System configuration file for Linux/Mac
Fedora on Macbook Air Early 2015 model.
(https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/MacBook )
Partition for fedora
/dev/sda1 hfsplus 200M 16M 185M 8% /boot/efi
/dev/sda2 ext4 976M 158M 751M 18% /boot
/dev/sda3 ext4 25G 9.3G 14G 40% /
/dev/sda5 ext4 82G 60G 18G 77% /home
Fix kworkers overuse of CPU.
check: grep . -r /sys/firmware/acpi/interrupts/
create a file and start the service /etc/systemd/system/suppress-gpeXX.service
Adjust Keyboard :
Fix tilde key
/etc/systemd/system/iso-tilde.service~~
Remap left-control and Command key
Both Gnome and KDE have GUI option to do this but XFCE doesn't have. add a file ~/.Xmodmap
clear control
clear mod4
keycode 105 =
keycode 206 =
keycode 133 = Control_L NoSymbol Control_L
keycode 134 = Control_R NoSymbol Control_R
keycode 37 = Super_L NoSymbol Super_L
add control = Control_L
add control = Control_R
add mod4 = Super_L
Fix power management :
$ cat /etc/udev/rules.d/90-xhc_sleep.rules
disable wake from S3 on XHC1
SUBSYSTEM=="pci", KERNEL=="0000:00:14.0", ATTR{power/wakeup}="disabled"
$ Add and enable lid0-wake.service (file included)
add multi-touch support.
https://github.com/pradhanphy/libinput-gestures
Install fedy :
https://www.folkswithhats.org/
Enable rpmfusion repository
sudo dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
Install important package
zypper install vim gnuplot gcc-c++ tlp tlp-rdw vim-powerline powerline mpv akmod-wl texlive python3-numpy python3-scipy python3-matplotlib lm_sensors powerline most gcc-gfortran cmake google-droid-* chromium
zypper in autojump git hack-fonts fontmake python3-fontmake xdotool yakuake kile autossh nextcloud-client glyph-keeper kitty stix-fonts hdf5-devel dropbox texlive-cantarell-fonts texlive-cantarell texlive-comfortaa texlive-comfortaa-fonts youtube-dl mpv telegram-desktop kernel-devel python3-black cmake gcc-c++ make python3-devel mpfr-devel gmp-devel astyle python3-h5py python3-yapf python3-proselint rubber go gimp flawfinder python3-bandit python3-pylist python3-pylint python3-pyls python3-cpplint cppcheck python3-poppler-qt5 python3-feedparser python3-qt5 python3-httplib2 acpi ccls clang clangcheck
or Fedora
dnf install vim gnuplot gcc-c++ vim-powerline powerline texlive python3-numpy python3-scipy python3-matplotlib lm_sensors powerline most gcc-gfortran cmake google-droid-* chromium autojump git xdotool yakuake kile autossh nextcloud-client glyph-keeper kitty stix-fonts hdf5-devel texlive-cantarell texlive-comfortaa youtube-dl kernel-devel python3-black cmake gcc-c++ make python3-devel mpfr-devel gmp-devel astyle python3-h5py python3-yapf rubber go gimp flawfinder python3-pylint cppcheck python3-poppler-qt5 python3-feedparser python3-qt5 python3-httplib2 acpi ccls clang
Enable tlp service for power management (Every laptop should do this to save battery)
dnf install -y tlp tlp-rdw
systemctl mask systemd-rfkill.service
systemctl enable tlp.service
systemctl start tlp.service
Also charge the default configuration file ( /etc/default/tlp ) to suit your need
Fix webcam and screen brightness issue
https://github.com/patjak/mba6x_bl
https://github.com/patjak/bcwc_pcie
Fix fanspeed
https://github.com/dgraziotin/mbpfan
Make fedora as default start up disk (in Mac)
sudo bless --mount=/Volumes/Linux\ HFS+\ ESP --file=/Volumes/Linux\ HFS+\ ESP/efi/fedora/grubx64.efi --setBoot