This is mostly for my benefit.
Things to go from blank machine to fully functioning work laptop.
- Download mint cinnamon x64 torrent
- Burn to USB stick
- Configure Dell XPS 13 to use AHCI mode
- Boot to stick with
F12 - Install mint
- Bootstrap my dotmatrix package list my bootstrap file
Like this (don’t laugh/cringe):
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/timabell/dotmatrix/master/bin/bootstrap.sh | sh
This installs my usual package list
- Run updates
- Turn on automatic updates in update manager preferences, and automatic obsolete kernal removal
- Configure nemo file manager to always use list view
- Run syncthing-gtk from system menu (auto-installs syncthing binary)
- Configure syncthing not to route over internet (no relay, no public discovery, no NAT traversal)
- Configure firewall-config
to allow syncthing
- Add manual service syncthing
- Allow tcp 22000 and 21027 udp
- Make home network use home zone
- Add syncthing to home zone
- Runtime to permanent
- Tell new and old devices about each other in syncthing, watch
~/Documentsetc magically sync - Install slack with flatpak, (available via the software manager), sign in. - slack promote the snap version but that’s not installed by default.
- Install dotfiles by running dotmatrix/bin/install (repo clone already pulled across with syncthing)
- Generate ssh key
ssh-keygen, add key to github - Symlink ~/bin to a sync’d folder
cd ~
ln -s ~/Documents/programs/bin
- Install jetbrains toolbox
- Customize time in task bar to
| %H:%M:%S %p | %e %b %Y | - Lock screen with
Win+L- start > keyboard > system > lock screen (Windows user habits) - Switch to z-shell
chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh- https://askubuntu.com/questions/131823/how-to-make-zsh-the-default-shell/131838#131838 - Setup touchpad
- Setup terminal colours and turn off transparency
- Pomodoro timer in task bar: https://cinnamon-spices.linuxmint.com/applets/view/131
- Turn off all the system sounds and turn the volume down to 0%
- Install
fzf
Firefox
- Open firefox, sign-in to sync
- Remove firefox tabs (because I use Tree Style Tabs)
cd ~/.mozilla/firefox/..../mkdir chromeecho '#TabsToolbar { visibility: collapse !important; }' >> userChrome.css- about:config >
toolkit.legacyUserProfileCustomizations.stylesheets>true - restart firefox
- Reference: https://superuser.com/questions/1268732/how-to-hide-tab-bar-tabstrip-in-firefox-57-quantum#1268734
Docker
- compose https://docs.docker.com/compose/install/
sudo adduser $USER dockerthen reboot to avoid need for root
Postgres
XPS firmware updates
fwupdmgr get-devices
fwupdmgr get-updates
fwupdmgr update
refs:
inotify
- inotify increase for:
echo fs.inotify.max_user_watches=524288 | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf && sudo sysctl -p
Shutter
- Fix shutter edit https://itsfoss.com/shutter-edit-button-disabled/
- Change default save location to
~/Documents/screenshots/shutter
asdf
- install asdf version manager for all the things (ruby, node, golang etc.)
NodeJs setup
asdf plugin-add nodejs
bash ~/.asdf/plugins/nodejs/bin/import-release-team-keyring
asdf install nodejs 8.16.1
node -v
Keyring because nodejs packages are signed and validated https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-nodejs#install
Ruby
asdf plugin add ruby
cd some-project
asdf install
gem install bundler
Auto lock
- Configure BlueProximity to run at startup
- Set the locking command to
/usr/bin/gdbus call --session --dest org.cinnamon.ScreenSaver --object-path /org/cinnamon/ScreenSaver --method org.cinnamon.ScreenSaver.Lock 'AFK call me on xxx' - Set locking distance to 30 and duration to 10 seconds.
- ref: http://www.webupd8.org/2011/05/blueproximity-use-bluetooth-device-to.html