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--- minimal:fedora [2021/01/17 10:24] – [Minimal installation of Fedora] senioradmin
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 ====== Minimal installation of Fedora ======
-**For Fedora 33**
+**For Fedora 38**
 This is how to do a minimal installation of Fedora.
-Obviously Fedora is not the best distro to do a minimal install. However, it can be done.
+  - Grab the Netboot ISO from https://fedoraproject.org/server/download/
+  - Boot the CD, choose “Install Fedora 38”
-  - Grab the Network Installer ISO from https://alt.fedoraproject.org/
-  - Boot the CD, choose “Install Fedora 33”
   - Choose your language, click continue
   - Choose "Installation Destination", choose "Storage Configuration" -> "Custom", click "Done"
-  - Create partitions as you wish
+  - Create partitions as you wish, click "Done"
   - Back in the Installation summary choose "Software selection"
   - choose “Fedora Custom Operating System” (**Note:** this is even smaller than the “Minimal Installation” option)
+  - Create a User account by clicking at "User Creation"
   - Click “Done”, then “Begin Installation”
-  - Create a root password and a user
+  - When finished click "Reboot System"
-  - reboot
-After installaton login as **root** and execute the following script
+After installation login and become **root** and execute the following commands
 <code bash>
+systemctl disable systemd-userdbd
-#!/bin/sh
+systemctl disable systemd-oomd
-systemctl disable dbus-broker
 systemctl disable systemd-resolved
-systemctl disable systemd-homed
+rm -f /etc/resolv.conf
-systemctl disable systemd-userdbd
-dnf -y remove firewalld
-dnf -y remove sssd-*
-dnf -y remove audit
-dnf -y remove NetworkManager
-E=`grep ^e /proc/net/dev|cut -d: -f1`
+# a privacy respecting nameserver from https://dnsforge.de/
+echo "nameserver 176.9.93.198" >/etc/resolv.conf
+dnf update
+# replace dnf with dnf5, a more lightweight and faster implementation of dnf
+dnf install dnf5
+ln -sf /usr/bin/dnf5 /usr/bin/dnf
+dnf upgrade
-cat <<EOF >/etc/systemd/network/wired.network
+# remove unnecessary packages
-[Match]
+dnf remove firewalld
-Name=$E
+dnf remove sssd-*
+dnf remove audit
+dnf remove NetworkManager
-[Network]
+# Install DHCP client daemon
-DHCP=yes
+dnf install dhcpcd
-EOF
+systemctl enable dhcpcd@eth0 # replace eth0 with your network interface
-systemctl enable systemd-networkd
-rm -f /etc/resolv.conf
-# a privacy respecting nameserver from german non-profit association digitalcourage
-echo "nameserver 46.182.19.48" >/etc/resolv.conf
 </code>
 Then reboot. Congratulation, you have now the smallest Fedora system possible.
+Memory consumption (htop): 125 MB
-===== A minimal X environment =====
-In this example we use [[:wm:tiling:bspwm]]. Unfortunately Xorg won't work without dbus, so we have to re-enable dbus-broker.
-As **user** execute the following script
+===== A minimal X environment =====
+In this example we use [[:wm:tiling:herbstluftwm]].
+Execute the following commands as user
 <code bash>
-#!/bin/sh
-sudo dnf -y install bspwm sxhkd
+sudo dnf install herbstluftwm xterm xorg-x11-server-Xorg xorg-x11-xinit xorg-x11-drv-* mesa-dri-drivers
-sudo dnf -y install xterm
+echo "exec herbstluftwm" >~/.xinitrc
-sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-server-Xorg
+startx
-sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-xinit
-sudo dnf -y install xorg-x11-drv-*
-sudo dnf -y install mesa-dri-drivers
-sudo dnf -y install rofi
-install -Dm644 /usr/share/doc/bspwm/examples/sxhkdrc ~/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
+</code>
-install -Dm755 /usr/share/doc/bspwm/examples/bspwmrc ~/.config/bspwm/bspwmrc
-sed -ie s/dmenu_run/'rofi -show run'/g  ~/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
+Once X and herbstluftwm has launched press ''Alt'' + ''Return'' to launch ''xterm''
-sed -ie s/urxvt/xterm/g  ~/.config/sxhkd/sxhkdrc
-sudo systemctl enable dbus-broker
+Memory consumption (X+herbstluftwm+xterm+htop): 168 MB
-echo "exec bspwm" >~/.xinitrc
+===== A minimal Wayland environment =====
+In this example we use [[https://github.com/riverwm/river|river]], a simple tiling Wayland compositor
+Execute the following commands as user
+<code bash>
+sudo dnf install river foot
+mkdir -p ~/.config/river
+cp /usr/share/river/init.example  ~/.config/river/ini
+river
 </code>
-Then reboot, login as **user** and execute ''startx''. Once X has launched press ''Super'' (or Windows key) + ''Return'' to launch ''xterm''
+Hit Super+Shift+Return for launching foot terminal
+Memory consumption (river+foot+htop): 159 MB