F19 post installation steps

Gnome shell 3

Tweak tool

Install gnome-tweak-tool

sudo yum install gnome-tweak-tool

Then start it, go to Desktop and enable "Have file manager handle the desktop" Go to Shell and select "Show date in clock", and for "Arrangement of buttons on the titlebar" choose "All"

Themes

sudo yum install gnome-shell-extension-user-theme.noarch

sudo yum install gnome-themes

Then logout, login start gnome-tweak-tool go to Themes tab and select Crux for "Icon theme". Go to Shell extensions and enable "User themes". Close and open the gnome-tweak-tool. Now under Theme tab you have the "Shell theme" enabled.

Nautilus

Show hidden files

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences show-hidden-files true

Show address bar instead of buttons for file path

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences always-use-location-entry true

Ask what to do with executable files

gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.preferences executable-text-activation 'ask'

Configuration

Admin rights

Add sudo capabilities to current user:

usermod -a -G wheel MY_USER

Transparent terminal

sudo yum install terminator

Grub theme

sudo yum install grub2-starfield-theme

Open /etc/default/grub file sudo gedit /etc/default/grub Make entry in /etc/default grub GRUB_THEME="/boot/grub2/themes/starfield/theme.txt" Update grub sudo grub2-mkconfig -o /boot/grub2/grub.cfg

Additional software

RPMfusion repos

Go to http://rpmfusion.org/ and download corresponding version

Music player - XMMS

sudo yum install xmms xmms-faad2 xmms-mp3 xmms-pulse xmms-skins

Video players

mplayyer

sudo yum install mplayer gecko-mediaplayer mplayer-gui mencoder

VLC

sudo yum install vlc