====== Minimal installation of Fedora ======

**For Fedora 38**

This is how to do a minimal installation of Fedora. 

  - Grab the Netboot ISO from https://fedoraproject.org/server/download/
  - Boot the CD, choose “Install Fedora 38”
  - Choose your language, click continue
  - Choose "Installation Destination", choose "Storage Configuration" -> "Custom", click "Done"
  - 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” 
  - When finished click "Reboot System"


After installation login and become **root** and execute the following commands

<code bash>
systemctl disable systemd-userdbd
systemctl disable systemd-oomd
systemctl disable systemd-resolved
rm -f /etc/resolv.conf

# 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

# remove unnecessary packages
dnf remove firewalld
dnf remove sssd-*
dnf remove audit
dnf remove NetworkManager

# Install DHCP client daemon
dnf install dhcpcd
systemctl enable dhcpcd@eth0 # replace eth0 with your network interface


</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:herbstluftwm]]. 
Execute the following commands as user

<code bash>

sudo dnf install herbstluftwm xterm xorg-x11-server-Xorg xorg-x11-xinit xorg-x11-drv-* mesa-dri-drivers
echo "exec herbstluftwm" >~/.xinitrc
startx

</code>

Once X and herbstluftwm has launched press ''Alt'' + ''Return'' to launch ''xterm''

Memory consumption (X+herbstluftwm+xterm+htop): 168 MB


===== 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/init
river
</code>

Hit Super+Shift+Return for launching foot terminal

Memory consumption (river+foot+htop): 159 MB