dnf check-update (as it states, but does not download/install) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo dnf update (Updates everything. This may download some really large files. Fedora is always under development. Invoke this command, after your intial installation of the OS. Then, do it occasionally, thereafter. There will be some automatic updates that occur, even without running this. Probably a good rule of thumb is to upgrade to the next version above yours is one step down from the newest. If you have 22, and 24 has become available, upgrade to 23. Unless you are like me, and run multiple machines, having one to experiment with the newest version.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo dnf upgrade (appears to do the same as update) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo dnf update "app name" (updates only a single app) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo dnf remove "app name" (removes only a single app) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo dnf clean all (removes all the repositories downloaded to install a program) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dnf help "command name" (find help on a terminal command) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dnf help (lists all commands and options) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- dnf history (lists all apps installed/removed with timestamp) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Audio Files -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo dnf install jack-audio-connection-kit qjackctl (JACK Audio Connections Kit) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo rpm -Uvh http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/fedora/linux/planetccrma/22/i386/ planetccrma-repo-1.1-3.fc22.ccrma.noarch.rpm (Planet CCRMA - Pronounce Karma - music/audio stuff for Fedora) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo dnf install planetccrma-core (Planet realtime kernel) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo rpm -Uvh http://ccrma.stanford.edu/planetccrma/mirror/fedora/linux/planetccrma/22/i386/ planetccrma-repo-testing-1.1-3.fc22.ccrma.noarch.rpm (Planet testing repositories) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo dnf install audacity (Record and edit audio files) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo dnf install Rosegarden (Music composition and editing environment for MIDI and notation, with basic audio support) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo rpm --import http://prereleases.musescore.org/linux/Fedora/RPM-GPG-KEY-Seve (Import GPG key for MuseScore) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo dnf install mscore (MuseScore - create, play, and print sheet music) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo dnf install sooperlooper (Realtime software looping sampler) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo dnf install rakarrack (Realtime audio processing rack for guitar) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo dnf clementine (Really good music player. Will find the artist history and display while track is playing.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Utilities -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo dnf install gnome-tweak-tool (If you don't install anything else, you must install the Tweak Tools. Allows you to add a few Windows features to your desktop) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo dnf install liveusb-creator (Makes a bootable memory stick from an ISO file of an Operating System. Default is Fedora, but another can be selected) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo rpm -ivh http://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-stable.noarch.rpm (Installs on Fedora 22,but not on 23. No stable version for 23, yet.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo dnf install qbittorrent (downloader) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo dnf install brasero (Brasero CD/DVD burner. ISO files can be burned to disks) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- su -c "yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk" (JAVA runtime environment for Fedora) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Text Editors (some are fancy) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo dnf -y install lyx (Fancy text editor LyX) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo dnf install texlive-scheme-full (Another fancy text editor LaTeXila) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Other Stuff -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo dnf install f23-backgrounds-extras-gnome (more desktop backgrounds, if you don't have your own pictures. Change the 23 to another version, to match yours.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo dnf install wine (runs Windows apps under a Linux environment, plus a few Windows apps are installed. Like Notepad.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo dnf install youtube-dl (download Youtube videos) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo rpm -ivh draftsight.rpm (assuming it won't install from the Software app. Mine was saved in the Downloads folder. So, I changed to that directory and invoked the command.) Note: the following are the command parameters -i = install the package -v = verbose, so that you can see everything that's happening -h = print hash marks as the package is unpacked Or, put them all together as -ivh (If you can't afford AutoCAD, this is the freebie 2-D, almost command-for-command identical emulator.) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- sudo -v && wget -nv -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/master/setup/linux-installer.py | sudo python -c "import sys; main=lambda:sys.stderr.write('Download failed\n'); exec(sys.stdin.read()); main()" (Caliber ebook reader. Good program to have. You'll want this) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: A number of the apps lister here can be installed from the Software app, in Fedora. However, if you have a slow or unreliable means of Internet access, or it just won't install (and you don't know why), apps can be installed manually from the Terminal app. Plus, you can see the progress (speed, file size, bytes downloaded) when installing from Terminal. There is only the bargraph in Software. Note: yum = Yellowdog Update Manager dnf = replacement for yum, in Fedora. Not an acronym like that of yum. sudo = Super User Do chmod = Change Mode JACK = Jack Audio Connection Kit (supports audio interfaces) ALSA = Advanced Linux Sound Architecture (supports MIDI interfaces) Distro = A shortened version of the word distribution, almost always meaning that of a Linux Operating System. bash = Bourne Again SHell. It is a replacement for the Bourne Shell. In other words it is a command line interpreter = the terminal and the commands that run or execute in the terminal. The commands can also be written in text files called scripts. RPM = RedHat Package Manager DAW = Digital Audio Workstation Class Complient = no special drivers needed, as onboard drivers will take care of that need. Note: If at any time you invoke a dnf command, and you receive a statement implying that you must be an administrator, place the command sudo before dnf. Note: If you see the $ sign at the command prompt, you are not at the administrator level. If you see the # sign, you are there. Note: You can go through the task of creating desktop shortcuts, by creating them from scratch using a text editor. There is a much simpler way to do so. Reak this article first: https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/create-desktop-shortcut-website Once you created the shortcut, go in under your Desktop folder, find the newly created shortcut, and edit it to give it a new name, and maybe add an icon. I just edit the name, and leave out the icon. Note, within a Note: Install the Gnome-Tweak-Tools, to enable Desktop Shortcuts. It's in the list, above.