Elementary-OS-First-Steps

🍼 First steps for configuring a fresh installed Elementary OS.

Contents

1. update the system

2. deb & ppa

3. elementary tweaks

4. prevent heating & mem overload

5. libreoffice

6. vim, git & zsh

7. thefuck, revolver, Sublime Text & Antigen

8. n & nodengine

9. my .zshrc

10. hyper & yarn

11. other

1) update the system

command: sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

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2) deb & ppa

command: sudo apt install gdebi && sudo apt-get install software-properties-common

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3) elementary tweaks

install: sudo add-apt-repository ppa:philip.scott/elementary-tweaks && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install elementary-tweaks

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4) prevent heating & mem overload

install TLP: sudo apt install tlp tlp-rdw

stop samba: sudo chmod 744 /usr/lib/gvfs/gvfsd-smb-browse

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5) libreoffice

install: sudo apt install libreoffice

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6) vim, git & zsh

• vim: sudo apt-get install vim && sudo update-alternatives --config editor

• git: sudo apt-get install git

• ZSH

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7) thefuck, revolver, Sublime Text & Antigen

• Sublime Text

• The Fuck

• revolver

• Antigen

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8) n & nodengine

• n

• nodengine

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9) my .zshrc

.zshrc

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10) hyper & yarn

• hyper

• hpm-cli

• my .hyper.js

• yarn

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11) other

• trash-cli

• gitflow

• sushi:

  sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install gnome-sushi
  

• arc-theme:

  wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:Horst3180/xUbuntu_15.10/Release.key
  sudo apt-key add - < Release.key 
  
  sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Horst3180/xUbuntu_15.10/ /' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/arc-theme.list"
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install arc-theme
  

• papirus icons:

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:noobslab/icons
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install papirus-icons
  

• Sushi(nemo):

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install nemo-gloobus-sushi
  

• Ranger:

  sudo apt-get install ranger caca-utils highlight atool w3m poppler-utils mediainfo
  

• htop:

  sudo apt-get install htop
  

• indicator-sysmonitor

• sensors-indicator

• Magic mouse (askubuntu):

  put this inside /etc/modprobe.d/magicmouse.conf:

  options hid_magicmouse scroll-speed=45 scroll-acceleration=1

• Alternate command & ctrl keys (StackExchange):

  gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options "['ctrl:swap_lwin_lctl']"

• Disable annoying middle mouse click (AskUbuntu):

  Run the following command:

  xmodmap -e "pointer = 1 25 3 4 5 6 7 8 9"

  To persist this behavior, edit ~/.Xmodmap and add

  pointer = 1 25 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

• Create native app with npm package nativefyer

• Add an app to Applications menu (StackExchange):

  Create an application desktop-entry at /usr/share/applications/ with the name app-name.desktop with the following basic details:

  [Desktop Entry]
  Version=1.0
  Name=App Name
  Exec=/dir/path/app/binary
  Terminal=false
  Icon=/icon/path/icon.png
  Type=Application
  

• Neovim

• Better emojis - fonts.conf file:

  <fontconfig>
  
    <match>
      <test name="family"><string>sans-serif</string></test>
      <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="weak">
      <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
      </edit>
    </match>
  
    <match>
      <test name="family"><string>serif</string></test>
      <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="weak">
      <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
      </edit>
    </match>
  
    <match>
      <test name="family"><string>Apple Color Emoji</string></test>
      <edit name="family" mode="prepend" binding="weak">
      <string>Noto Color Emoji</string>
      </edit>
    </match>
  
  </fontconfig>
  

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