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# Fedora tools
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Small utilities for Fedora Linux, distributed as RPM packages through a Gitea
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package registry. Installed tools receive updates through DNF and compatible
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graphical software managers.
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These tools are developed with the help of AI.
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## Repository
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```bash
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sudo dnf config-manager addrepo \
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--from-repofile=https://git.ajpanton.se/ajp_anton/fedora-tools/raw/branch/main/fedora-tools.repo
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```
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```bash
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sudo dnf install touchpad-hold-tap
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sudo dnf install plasma-always-show-unlock
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sudo dnf install plasma-task-group-shortcuts
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sudo dnf install plasma-fingerprint-workaround
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sudo dnf install fedora-tools-settings
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sudo dnf install plasma-panel-actions
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```
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## Compatibility
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The primary test environment is a Framework Laptop 13 Pro running Fedora Linux
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44 on x86_64, with KDE Plasma 6.7 and a Wayland session using KWin.
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Compatibility with other Fedora releases, desktop environments, display
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systems, architectures, or distributions may be limited.
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## Tools
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### Fedora Tools settings
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The optional `fedora-tools-settings` package adds a **Fedora Tools** page to
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Plasma System Settings. It discovers tools from this RPM repository, shows
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which are installed, and can install available tools after administrator
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authorization. Installed tools can also be removed, and supported tools expose
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their settings there. Individual tools do not require the settings module.
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### Touchpad hold-tap
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Experimental. Recognizes a one-finger hold followed by a quick tap from a
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second finger and emits a middle click. The held finger may move between taps.
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Repeating the tap while holding the first finger produces repeated clicks,
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including double middle clicks.
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The minimum anchor age, required stationary time, tap durations, and emitted
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mouse button or keyboard event can be changed through Fedora Tools settings or
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with `touchpad-hold-tap-config`. A stationary time of zero allows recognition
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while the anchor is moving. Custom plugin settings are stored under `/etc` and
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survive package updates. Log out and back in after changing them.
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The `touchpad-hold-tap` package requires libinput 1.30 or newer and a compositor
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that enables libinput plugins. Log out and back in after installation or an
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update so the compositor reloads the plugin.
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### Always-visible Plasma unlock prompt
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The `plasma-always-show-unlock` package keeps Plasma's password and fingerprint
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prompt visible from the moment the lock screen appears, including after the
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display is turned off or the system resumes from sleep.
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The package applies a narrow patch to Plasma 6.7's lock-screen QML and reapplies
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it after `plasma-desktop` updates. An unknown future layout is left unchanged
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instead of being modified speculatively. Removing the package restores Plasma's
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original behavior. It retries lock-screen authentication after resume and the
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automatic-lock grace period, but does not modify `kscreenlocker` authentication
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code or `fprintd`.
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### Plasma task-group shortcuts
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The `plasma-task-group-shortcuts` package makes Meta+1 through Meta+9 address
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application groups instead of individual taskbar buttons. It follows the
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launchers, ordering, filters, and grouping exceptions of the Task Manager on
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the primary screen. Pressing a launcher opens the application; pressing an
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application group starts with its first window, then advances through its
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windows while Meta remains held. Holding Shift after starting a cycle moves
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backward instead. Shift on the first press launches a new instance. Releasing
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Meta—or pressing a different number—ends the current cycle. The shortcuts
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follow the physical number-row keys for every keyboard layout configured in
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KWin, including layouts where those keys do not produce digits without Shift.
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With **Keep launchers separate** disabled, a pinned launcher and its running
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application share one shortcut position. When enabled, the launcher is its own
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position and the application's windows form another. **Hide launcher when
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application starts** determines whether that separate launcher remains while
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the application is running. Other groups retain the Task Manager's sort order.
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The first-window behavior and both Shift behaviors can be changed through
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Fedora Tools settings. Changes take effect with the next shortcut press.
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If application grouping is disabled—or an application is excluded from
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grouping—each of its windows remains a separate shortcut position. **Only group
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when the Task Manager is full** does not alter shortcut groups; that would make
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the numbers change merely because the panel changed size.
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The utility starts with Plasma and records the shortcuts it replaces. Before
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removing it, restore them with:
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```bash
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plasma-task-group-shortcuts --restore-shortcuts
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```
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### Plasma fingerprint workaround
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Experimental and unaudited. The `plasma-fingerprint-workaround` package is an
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inert controller for installing a patched Fedora KScreenLocker build that
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recovers fingerprint authentication after suspend. It makes no lock-screen
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changes when installed and must be enabled explicitly:
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```bash
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sudo plasma-fingerprint-workaround enable
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```
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The patched build is not present in the DNF repository and therefore cannot be
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selected by a normal system update. The controller can also install a locally
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built RPM and restore Fedora's original package. See the tool's
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[`README`](plasma-fingerprint-workaround/README.md) for the security warning,
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build instructions, version checks, and force-downgrade option.
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### Plasma panel actions
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The `plasma-panel-actions` package enables panel scroll actions at login,
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without requiring a visible widget. Scrolling defaults to volume
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control across the panel; each area can instead control screen brightness,
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keyboard backlight, virtual desktops, or retain its normal behaviour.
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Optional left- and middle-click/double-click actions apply only to empty space
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and can also launch applications or custom commands. Add
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**Panel Actions Spacer** to reserve flexible space with a configurable minimum
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width. Open **Panel Actions** from the application menu or Fedora Tools settings,
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with or without a spacer. See its [README](plasma-panel-actions/README.md).
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