TESTED IN A VM*

Linux Gamer Life Fedora KDE Bootstrap with CachyOS Kernel and Addons (TTY Friendly)

AMD Only at the moment - Select no at AMD section if not on AMD [UNTESTED]

DISABLE SECURE BOOT IN THE BIOS

This repository contains a one-shot bootstrap script that converts a fresh Fedora Everything Minimal install into a complete KDE Plasma desktop with the CachyOS Kernel and kernel addons. Includes gaming, multimedia, Flatpak, virtualization, and development tooling.

Install Fedora Everything and select minimal install. Run script once from TTY. Reboot. Done.

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Quick Start

Download and run scipt locally:

sudo dnf install wget
wget https://tinyurl.com/lgl-fedora-cachyos
chmod +x lgl-fedora-bootstrap.sh
sudo ./lgl-fedora-bootstrap.sh

Reboot when complete:

reboot

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Overview

This script installs and configures the following components.

KDE Plasma desktop
SDDM display manager enabled

RPM Fusion repositories
Cisco OpenH264 repository

Python tooling
python3
pipx
tldr
yt-dlp

Multimedia stack
ffmpeg
GStreamer plugins
OpenH264
VA-API support
VLC

Gaming tools
Steam
OBS Studio
Lutris
MangoHud

Flatpak and applications
Flatpak
Flathub
Flatseal
ProtonUp-Qt
ProtonPlus
Heroic Games Launcher
LibreOffice

Virtualization
virt-manager
libvirt
qemu-kvm
OVMF
swtpm

Kernel
CachyOS kernel CachyOS Addons scxctl scheduler interface

System tweaks
Disables NetworkManager-wait-online
Sets graphical target

Cleanup
Removes unused dependencies
Cleans package cache

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Requirements

Fedora Everything Minimal
Internet connection
User with sudo privileges
Run from TTY

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Notes

This script is provided as-is and Linux Gamer Life accepts no risk if you break your system using it.