Fedora KDE post-install

Fedora-KDE-Post-Install.md

Fedora KDE 43 Post-Install Guide

This guide shows you how to install non-free software and have more features.

Important

Please read.

1. Update your system

Please update before proceeding. You should get a notification soon about updates after booting the system, if not, open "Discover".

Then select "Update All":

Wait for the updates to complete before proceeding with the guide.

Then reboot:

The updates might take a while. Do not turn off during the update. If you believe something is stuck, you can press ESC to toggle between the GUI and text.

2. Enable proprietary software

Do you want Steam, more codecs, or NVIDIA Drivers?

Open the terminal (called Konsole), and enter in these commands (FULLY COPY PASTE):

sudo flatpak remote-delete fedora
sudo flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

Then open Discover, and go to the settings. Scroll down in the settings of Discover.

3. Update (again just to be sure)

In Discover, go to "Updates", and then press "Refresh".

3. Codecs (video and audio support)

Some people give you .mp4 files, and you cannot play certain MP4s (h265) due to license issues. To make sure you can play them, run these commands (copy and paste them FULLY) which will enable non-free codecs:

sudo dnf install -y 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
sudo dnf install -y "rpmfusion-*-appstream-data"
sudo dnf swap -y ffmpeg-free ffmpeg --allowerasing

4. NVIDIA Drivers (optional)

By default Fedora comes with open source drivers, but they can be slower.

To use the normal NVIDIA drivers, run these commands in Konsole (you would also need to enable NVIDIA from before):

sudo dnf install -y libva-nvidia-driver akmod-nvidia xorg-x11-drv-nvidia-cuda

In the background, the NVIDIA drivers will install. So please wait a bit before rebooting (or continue the rest of the guide).

If you want to check if the NVIDIA drviers have been installed, run this command periodically:

modinfo -F version nvidia

If they have, restart the system.

5. Steam (optional)

Just search for "Steam". For certain applications like Steam it is better to to use the non-Flatpak version (see the mark on the right side).