Top 10 Things To Do After Installing Fedora 21

     Several advance changes have been made to the latest version of Fedora.Following steps will help you in configuring a basic working system based on Fedora 21. This OS supports lots of applications and users can also start working as soon as Fedora is booted. 

Here are ten things which you need to do after installing Fedora 21:

1. Run command and configure GNOME Shell interface:

First make sure that you are using the latest updates from Fedora 21 repositories through this command:

$ sudo yum update.

Then configure default GNOME Shell. Use the Gnome Tweak Tool and to install run this command: 

$ sudo yum install gnome-tweak-tool. 

Open “Gnome Tweak Tool” from the applications menu, and configure the GUI options easily. You can also browse available tabs to see the available options.

2. Configure keyboard shortcuts:

There are several pre-configured shortcuts which are available with GNOME 3.14. There are some additional shortcuts too which might prove helpful for you. Search ‘keyboard’ in overview, open keyboard app and click on shortcuts tab. You can configure the existing shortcuts and you can also make additional shortcuts too by selecting custom shortcut from the bottom of the list.

 Click on + button and add the shortcut name as well as the command.

3. Install extra repositories:

The official repository of Fedora has not much software as there are patent and licensing issues. That’s why third party repositories are used just like other Linux based operating systems. Add RPMFusion repository to install applications and there are two repositories within RPMFusion. Enable the free repository and then that one which is not free. Install both the repositories.

4. Install Gnome Shell extensions:

After setting up Fedora 21 you have to include extensions. They are useful for users as these extensions will modify the GNOME Shell interface as per user requirements. Install the extensions via ‘Gnome Shell Extensions’ website. This is an official website of the Gnome project. Enter the website and choose the extensions you want. Install them with a single click only.

5. Install multimedia codecs:

Fedora doesn’t offer proprietary multimedia codecs which are important for playing media files. RPMFusion repositories have these codecs. After installing these repositories, you can install the necessary multimedia codecs through this command: 

$ sudo yum -y install gstreamer1-libav gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free-extras gstreamer1-plugins-bad-freeworld gstreamer1-plugsins-base-tools gstreamer1-plugins-good-extras gstreamer1-plugins-ugly gstreamer1-plugins-bad-free gstreamer1-plugins-good gstreamer1-plugins-base

6. Install VLC:

VLC is popular as it can play any video format. It also converts media formats and you can also extract audio from video files. It can also play online videos from YouTube. Install VLC by this command: 

$ sudo yum install vlc

 It can also be found in the RPMFusion repositories.

7. Install Yum fastest mirror plugin:

If you have a slow Internet connection then this plug-in can be really helpful. It automatically selects nearest mirror server available and it speeds up downloading packages process. Run this command to install it:

 $ sudo yum install yum-plugin-fastestmirror.

8. Install Flash Player:

Adobe flash player is the most popular one to view flash content. It’s a closed-source content and that’s why it’s not packed by Fedora officially. You can use the following command to add Adobe Flash Player repository to Fedora.

## Adobe Repository 32-bit x86 ##
 

$ sudo rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-i386-1.0-1.noarch.rpm
 

$ sudo rpm –import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux

## Adobe Repository 64-bit x86_64 ## 

$ sudo rpm -ivh http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/
adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm  

$ sudo rpm –import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux

Then install the flash player by running: 

$ sudo yum install flash-plugin nspluginwrapper alsa-plugins-pulseaudio libcurl

9. Install Chrome browser:

Gnome’s Epiphany has been replaced by Firefox in Fedora 21. If you want Google Chrome you can install it by downloading the binaries from the respective websites. From the Chrome download page, get the .rpm binaries as per your system’s requirement. Double click on the binaries or right click and choose ‘Open with Software Install”. Follow the given instructions there.

10. Install other desktop environments:

Some famous desktop environments such as Mate, KDE, XFCE, LXDE, etc.. are available for download from the official repositories for Fedora 21. To install Mate desktop run: $ sudo yum install @mate-desktop. To install KDE desktop run: 

$ sudo yum install @kde-desktop. 

To install XFCE desktop: 

$ sudo yum install @xfce-desktop. 

To install LXDE desktop run: 

$ sudo yum install @lxde-desktop. 

To install Cinnamon desktop run: 

$ sudo yum install @cinnamon-desktop.