Bespoke is a simple helper script to configure a basic Fedora Workstation (40 or 41) installation post-install.
This script is a quick, easy, and lazy way to make Fedora Workstation or Fedora Silverblue a little more the way I like it - not a complete remodel like Ultramarine, Nobara, or uBlue... just a little bit of spice on top of the vanilla installation. The script will ask questions about which applications or packages to install, but it's much more trimmed down then using dnf groups. For the Atomic users, I layer a number of packages into rpm-ostree to help the immutable distribution behave like the standard desktop without the need for containers.
- Short answer: because it works.
- Long answer: because making something like a playbook for simple setups, especially when I'm just playing around, seems like overkill.
- First, clone the repository using the command
git clone https://github.com/seangalie/bespoke ~/.bespoke - Switch into the cloned directory using
cd ~/.bespoke/ - Remember to make the script executable with
chmod +x bespoke.sh - Run the script
./bespoke.sh - When I'm done, I can deleted the
~/.bespokedirectory
- Updates Fedora (Workstation or Silverblue)
- Runs the Linux Firmware Update
fwupdmgr - Installs useful base packages including CLI Tools, Timeshift, and more (and layering them for Silverblue installations into
rpm-ostree)- Installs font library packages from the distribution that aren't normally included with default installations
- Replaces some free or open source multimedia packages with upgraded or closed-source versions
- Installs
dnf5for Fedora 40 installations
- Configures some optional Kernel Arguments
- Offers to disable mitigations (Intel 5th-9th Gen CPUs)
- Configures various GPU packages
- Offers to install
intel-media-driverfor 5th Gen or newer iGPUs (or supported dedicated Intel GPUs) - Offers to install upgraded AMD iGPU or dedicated GPU drivers
- Offers to install and configure Nvidia drivers, builds the kernel support, and adds the required boot arguments
- Offers to install
- Installs
flathubandflathub-betato replace thefedoraflatpak repositories - Adds the
topgradethird party update tool and thefedycustomization helper - Installs Google Chrome and LocalSend
- Installs the GNOME Extension Manager and GNOME Tweaks (if GNOME is the current environment)
- Installs the 'kate' Advanced Text Editor (if KDE is the current environment)
- Offers to install batches of Applications or Useful Tools
- Office and Messaging (LibreOffice, Geary, Evolution, Betterbird, Discord, Slack, and Zoom)
- Creative Design (GIMP, Inkscape, Krita, Darktable, Scribus, FontForge, Shotwell, GColor, Hugin, PDF Arranger, Conjure, and Upscaler)
- 3D and Video Production (Blender, Kdenlive, OBS Studio, and OpenShot)
- Audio Production (Ardour, Tenacity, Sound Converter, and Sound Recorder)
- Personal Multimedia (Jellyfin Player, Parabolic (YT-DLP Frontend), Celluloid, Foliate, and VLC)
- Development and Coding Tools (VS Code, Android Studio, Apostrophe, Meld, Pulsar, and GitHub Desktop)
- GIS and Weather (Meteo and QGIS)
- LLM Front-Ends (Alpaca and GPT4All)
- Gaming Platforms (Steam, MiniGalaxy, Lutris, Wine, and Bottles alongside the Gamemode and Gamescope packages)
- Container Management (Podman, Podman Desktop, Pods, and Docker Utilities)
- Dropbox (with the Nautilus/Files Integration)
- Tailscale (and enabling it during setup)
- Option to install DisplayLink drivers from the
displaylink-rpmproject on GitHub - Installs the Dracula theme for GNOME Installations
- Installs the Starship prompt customization tool and enables the No Nerd Fonts preset
- Note: I only did this to avoid loading up installations with massive downloads from Nerd Fonts, but I'd encourage you add your favorite and then use a preset such as Nerd Font Symbols or Tokyo Night
This script has a Debian-oriented version called Bender for Debian 12 installations.
Bespoke is released under the MIT License.