wkmaurom
March 8, 2025, 11:56am
1
Hello everyone,
I wanted to share my extremely positive experience with Fedora 41 MATE. I’m truly impressed with the performance of this distribution, both on bare metal and in a virtual environment.
On my old laptop, Fedora 41 MATE performs exceptionally well, with very low CPU and RAM consumption. The system is responsive and smooth, even with multiple applications open simultaneously.
But the real surprise came with my VirtualBox virtual machine. Yesterday, I cloned a VM with Fedora 41 MATE and upgraded it to the experimental version of Fedora 42 MATE. The results were simply incredible! Despite being a development version, the system is stable and even more performant.
I wanted to thank the Fedora team for their excellent work. Fedora 41 MATE is a distribution I highly recommend to anyone looking for a lightweight, efficient, and reliable operating system.
Has anyone else had similar experiences with Fedora 41 or 42 MATE?
Thanks,
mauro
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wkmaurom
March 9, 2025, 9:05am
2
Hello everyone.
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mauro@76-87-AB-B7-BA-C3:~$ sudo inxi -JFmxxz -mm
[sudo] password di mauro:
System:
Kernel: 6.13.5-200.fc41.x86_64 arch: x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 14.2.1
Desktop: MATE v: 1.28.2 wm: marco dm: LightDM Distro: Fedora Linux 41
(MATE-Compiz)
Machine:
Type: Laptop System: Acer product: TravelMate 6293 v: 03 serial: <filter>
Chassis: type: 10 serial: N/A
Mobo: Acer model: TravelMate 6293 serial: N/A BIOS: Acer v: 1.41
date: 05/26/10
Battery:
ID-1: BAT0 charge: 1.1 Wh (100.0%) condition: 1.1/47.7 Wh (2.4%) volts: 12.1
min: 11.1 model: SANYO GARDA31 serial: <filter> status: full
Memory:
System RAM: total: 4 GiB available: 3.68 GiB used: 1.28 GiB (34.7%)
igpu: 128 MiB
Array-1: capacity: 4 GiB slots: 2 modules: 2 EC: None
max-module-size: 2 GiB note: est.
Device-1: M1 type: N/A size: 2 GiB speed: 1066 MT/s volts: N/A
manufacturer: N/A part-no: N/A
Device-2: M2 type: N/A size: 2 GiB speed: 1066 MT/s volts: N/A
manufacturer: N/A part-no: N/A
CPU:
Info: dual core model: Intel Core2 Duo P8400 bits: 64 type: MCP arch: Penryn
rev: 6 cache: L1: 128 KiB L2: 3 MiB
Speed (MHz): avg: 1600 min/max: 800/2267 cores: 1: 1600 2: 1600
bogomips: 9044
Flags: ht lm nx pae sse sse2 sse3 sse4_1 ssse3 vmx
Graphics:
Device-1: Intel Mobile 4 Series Integrated Graphics
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: i915 v: kernel arch: Gen-5 ports:
active: LVDS-1 empty: DP-1, DP-2, HDMI-A-1, VGA-1 bus-ID: 00:02.0
chip-ID: 8086:2a42
Device-2: Suyin Acer/HP Integrated Webcam [CN0314] driver: uvcvideo
type: USB rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 2-1:2 chip-ID: 064e:a103
Display: x11 server: X.Org v: 21.1.16 with: Xwayland v: 24.1.6
compositor: marco v: 1.28.0 driver: X: loaded: modesetting
alternate: fbdev,vesa dri: crocus gpu: i915 display-ID: :0 screens: 1
Screen-1: 0 s-res: 1280x800 s-dpi: 96
Monitor-1: LVDS-1 model: AU Optronics 0x9114 res: 1280x800 hz: 60 dpi: 125
diag: 308mm (12.1")
API: OpenGL v: 2.1 vendor: intel mesa v: 25.0.0 glx-v: 1.4 es-v: 2.0
direct-render: yes renderer: Mesa Mobile Intel GM45 Express (CTG)
device-ID: 8086:2a42
API: EGL Message: EGL data requires eglinfo. Check --recommends.
Info: Tools: api: glxinfo x11: xdriinfo, xdpyinfo, xprop, xrandr
Audio:
Device-1: Intel 82801I HD Audio vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI
driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus-ID: 00:1b.0 chip-ID: 8086:293e
API: ALSA v: k6.13.5-200.fc41.x86_64 status: kernel-api
Server-1: PipeWire v: 1.2.7 status: n/a (root, process) with:
1: pipewire-pulse status: active 2: wireplumber status: active
3: pipewire-alsa type: plugin 4: pw-jack type: plugin
Network:
Device-1: Intel Ultimate N WiFi Link 5300 driver: iwlwifi v: kernel pcie:
speed: 2.5 GT/s lanes: 1 bus-ID: 02:00.0 chip-ID: 8086:4235
IF: wlp2s0 state: up mac: <filter>
Device-2: Broadcom NetXtreme BCM5764M Gigabit Ethernet PCIe
vendor: Acer Incorporated ALI driver: tg3 v: kernel pcie: speed: 2.5 GT/s
lanes: 1 port: N/A bus-ID: 03:00.0 chip-ID: 14e4:1684
IF: enp3s0 state: down mac: <filter>
IF-ID-1: ipv6leakintrf0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A
mac: <filter>
IF-ID-2: proton0 state: unknown speed: N/A duplex: N/A mac: N/A
Drives:
Local Storage: total: 111.79 GiB used: 6.34 GiB (5.7%)
ID-1: /dev/sda vendor: Samsung model: SSD 850 EVO 120GB size: 111.79 GiB
speed: 3.0 Gb/s serial: <filter> temp: 31 C
Partition:
ID-1: / size: 110.79 GiB used: 6.02 GiB (5.4%) fs: btrfs dev: /dev/sda3
ID-2: /boot size: 973.4 MiB used: 324.2 MiB (33.3%) fs: ext4
dev: /dev/sda2
ID-3: /home size: 110.79 GiB used: 6.02 GiB (5.4%) fs: btrfs
dev: /dev/sda3
Swap:
ID-1: swap-1 type: zram size: 3.68 GiB used: 0 KiB (0.0%) priority: 100
dev: /dev/zram0
USB:
Hub-1: 1-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
Hub-2: 2-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 4 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
Device-1: 2-1:2 info: Suyin Acer/HP Integrated Webcam [CN0314] type: video
driver: uvcvideo rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 064e:a103
Hub-3: 3-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
Hub-4: 4-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 6 rev: 2.0
speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0002
Device-1: 4-6:3 info: LighTuning Fingerprint Reader
type: <vendor specific> driver: N/A rev: 2.0 speed: 480 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1c7a:0801
Hub-5: 5-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
Device-1: 5-1:2 info: Sunplus Innovation Optical Mouse type: mouse
driver: hid-generic,usbhid rev: 2.0 speed: 1.5 Mb/s lanes: 1
chip-ID: 1bcf:0005
Hub-6: 6-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
Hub-7: 7-0:1 info: full speed or root hub ports: 2 rev: 1.1 speed: 12 Mb/s
lanes: 1 chip-ID: 1d6b:0001
Sensors:
System Temperatures: cpu: 36.0 C mobo: N/A
Fan Speeds (rpm): N/A
Info:
Processes: 250 Power: uptime: 20m wakeups: 0 Init: systemd v: 256
target: graphical (5) default: graphical
Packages: pm: rpm pkgs: N/A note: see --rpm Compilers: N/A Shell: Sudo
v: 1.9.15p5 running-in: mate-terminal inxi: 3.3.37
mauro@76-87-AB-B7-BA-C3:~$
Where do you get that? From ProtonVPN?
Are you using the vpn app or configured OpenVPN??
wkmaurom
March 9, 2025, 1:12pm
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hi. I’m new to this. I followed the instructions on the Proton site for Fedora. Then I installed the repository and their app. My app use wireguard.
Mauro DeAngelis:
use wireguard.
On the Download section (scrolling down) you can configure your configfile which you have to download and import into wireguard on your Linux system.
wkmaurom
March 9, 2025, 1:35pm
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I tried proton vpn and mullvad vpn both paid. I did nothing but install the apps. I guess installing an app automatically imports the configuration file? I’m a novice and don’t understand anything about networks…
It does not. You have to create this config file on your own. After a certain time it expires and you will have to renew the file and import again.
I know that it is quite a lot for users which use vpn the first time. If you tell me exactly on which manual/instructions you are I will guide you as good as I can.
I do have protonvpn also payed and use also vireguard.
wkmaurom
March 9, 2025, 1:42pm
8
I have Fedora 41 mate and I have Proton vpn set to automatically connect to login in one of the Italian servers.
Could you install the Grafical Interface of Proton VPN?
If yes continuing here:
After go back to
in the first doc. and import the file.
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wkmaurom
March 9, 2025, 1:57pm
10
I followed all the instructions in this link:
Download the package. Enter:
wget “https://repo.protonvpn.com/fedora-$ (cat /etc/fedora-release | cut -d’ ’ -f 3)-stable/protonvpn-stable-release/protonvpn-stable-release-1.0.2-1.noarch.rpm”
Install the Proton VPN repository containing the new app. Run:
sudo dnf install ./protonvpn-stable-release-1.0.2-1.noarch.rpm && sudo dnf check-update --refresh
Run:
sudo dnf install proton-vpn-gnome-desktop
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could you configure somethnig?
wkmaurom
March 9, 2025, 4:21pm
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Unfortunately I am inexperienced. If I can I will do it gladly.