This is awesome. I've been using Fedora with completely vanilla gnome for a couple of months now in favor of getting used to the intended gnome workflow, which I'm pretty much there I think. That being said, I think I'm now granting myself the permission to now look at gnome extensions and tweaks to really get it where I like it.
Gnome Tweaks, Extension Manager (install right from the program, don't have to go online). Dconf editor if you want to have the sound go over 100%, but that's just me. Extensions I recommend: Worksapce Indicator, Blur My Shell, Dash To Dock and Vitals.
I just dipped into Fedora 40 on an older laptop to try and breath new life into and holy wow it runs fast. Trying to run windows on it wasn’t working that well but with Fedora, it’s seriously working like a brand new machine!
I have Fedora 40 running on several 5-8 year old 500GB hard drives from old office computers, and you can't really tell the difference between a HDD and SSD. Seriously. I can install, set it up, install a few programs/tweaks and update it in about 30-45 minutes. AND IT'S FAST!!!!!! ON A HARD DRIVE!!!!!
For those complaining about that you're using KDE: fedora is basically Red Hat Enterprise Linux Alpha version and RHEL uses gnome by default. Fedora has spins yes but gnome is the standard still
This was fantastic! I'd love to see similar guides for other distros. For instance, you loved Debian 12 when it was released, and I wonder what tweaks you'd make to it now that you've had some time with it. But I'd love to see a whole series like this of how to get the most out of some popular distros. Thanks!
great video! would you mind making a video about how to use "user themes" (to make Fedora look like Ubuntu, for example)? Many guides say different things and that can get really confusing for beginners
GNOME is interesting. It does take a little time to get use to. I think that it is a testament to Linux, because you have flexibility in your desktop environment. Dont like one, install another. That is awesome!
Just a few things to mention surrounding the dock, and the overview button, pressing the windows key or the command key AKA the power key will bring up the windows overview, also, pressing the power key and a number key (eg. powerkey +1) would open your firefox app.
@LearnLinuxTV Sir I have Questions for You.. What Operating System you use as your Primary OS or as an daily Driver And Which Linux distro OS you would Prefer for Others. Please answer sir.
Excellent timing, just switched to Nobara. Let's see what applies. EDIT, at least half of the tips are Gnome-related. The rest are already applied in Nobara official KDE edition. Not that it diminishes the value of this video in any way.
Bro, how do I fix my color? For some reason, my laptop's display colors look worse. It has kind of like a blue tint. Increasing green and red should fix it. I am using arch.
Reading through this comments section reminds me of why I thought I would never switch to linux from windows..... There are some really toxic and hateful people that use this kernel and it's associated software. This is such a shame, yet these very same bad apples that like to shame those who would dare to ask for help or advice. This comments section is exactly what's wrong with this community, not everyone but those bad apples ruin the experiance for new people wanting to try out a distro.... Such a shame.... Thank you Jay for making the effort on these kinds of videos for new comers.
No, it's not. If you ask a normal question and get an answer like "if you need to ask that then don't use linux" or asking if a certain program might be working correctly and you get told "why can't you figure that out yourself," or you get something like, "why must we hold your hand, go back to windows" is not a stupid reason, and quite frankly why I stayed off until recently, you may think it is stupid, but, in reality, it is the truth... Those kinds of comments are not at all inviting and only show thise users asking questions like those that they are on their own..
@@GapRecordingsNamibia But the impoliteness of (some) Linux users IS a foolish reason (I do not want to insult you by using the word "foolish") not to install and use Linux... I mean, do you mean: "You are all rude to me - FINE, then I WON'T use Linux!!!" If you know a BIT about computers, then you will realise that Windows is inferior to Linux At work, I refused to be the "local system administrator" any longer because of the endless "issues" in Windows 10 - I was sick and tired of it. Before Windows we had SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop and we NEVER had problems. Windows 10? You really don't want to get me started... I have been using Linux since 2007 (alongside Windows) and I would never be that rude to anyone because I will never forget that I once knew nothing about Linux. Don't give up on a great computer system, only because there are people too STUPID to realise that they TOO once knew nothing about Linux. Perhaps try another Linux distro? (Linux Mint is still my favourite version.)
Hi, no. Not all Linux users are nasty , but, you have to see it from the eyes of a normal windows user, someone who is not very tech savvy. I agree that saying you will not use something because of a few bad apples is not the right thing to do, but, this is a fact. This what puts new users off, I am not arguing wheather Linux is superior or not. Obviously it is. But, Linux has a very very very steep learning curve for a normal user coming from windows and needs to be seen as such. What makes or breaks a product, any product, is it's ease of use and its support base, the easier it is to garner the needed support from the support base the better and easier it is to adopt for a new comer.... This is an undeniable fact, this is the reason I chose to go with Fedora, because that support base has been the most welcoming group and also the most helpful people that not only supplied links to read but also gave explanations and examples of how to understand and how to use a lot of the commands. When teaching someone to use something, breaking down the code into snippets and explaining what it does and how it does it helps in cementing an understanding, giving code without the needed context leads to doing more harm than good as it does not give any explination. This I do think is the greater problem, the support base I do think wants to help, but, how the help is given is where the problem lies. If you are in a hurry, your response to soneone asking for help will also be such, and this can lead to missinterperetation or to misunderstanding. And this inevitibly does lead to a lack of patience and irratibility....
@@GapRecordingsNamibia Linux is an operating system for people who want to tinker and use things like man pages, (distro) wiki, search forums for users who had similar problems.... you know, working out your problems or trying to before asking. Reading forum rules about how to post an issue and what information that you need ready to have the help you need. If you do not like trying to help yourself before asking for help, Linux is not for you. The people who help are not paid and use their own time to help out. You cannot return the favor to another user if you do not know what you are working with. If you do not like the sarcasm or krass responses, then look for your solutions on your time.
An OK video, but I think you should've at least mentioned hardware acceleration options for non-Nvidia GPUs (i.e. swapping mesa-va-drivers) instead of just showing a screenshot of RPMFusion website at 19:46. Also, for Gnome users I would recommend installing a certain package called adw-gtk3-theme, it is a libadwaita theme ported to GTK3 that will make older GTK (like Emacs, or LibreOffice, or development versions of GIMP 3) applications look a bit more like native Gnome 4x GTK4 apps. You just install the package and then enable theme in Gnome Tweaks.
Jeez Gnome. I can respect that they do things differently, but they also seem kind of stubborn for no real benefit at all, like the system tray. But on the flip side they have something very nice like Gnome Boxes.
Running Fedora 39 at one of my computers (I have... a few). With Cinnamon, because I find Gnome HORRIBLY user-unfriendely (unless you get the Gnome Shell Extensions); I'd rather use Openbox or Fluxbox than Gnome. Ryzen 5 2600, 8GB DDR4-RAM, Quadro P1000 with the Nouveau driver (in a black Corsair "Corsair 275R airflow" PC case). Fedora works just FINE (as does Linux Mint and LMDE and Ubuntu and OpenSUSE and Manjaro). Compare THAT with that GODAWFUL Windows 10/11... #shudder In fact, since I started with Linux in 2007, I have never had any problems with Linux (except a kernel panic at first boot with Debian years ago, and a few PICNIC problems...). Linus Torvalds should get a statue on every continent (alright, you too, Richard) - including Antarctica - for having given us Linux.
I tried to post a link for you to follow on Discussion Fedora, YT will nit allow it, go check the forum for a topic labled "need help making an expencive desicion". I was contemplating going over to an AMD gpu until I found out how to install the Nvidia drivers, it is not that hard to do, Linux is full of nonsense when it comes to installing 3rd party drivers, but, when done correctly it works flawlessly.... Hope this helps.
I installed Fedora a while back- had it for about a week-- found All kinds of issues-- it was slow- glitchy- and would hang up a lot.. I don't think that was right-- was there maybe something I did that caused this? I liked it-- IF it had worked right.. but for me-- the first thing I did after installing Fedora was to REFORMAT the drive and install MX.. because it didn't work.. and again-- probably MY fault-- but why?
Same here. Found Fedora buggy for a long time, especially the installer, which always crashed. However since I got my Framework 13 Fedors has run on that machine without issue.
I would like a little more polish in videos usually. Some music, some sound effects and a little more faster pace. Overall though this video is nice and informative
Why do you need music? Are you attention deficient and need music or Boiing and weee noises to keep you in front of the screen? Most of the top channels (aimed at professional adults) have no music. Music is not a standard part of education. Can you not hear the sound effects? This is a video for IT workers. Not children. It is about setting up computers, not watching cats miss their jumps. Your comment is weird. To say the least.
i had issues using ssh to connect to a headless workstation (didn't want to install server). It would go to sleep, found the settings with sudo -u gdm dbus-run-session gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.power | grep sleep set type to 'nothing' and timeout to 0 type and timeout for battery and AC power thanks EU!
