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MY PERSONAL LINUX ENVIRONMENT SETUP

DESCRIPTION

My personal Linux environment setup for a new computer. It might be useful for you.

Depend on each section, there are some specific files in this repo which guide you in detail.

 

CONTENT

RIGHT AFTER OS SETUP

Update package information from Internet.

Fedora:

# FEDORA
sudo dnf update

# UBUNTU
sudo apt update

# MANJARO
# choose the best system mirrorlist
sudo pacman-mirrors --fasttrack
# or using specific countries
sudo pacman-mirrors --country Singapore,Philippines,Taiwan,China,South_Korea,Japan,Australia,Global
sudo pacman -Syy

 

Adjust wrong time between Linux and Windows (dual boot).

timedatectl set-local-rtc 1 --adjust-system-clock

 

Remove unwanted fonts:

  • Noto suite.
  • Adobe Source Han.
  • Terminus.

 

VIETNAMESE INPUT

Chosen method: ibus-bamboo.

Follow instructions from this link:

https://github.com/BambooEngine/ibus-bamboo

Goto system settings:

  • Add ibus-bamboo to "input source".
  • Config keyboard shortcut for switching between input sources.

 

KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

Note: Goto system settings.

  • Ctrl + Alt + T: terminal.
  • Super + E: file manager (or home folder).
  • Super + W: web browser.
  • Super + T: text editor (mousepad).
  • Super + Y: text editor (gedit).
  • Ctrl + Shift + Esc: launch system monitor.
  • Super + D: hide all windows.
  • Super + I: system settings.
  • Alt + Tab: switch between windows.
  • Super + Tab: switch between applications.
  • Super + Left: view split on left.
  • Super + Right: view split on right.
  • Super + Up: maximize window.
  • Alt + Space: activate the window menu.

 

PACKAGE MANAGER

Fedora: Edit file /etc/dnf/dnf.conf

fastestmirror=True
max_parallel_downloads=10

 

DESKTOP WALLPAPERS

App: Variety.

Homepage: https://peterlevi.com/variety

Notes for Manjaro GNOME:

To run Variety correctly, we run it in terminal to see all output messages.

Before installing Variety, we may install its dependencies: package python-pip

Variety might not display its icon on topbar, to fix this:

  • Make sure the GNOME app Extensions was installed
    • Fedora: sudo dnf install gnome-extensions-app
  • Check GNOME shell version: gnome-shell --version
  • Download GNOME extension "AppIndicator" that matches the GNOME shell version
    • Link: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-support
    • Extract compressed file. Note the uuid field in the metadata.json, it will be the name of directory of the extension
    • Move extracted data to $HOME/.local/share/gnome-shell/extensions/appindicatorsupport@rgcjonas.gmail.com
    • Turn on the extension via app Extensions (may need to logout/login)
  • (Optional) Run Variety with GDK_BACKEND=x11:
    • GDK_BACKEND=x11 variety, or
    • env GDK_BACKEND=x11 variety

 

PACKAGES

INTERNET BROWSERS:

  • Chrome
  • Brave
  • Firefox

FONTS:

  • List of fonts:

    • Monospace: JetBrains Mono, Roboto Mono, Consolas
    • Noto suite (to support multiple languages)
    • DejaVu suite (great display font)
    • Droid suite (to support multiple languages, a lightweight alternative of Noto suite)
    • Liberation suite (a "standard font suite" for many Linux distros)
    • Sans: Source Sans
    • Serif: Source Serif

  • Note: After installing fonts, rebuild font cache: fc-cache -f -v

  • List of softwares:

OFFICE:

  • Libre Office

GRAPHICS:

  • GIMP
  • inkscape

AUDIO AND VIDEO:

DISK DRIVE:

  • GParted
  • baobab (Disk Usage Analyzer)

UTILITIES:

  • Text editor: mousepad, gedit
  • Editor (cmd): vim
  • Archiver: file-roller, peazip
  • Archiver (cmdline): p7zip or 7z, unrar
  • Clipboard tool: wl-clipboard
  • PDF reader: Okular, Evince
  • Photos: Eye of Gnome (eog), gThumb
  • System monitor & info: gnome-system-monitor, bpytop, htop, neofetch
  • Nautilus context menu manager: actions-for-nautilus (deprecated: filemanager-actions)
  • List directory/file tree: tree
  • Encryption: openssl
  • Multimedia: ffmpeg, ffmpeg-libs
    • Fedora: sudo dnf install --allowerasing ffmpeg ffmpeg-libs x265-libs libde265
  • Nautilus video thumbnail generation: ffmpegthumbnailer
  • Dconf editor: dconf-editor
  • File/dir diff comparison tool: meld
  • Hex editor: Okteta
  • Prevent computer from sleeping: caffeine
  • Remote desktop: AnyDesk
  • Screen recorder: OBS, vokoscreenNG
  • wine & winetricks
  • Clean disk: bleachbit
  • Photo management and enhancement: darktable
  • Locate file fast: mlocate
    • Run command: locate file-name
    • Note: sudo updatedb first

AUTHENTICATOR:

  • (Chrome extension) Authenticator
    • Author: authenticator.cc
    • Link

 

SHELL AND TERMINAL

Read zsh.md.

Read terminal.md.

 

DEVELOPMENT LIBRARIES AND TOOLS

Read dev.md.

 

MISCELLANEOUS CONFIGURATIONS

  • Fedora/Manjaro:

    • Prevent suspend when lid close.
      • Edit file /usr/lib/systemd/logind.conf (remember to backup first), set 3 config lines:
        • HandleLidSwitch=ignore
        • HandleLidSwitchExternalPower=ignore
        • HandleLidSwitchDocked=ignore
    • Avoid frustrating when user enters incorrect password for many times.
      • First, have a look at the output from cat /etc/pam.d/login to make sure that you use pam_faillock.so.
      • Edit file /etc/security/faillock.conf
      • Set deny = 0

  • Web browser:

    • Home page: turn off unwanted things.
    • Languages ⟶ spell checking: turn off.

  • File manager:

  • Libre Office:

    • Disable spell checking (Tools ⟶ Automatic Spell Checking).

  • Settings:

    • Set default apps:
      • Web: Chrome
      • Music, Video: VLC media player
      • Photos: Eye of Gnome (Image Viewer)
      • Text Editor: mousepad (command: xdg-mime default org.xfce.mousepad.desktop text/plain)
    • Power:
      • Blank Screen: Never
      • Automatic Suspend: Off
      • Power Button Behavior: Nothing
      • Lid-closing behaviour (systemd):
        • Edit this file using root: /etc/systemd/logind.conf
        • Set config HandleLidSwitch=ignore (may uncomment the line first)
        • Restart computer

 

DESKTOP ENVIRONMENT AND THEME

Theme:

  • Theme directory location:

    • Global: /usr/share/themes
    • Local: ~/.themes

  • Icon directory location:

    • Global: /usr/share/icons
    • Local: ~/.icons

For GNOME: Execute app "Extensions" and config as my taste.

  • Extension "Dash to Dock": Decrease size, make it transparent.

To change font weight of GTK theme, especial file manager, we need to edit or create file: ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css.

* { font-weight: 500; }
.nautilus * { font-weight: 500 }
.thunar * { font-weight: 500 }
XfdesktopIconView.view { font-weight: 500 }

 

X11 COMPATIBILITY IN WAYLAND

Read x11-compatibility-in-wayland.md.

 

PERSONAL STUFF

Global shell

Create directory $HOME/app/shscript

Create file $HOME/.profile with this contents:

export JAVA_HOME=....
export GRADLE_HOME=...
export MYAPP_SH_HOME=$HOME/app/sh
export PATH="$MYAPP_SH_HOME:$JAVA_HOME/bin:$GRADLE_HOME/bin:$PATH"

Create file $HOME/.zprofile with this contents:

source $HOME/.profile

Partition mounting

lsblk -o name,mountpoint,label,size,uuid to get partition info.

Edit file /etc/fstab by root, add these lines:

# <file system> <mount point> <type>   <options>          <dump>  <pass>
UUID=...        /d1            ntfs    defaults,noatime   0       0
UUID=...        /d2            ntfs    defaults,noatime   0       0
UUID=...        /lidata        ext4    defaults,noatime   0       0