultyes=True
keepcache=True

• In case you want to clear your cache, you can use:

sudo dnf clean dbcache

• Update your system using:

sudo dnf update

• Enable RPM Fusion (provides accessibility to various software packages)
  • Details found at this link.
  • Command to setup RPM Fusion:

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

• Install AppStream metadata:

sudo dnf groupupdate core

• Enable FlatHub repository:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub/flatpakrepo

• Change hostname:

sudo hostnamectl set-hostname Pirate-Fedora

• Add media codecs:

sudo dnf groupupdate multimedia --setop="install_weak_deps=False" --exclude=PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin
sudo dnf groupupdate sound-and-video