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    • stacksofplatesS
      stacksofplates
      last edited by stacksofplates

      Here's my default list of packages:

      0_1527721645319_packages.png

      I also install Telegram.

      And I have all of my dotfiles for zsh, tmux, and vim in Git.

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      • stacksofplatesS
        stacksofplates
        last edited by stacksofplates

        I also install these GNOME extensions: Dash to Dock, caffeine, coverflow alt-tab, and easyscreencast. And I use the Papirus icon theme.

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        • scottalanmillerS
          scottalanmiller @stacksofplates
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          @stacksofplates I put Telegram on my NextCloud so that it is always the same one with me, automatically, wherever I install.

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          • JaredBuschJ
            JaredBusch @scottalanmiller
            last edited by

            @scottalanmiller said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:

            @stacksofplates I put Telegram on my NextCloud so that it is always the same one with me, automatically, wherever I install.

            Interesting but you don’t have to do that.

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            • stacksofplatesS
              stacksofplates @JaredBusch
              last edited by

              @jaredbusch said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:

              @scottalanmiller said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:

              @stacksofplates I put Telegram on my NextCloud so that it is always the same one with me, automatically, wherever I install.

              Interesting but you don’t have to do that.

              Yeah. I'm just lazy and stick it in /opt. It auto creates the launcher so I don't really need to do anything. And once in a blue moon when I reload my laptop I have to unpack the tarball and do it again.

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              • scottalanmillerS
                scottalanmiller @JaredBusch
                last edited by

                @jaredbusch said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:

                @scottalanmiller said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:

                @stacksofplates I put Telegram on my NextCloud so that it is always the same one with me, automatically, wherever I install.

                Interesting but you don’t have to do that.

                No, definitely not. But it works really well.

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                • scottalanmillerS
                  scottalanmiller @stacksofplates
                  last edited by

                  @stacksofplates said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:

                  @jaredbusch said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:

                  @scottalanmiller said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:

                  @stacksofplates I put Telegram on my NextCloud so that it is always the same one with me, automatically, wherever I install.

                  Interesting but you don’t have to do that.

                  Yeah. I'm just lazy and stick it in /opt. It auto creates the launcher so I don't really need to do anything. And once in a blue moon when I reload my laptop I have to unpack the tarball and do it again.

                  Yeah, it's crazy trivial to install.

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                  • stacksofplatesS
                    stacksofplates @scottalanmiller
                    last edited by

                    @scottalanmiller said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:

                    @stacksofplates said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:

                    @jaredbusch said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:

                    @scottalanmiller said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:

                    @stacksofplates I put Telegram on my NextCloud so that it is always the same one with me, automatically, wherever I install.

                    Interesting but you don’t have to do that.

                    Yeah. I'm just lazy and stick it in /opt. It auto creates the launcher so I don't really need to do anything. And once in a blue moon when I reload my laptop I have to unpack the tarball and do it again.

                    Yeah, it's crazy trivial to install.

                    And auto updates at that. Pretty awesome for a single bin.

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                    • IRJI
                      IRJ
                      last edited by

                      Something else that is very basic and missing from Fedora. No shortcut to lock screen!

                      In fact, I had to install this first:

                      dnf install gnome-screensaver-3.6.1-20.fc28.x86_64

                      Then I was able to run:

                      gnome-screensaver-command -l

                      Which I have mapped as a shortcut as:

                      Ctrl Alt L

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                      • IRJI
                        IRJ @IRJ
                        last edited by IRJ

                        @irj said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:

                        Something else that is very basic and missing from Fedora. No shortcut to lock screen!

                        In fact, I had to install this first:

                        dnf install gnome-screensaver-3.6.1-20.fc28.x86_64

                        Then I was able to run:

                        gnome-screensaver-command -l

                        Which I have mapped as a shortcut as:

                        Ctrl Alt L

                        There has to be better way? I would assume that a package should not be needed for this.

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                        • black3dynamiteB
                          black3dynamite @IRJ
                          last edited by black3dynamite

                          @irj Super key (Windows key) + L
                          It works natively with Gnome.

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                          • JaredBuschJ
                            JaredBusch @black3dynamite
                            last edited by

                            @black3dynamite said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:

                            @irj Super key (Windows key) + L
                            It works natively with Gnome.

                            With Cinnamon, this happens on Super+L
                            0_1527882924733_2c59ba0c-3b94-4291-a1b3-7ad2b03db213-image.png

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                            • ObsolesceO
                              Obsolesce @black3dynamite
                              last edited by Obsolesce

                              @black3dynamite said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:

                              @irj Super key (Windows key) + L
                              It works natively with Gnome.

                              In fedora cinnamon, it's ctrl+alt+L

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                              • IRJI
                                IRJ @black3dynamite
                                last edited by

                                @black3dynamite said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:

                                @irj Super key (Windows key) + L
                                It works natively with Gnome.

                                What's weird is there no option to lock screen from power menu. If you don't know the shortcut key, you can't leave your pc lol.

                                I had to log out to leave my desk since I didn't know default shortcut, until I had a chance to set up ctrl + alt + l

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                                • black3dynamiteB
                                  black3dynamite @IRJ
                                  last edited by

                                  @irj said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:

                                  @black3dynamite said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:

                                  @irj Super key (Windows key) + L
                                  It works natively with Gnome.

                                  What's weird is there no option to lock screen from power menu. If you don't know the shortcut key, you can't leave your pc lol.

                                  I had to log out to leave my desk since I didn't know default shortcut, until I had a chance to set up ctrl + alt + l

                                  What's your desktop environment?

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                                  • IRJI
                                    IRJ @black3dynamite
                                    last edited by

                                    @black3dynamite said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:

                                    @irj said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:

                                    @black3dynamite said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:

                                    @irj Super key (Windows key) + L
                                    It works natively with Gnome.

                                    What's weird is there no option to lock screen from power menu. If you don't know the shortcut key, you can't leave your pc lol.

                                    I had to log out to leave my desk since I didn't know default shortcut, until I had a chance to set up ctrl + alt + l

                                    What's your desktop environment?

                                    Gnome. It's solved now, obviously. At the time I didn't know the shortcut and there was no option on power menu. I wanted to use the restroom so I was forced to log out. Not a huge deal, but I feel like bitching about it anyway 🙂

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                                    • IRJI
                                      IRJ
                                      last edited by

                                      I've had a ton of small issues making the switch from Windows, but I can happily say I'm 95% there.

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                                      • IRJI
                                        IRJ
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                                        Evolution is great btw. There's some things I actually like better than Outlook.

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                                        • IRJI
                                          IRJ
                                          last edited by

                                          Now I just need to get communicator/lync/Skype, whatever Microsoft wants to call it today, working.

                                          I installed pidgin with sipe. I haven't had a chance to configure yet.

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                                          • scottalanmillerS
                                            scottalanmiller @IRJ
                                            last edited by

                                            @irj said in New to Fedora, What should I configure out of the box?:

                                            Now I just need to get communicator/lync/Skype, whatever Microsoft wants to call it today, working.

                                            I installed pidgin with sipe. I haven't had a chance to configure yet.

                                            Web interface works fine.

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