Hello everyone I’m about to install Fedora on my new laptop (I will replace Windows with it) however I’m a newbie to Linux I’m bad at using terminal so I’d have some questions before installing it :
When installing Fedora, besides enabling encryption, do I have to enable or disable something else with the terminal ?
I never installed any OS before, do I have to configure something in the UEFI/BIOS before booting Fedora ?
I’d like to have Spyder, Rstudio, Jupyter but also Minecraft for gaming : is there any compatibility concern with these softwares with Fedora ?
Can I VM Windows on Fedora in order to use Excel or Microsoft Teams ? If yes, which safe software can I use ?
Any basics settings for privacy in Fedora settings ? Something with packages I have to care about ?
Bonus : which prompt I have to know on terminal ? Where to learn how to use terminal ?
From what you have stated here there should be no immediate need for you to use the terminal. For your use case you may want to enable fedoras “non-free repositories” through the inbuilt software center (similar to Microsoft store).
As for configuring anything in the computer BIOS the only thing you’ll want to check is that you are able to boot off of usb flash drives; then when booting your computer you should be able to boot into the installation media.
I have not used Spyder, Rstudio, or Jupyter befor so i cannot attest to their functional state on fedora. However i Can say that Minecraft works Quite well.
You can definitly Use Windows VMs on Fedora. I would Suggest either Qemu or Virtual Box for this purpose.
Basic privacy settings: i believe there are a couple toggles. Apologies. Its been a while since i messed with this part of fedora setup.
If i had to suggest a single command for learning the terminal. It would be the man command. This command gives you usage information (manual) about any command you enter after it.
man [command]
The other command i would suggest trying to get comfertable with is your package manager command(s) in fedoras case this dnf.
You don’t need terminal for encryption, maybe for rpmfusion Configuration - RPM Fusion (even for this one GUI way exists)
Don’t think so
Minecraft Works (I recommend using Prism Launcher), rstudio and jupyter also works, haven’t tried spyder
Yes, QEMU/KVM (just search for virt-manager package), I’d personally recommend just accessing teams through browser and OnlyOffice is a good excel replacement
Either change boot priority to favor the usb disk; or during boot hit the key to enter the BIOS and select a temporary boot device (in this case the usb disk). Either way should boot the computer into the installation media on the usb disk.
Once fedora is installed to the SSD the installed should give you a button to reboit. At this point it will also tell you to remove the usb disk, as it is not needed anymore. Since the usb disk is removed the computer should automatically reboot back to Fedora.
For completeness, once the installation has completed you may remove/demote the usb disk in your BIOS boot priority. It should be noted that if instead of manually setting the boot priority for the usb, and rather selecting the usb disk as a temporary boot device it should not be necessary to modify any boot priorities after installation completes.
Adding to what the others have said, for basic security purposes the only thing I would recommend is you make sure the firewall is enabled. I think Fedora comes with it enabled by default, but my usage of Fedora is minimal at best and I can’t honestly remember. I think firewalld’s graphical front-end is “firewall-config.” It will likely need to be installed via terminal running sudo dnf install firewall-config It may come pre-installed as well, so check first. One additional thing I would recommend is making sure your package manager is using https mirrors. This won’t make a huge difference considering packages are verified via GPG but using encrypted mirrors always adds additional protection.
Shutting down the laptop should not be a risk. This error is just indicating that the installation media could not properly be verified (it failed the media test, may be corrupted somehow). At this point the installation medai should not have written any changes to your ssd so shut down and try recreating the install media.
Edit:
The fedora forum may have more information on this issue. After a quick search for “fedora failing checkiso media test” i found This forum thread which may provide more insight on the issue.
