Maybe wrong version? I'm confuse

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Hi everyone,

I’m a bit confused about my Fedora setup and I hope someone can help me figure this out.

I wanted to install the same version of Fedora that I had on my virtual machine. I believe it was Fedora Workstation, because it came with several tools already installed, such as:

  • btop++
  • Connections
  • Document Viewer
  • EasySSH
  • Filelight
  • Kitty
  • KCharSelect
  • Machines
  • Emoji Selector

On top of that, I’m pretty sure I installed KDE Plasma afterward, since I do have the KDE interface now.

However, when I installed Fedora on my actual PC, I chose the Workstation version, and I can’t find any of those applications anymore, not even the Pokémon in the terminal that I used to have.

Now I’m wondering if I might be mistaken, could it have been Fedora KDE Spin from the start instead? From what I’ve read, those tools aren’t supposed to come preinstalled there… or do they?

I’m just trying to understand what I originally had so I can reproduce the same setup.

100% I download it on fedora website.

Thanks in advance for your help!

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I have so many questions…

But first, did you install KDE Plasma on top of GNOME (Fedora Workstation)?

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I think so.
When I writing gnome in research I see “system monitor of gnome”

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cat /etc/fedora-release
fedora relase 43

hostnamectl
Transient hostname: fedora
Static hostname: (unset)
Icon name: computer-vm
Chassis: vm
Virtualization: vmware
Operating System: Fedora Linux 43 (Workstation Edition)
CPE OS Name: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:43
Kernel: Linux 6.18.8-200.fc43.x86_64
Architecture: x86-64
Firmware Version: 6.00
Firmware Date: Thu 2020-11-12
Firmware Age: 5y 4month 4w 2d

I installed kde plasma on wokstation gnome

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You’ve got a hot mess right there. Hyprland over GNOME is probably fine, but I am not familiar with window managers so can’t say much. But Plasma over GNOME definitely hurt.

Regardless, coming to your original question.

Fedora does not ship applications like btop++ and the kitty terminal with any edition / spin. You must’ve installed them manually. “Connections” and “Document Viewer aka Papers” are GNOME Applications which ONLY ship with Fedora Workstation (the GNOME version of fedora) and yes, they are included in the default install as of my knowledge. Applications like “KCharSelect”, “Filelight” and “Emoji Selector” are Qt apps and ONLY ship with fedora’s KDE Plasma edition. You will NOT find them in fedora Workstation by default. Never heard of EasySSH and Machines so can’t comment.

Fedora would never ship “Pokemon” in the terminal (seems like some kind of game). fedora is a mainstream distribution and this looks like something very niche to include.

NO version of fedora comes with this app selection.

I’d suggest you install the fedora KDE edition and install the apps you want one by one. You can go to Discover/GNOME Software in your virtual machine to see a list of apps you installed. :slight_smile:

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Or from the command line you can do:

dnf history list - to see what rpm packages you installed from command-line dnf

dnf4 history list - to see what rpm packages you installed from Discover / GNOME Software

flatpak history - to see what Flatpaks you installed

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