diff --git a/.gitmodules b/.gitmodules
index 739bcd23..20885b12 100644
--- a/.gitmodules
+++ b/.gitmodules
@@ -50,9 +50,6 @@
 [submodule ".oh-my-zsh-plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting"]
 	path = .oh-my-zsh-plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting
 	url = git://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git
-[submodule "common/todoman"]
-	path = common/todoman
-	url = https://git.barrera.io/hobarrera/todoman.git
 [submodule ".vim/bundle/rust.vim"]
 	path = .vim/bundle/rust.vim
 	url = https://github.com/rust-lang/rust.vim.git
diff --git a/.zshrc b/.zshrc
index d17e17cb..456c9d6a 100644
--- a/.zshrc
+++ b/.zshrc
@@ -54,3 +54,6 @@ export RUST_SRC_PATH=$HOME/dev/rust/src
 export EDITOR="vim"
 export KEYTIMEOUT=1
 
+#temporary fix for rustc [https://github.com/rust-lang/rust-installer/issues/30], for Fedora only
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib
+
diff --git a/common/configure_fresh_system b/common/configure_fresh_system
index 1ca70faf..41ef3f25 100755
--- a/common/configure_fresh_system
+++ b/common/configure_fresh_system
@@ -34,11 +34,15 @@ ln -vfs "$DIR/.conky" ~/.
 ln -vfs "$DIR/.gitconfig.linux.private" ~/.gitconfig
 mkdir -p ~/.config/autostart/
 ln -vfs "$DIR/.config/autostart/conky.desktop" ~/.config/autostart/
-mkdir -p ~/.config/todoman/
-ln -vfs "$DIR/.config/todoman/todoman.conf" ~/.config/todoman/
 mkdir -p ~/.config/vdirsyncer/
 ln -vfs "$DIR/.config/vdirsyncer/config" ~/.config/vdirsyncer/
 
+# symlink 'nodejs' as node on some systems
+# will replace symlink if it exists, but won't replace regular file
+if [[ ! -f /usr/bin/node ]]; then
+    sudo ln -vfs /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
+fi
+
 # tools
 ln -vfs "$DIR/tools" ~/
 
@@ -48,31 +52,36 @@ rm -f ~/.config/terminator/config
 ln "$DIR/.config/terminator/config" ~/.config/terminator/config
 
 #install fonts
-mkdir ~/.fonts
+mkdir -p ~/.fonts
 cp -rv "$DIR/fonts" ~/.fonts
 fc-cache
 
 #rust
+echo "installing rust"
 curl -sSf https://static.rust-lang.org/rustup.sh | bash -s -- -y
+export LD_LIBRARY_PATH=$LD_LIBRARY_PATH:/usr/local/lib
 cd "$DIR/.vim/bundle/racer/"
 cargo build
 cd "$DIR/../"
-git clone https://github.com/rust-lang/rust.git
+echo "getting rust sources..."
+if [[ ! -d rust ]]; then
+    git clone https://github.com/rust-lang/rust.git
+else
+    cd rust 
+    git pull
+fi
 
 #rvm
 gpg --recv-keys BF04FF17
+gpg2 --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys 409B6B1796C275462A1703113804BB82D39DC0E3
 curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable
 source $HOME/.rvm/scripts/rvm
 rvm install ruby
 
 # talks: reveal-md
-sudo ln -vfs /usr/bin/nodejs /usr/bin/node
 sudo npm install -g reveal-md
 
-# TODOs + sync
-echo "installing todoman"
-cd "$DIR/common/todoman/"
-sudo python3 setup.py install
+# vdir syncer
 echo "installing vdirsyncer"
 sudo pip install vdirsyncer
 
diff --git a/common/todoman b/common/todoman
deleted file mode 160000
index a7c327be..00000000
--- a/common/todoman
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1 +0,0 @@
-Subproject commit a7c327be6f84c3585028a48b46743ce94afaf5ef
diff --git a/fedora/configure_fresh_system b/fedora/configure_fresh_system
index c68b745d..5f55e2d7 100755
--- a/fedora/configure_fresh_system
+++ b/fedora/configure_fresh_system
@@ -7,6 +7,9 @@ sudo dnf -y install http://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonf
 sudo dnf -y install vim tmux atop zsh thunderbird thunderbird-enigmail thunderbird-lightning firefox aria2 gajim lm_sensors vlc freecad python3-pip qt5-qtbase-devel qt5-qtwebkit-devel meld whois curl pv tor torsocks nodejs npm terminator gsmartcontrol python-pip mercurial python-devel libxslt-devel libjpeg-turbo-devel conky conky-manager
 sudo dnf -y groupinstall "C Development Tools and Libraries"
 
+sudo systemctl enable tor
+sudo systemctl start tor
+
 DIR="$( cd "$( dirname "${BASH_SOURCE[0]}" )" && pwd )"
 DIR="$DIR/../"
 DIR="$DIR" $DIR/common/configure_fresh_system
diff --git a/fedora/install_optimus b/fedora/install_optimus
index 062694ba..78585c9b 100755
--- a/fedora/install_optimus
+++ b/fedora/install_optimus
@@ -1,9 +1,12 @@
 #!/bin/bash
-sudo yum install -y libbsd-devel libbsd glibc-devel libX11-devel help2man autoconf git tar glib2 glib2-devel kernel-devel kernel-headers automake gcc gtk2-devel
-sudo yum install -y VirtualGL VirtualGL.i686
-sudo yum install -y http://install.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/yum/itecs/public/bumblebee/fedora21/noarch/bumblebee-release-1.2-1.noarch.rpm 
-sudo yum install -y bbswitch bumblebee
-sudo yum install -y http://install.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/yum/itecs/public/bumblebee-nonfree/fedora21/noarch/bumblebee-nonfree-release-1.2-1.noarch.rpm
-sudo yum install -y bumblebee-nvidia
-sudo yum install -y primus primus.i686
+FEDORA_VERSION=`rpm -E %fedora`
+sudo dnf install -y libbsd-devel libbsd glibc-devel libX11-devel help2man autoconf git tar glib2 glib2-devel kernel-devel kernel-headers automake gcc gtk2-devel
+sudo dnf install -y VirtualGL VirtualGL.i686
+sudo dnf install -y http://install.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/yum/itecs/public/bumblebee/fedora$FEDORA_VERSION/noarch/bumblebee-release-1.2-1.noarch.rpm 
+sudo dnf install -y bbswitch bumblebee
+sudo dnf install -y http://install.linux.ncsu.edu/pub/yum/itecs/public/bumblebee-nonfree/fedora$FEDORA_VERSION/noarch/bumblebee-nonfree-release-1.2-1.noarch.rpm
+sudo dnf install -y bumblebee-nvidia
+sudo dnf install -y primus primus.i686
+sudo systemctl enable bumblebeed.service
+sudo systemctl start bumblebeed.service