ProgramsAndSettings

Settings for different programs.

NB! Remember to backup ssh keys from old machine!

• Google chrome (download .deb package from webpage)
  • maybe install dependency from apt
• Curl (apt)
• Sublime Text 3 (https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/3/linux_repositories.html)
  • Package control (https://packagecontrol.io/installation)
  • See Sublime folder for nice-to-have packages
• Visual Studio Code (https://code.visualstudio.com/download)
  • Trailing spaces (package manager)
  • If nodejs installed
    • Node Exec
• i3wm
  • add i3 repo to apt for newest version and then install i3 package from apt
    • https://i3wm.org/docs/repositories.html
  • add locale line to /usr/bin/dmenu_run if needed
• zsh (apt)
  • zgen (https://github.com/tarjoilija/zgen)
  • set as default: chsh -s $(which zsh)
• playerctl
  • download deb package from git repo: https://github.com/acrisci/playerctl/releases
  • Needed to control media playback using keys
• light
  • help2man
    • install from apt
  • Download .deb package from github/releases
  • Needed to control screen brightness using keys
  • If it fails run with -v 1 to see error msg
    • Create required 'minimum' file with minimum value
    • chown the required backlight/brightness file
• docker
• git (apt)
• git gui (apt)
• bpython (apt)
• pip (see website)
  • If you apt install and then upgrade (as you should), you need to fix the file '/usr/bin/pip3'
    • Change the import line to be 'from pip._internal import main as _main'
    • Change the call of 'main' to '_main*
  • colr
• tensorflow
• imagemagick
  • import, bound in i3 config (remember to create Screenshots folder in ~/Pictures)
• hibernate (apt)
• spotify (https://www.spotify.com/au/download/linux/?tblang=french)
• redshift (apt)
  • redshift-gtk (apt)
  • Start redshift-gtk and enable auto-start
• node.js (https://nodejs.org/en/download/package-manager/)
  • npm
  • elm-lang
    • elm-format
  • yarn (https://yarnpkg.com/lang/en/docs/install/)
• sstp-client (https://launchpad.net/~eivnaes/+archive/ubuntu/network-manager-sstp)
  • Secure VPN protocol
  • Follow link, add repo, install sstp-client via apt
• Make (apt, via build-essential)

• Create ~/.Xresources file
• Add Xcursor.size: 16

See answer here: https://gist.github.com/jexchan/2351996

• Create swap file: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1031275/increase-swap-in-ubuntu-18-04-under-lvm-and-encrypted-file-system
• Remove LVM logical volume: https://askubuntu.com/questions/532121/problem-removing-swap-partition
• Remove initramfs link to swap partition: https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/08/how-to-use-swap-file-instead-of-swap.html
• Add link to swap file to grub: https://wiki.debian.org/Hibernation/Hibernate_Without_Swap_Partition

• Disable support for Dell docking stations in BIOS