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The text explains that missing Microsoft TrueType fonts on Fedora cause “Tofu” boxes in LibreOffice documents and offers three ways to install them. The quickest method is enabling the non‑free RPM Fusion repository and installing the msttcorefonts package, which automatically retrieves and extracts the full set of core fonts. If only a specific font (e.g., Calibri) is needed, you can download its Windows installer, extract the .ttf with cabextract, and place it in your personal ~/.local/share/fonts directory. For offline or older systems, you can copy a pre‑downloaded msttcorefonts tarball to /usr/local/share/fonts and run fc-cache manually, handling updates yourself.

Guides 11792 Published by Philipp Esselbach 0

The guide explains how to speed up Fedora 36’s DNF by selecting a fast, nearby mirror—using the fastestmirror plugin or setting a specific baseurl—to reduce download latency. It recommends enabling parallel downloads (e.g., ten simultaneous connections) and extending metadata expiration (to 48 hours) so each run does less work. For occasional very large packages, it suggests installing dnf‑plugins‑core and aria2 to split the file into chunks for faster retrieval, though this is optional. Finally, it advises periodically cleaning DNF’s cache with dnf clean all to prevent slowdowns caused by stale metadata and old RPM files.