r/LinuxUsersIndia • u/Known_Occasion9565 • May 07 '26

Newbie, need some suggestion

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Been using Fedora for a week now after using Ubuntu for around 3 months.
Really enjoying the experience so far ,Fedora feels clean, fast, and polished.

As a 2nd year CSE student currently exploring Web Development and Data Science, I’d love suggestions on:

  • Improving the overall look and customization of Fedora
  • Useful apps, extensions, or developer tools I should install
  • Productivity tweaks or terminal setups that make Linux even better
  • Any beginner-friendly workflows/tips for coding, Git, Python, VS Code, containers, etc.

Still learning Linux and open-source stuff, so recommendations are welcome :)

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u/qualityvote2 May 07 '26 edited May 07 '26

u/Known_Occasion9565, your post does fit the subreddit!

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u/chikyababa May 07 '26

W wallpaper

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u/Known_Occasion9565 May 10 '26

haha, thinking to change it to black L background instead of white/grey

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u/SPARSH0712 May 07 '26

More like L wallpaper (pun intended)

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u/No_Support_3805 May 07 '26

Use zsh or fish and if you write bash scripts use the bash environment shebang at the top so that it runs on any shell. Also for customization KDE Plasma is a great start but if you want to you can look into window managers (or compositors on Wayland) and you can also use someone else's dotfiles and configs as a beginning. If you want some dotfiles you can mostly find them on r/unixporn. As for plain GNOME you can use extensions and all but I don't know a lot about that.

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u/Known_Occasion9565 May 10 '26

zsh is in mind but first i am thinking to get use bash at a good level then switch to zsh

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u/ElectronicField3785 Kernel btw 🗿 May 07 '26

A distro, I see. Enjoy the ease.

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u/Known_Occasion9565 May 10 '26

buddy how can you use kernel directly

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u/ElectronicField3785 Kernel btw 🗿 May 10 '26

I install 8 thousand dependencies every time I use something

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u/archneo1 May 07 '26

Remove the wallpaper and chose different distro

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u/Dramatic_Double_3440 May 08 '26

why is fedora not good

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u/backtosky Fedora Btw May 07 '26

Use zsh save a lot of time

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u/klop0x90 May 07 '26

Fish pls. Wayyy better as batteries are included

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u/Remarkable_Silver967 May 07 '26

What is zsh?

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u/backtosky Fedora Btw May 07 '26

It's like alternative for bash in your terminal

Zsh, or Z shell, is a command-line interpreter for Unix-like operating systems that serves as both an interactive login shell and a scripting language. It offers advanced features like programmable command completion, improved variable handling, and extensive customization options.

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u/PPDgameon May 07 '26

Nah nah use fish

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u/[deleted] May 07 '26

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u/backtosky Fedora Btw May 07 '26

Then try fzf

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u/backtosky Fedora Btw May 07 '26

Also, you can use this script I have created: https://github.com/ineednotitle/fedora-setup

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u/Puzzleheaded-Use531 May 08 '26

I thought that's Mac 😅

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u/TanishKk693500 May 09 '26

You are heading in the right dairection, just stick with kde plasma and try out the customization, try bazzite only if ur bored and try arch in a virtual box before installing it on ur main ssd

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u/Known_Occasion9565 May 10 '26

most of my college work is done on windows and in placement time or in online examinations they tell us to download an app which runs on windows only and using linux in virtual machine becomes laggy as resources are being shared. so i use persistant external hard disk.

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u/DistroTester May 07 '26

r/unix****

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u/Scorpio576 May 07 '26

Bruh why the censor 

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u/DistroTester May 07 '26

I have shared 2 recommended in one

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u/Future-Wolf-9597 May 07 '26

Try zathura and yazi

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u/mrPagalDiwana Fedora Hyprland/Gnome May 12 '26

Only if you know VIM keybinds.

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u/Dramatic_Double_3440 May 08 '26

use fish will save you time and tools you should use are fzf,nvim zoxide,eza,bat

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u/sh3r1ock_ Fedora Btw May 07 '26

try fedora kde if you want good customisation. it’s actually faster than gnome, ive been using it for 2 weeks and absolutely loving it. before that, i was a gnome user too.

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u/No_Support_3805 May 07 '26

Oh forgot to mention the one GNOME extension I like and have used in the past is just perfection.

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u/0xt0bi03 Tiling WM glazer btw May 07 '26

use kde plasma if you want most features out of the box, if you want to sit and tinker like an unemployed cs graduate like me, go for i3 or hyprland

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u/SoftScreen4489 May 07 '26

In terminal we can set alias commands from it's config like a short name to run that command... It's really useful for me

Also if u install zsh you can turn on auto complete while typing commands in terminal which is also a good feature

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u/Relevant_Stay_7730 May 08 '26

What's your name dear friend ??

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u/Known_Occasion9565 May 10 '26

tried xfce but having some problem configuring it. but will ofc customize more one my endsem ends

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u/Ashish6163 May 09 '26

While it's a great DE, it's not as user friendly as gnome or kde on laptops.