nicebox

nice openbox

overcome

wifi firmware missing

use android phone with usb tether, connected to local wifi

mac mini wifi notes

follow the steps from https://wiki.debian.org/wl to install wifi firmware, e.g. Broadcom BCM4331 firmware

look for wireless interface: ip a, e.g. wlp2s0

add wlp2s0 to Wicd Network Manager wireless interface

audio connection "unplugged"

$ pulseaudio -k

or

$ xrandr --props
$ ...
$ HDMI1 connected ...
$ ...
$ xrandr --output HDMI1 --auto --set "audio" on

tips

bash history search

reverse

CTRL+R - start
CTRL+G - cancel

establish base

download debian netinst

install only standard system utilities

become nice

# apt install unzip
# cd /tmp
# wget https://github.com/itmitica/nicebox/archive/master.zip
# unzip master.zip
# cd /nicebox-master/bin
# ./ apps.sh
# ./files.sh <user>

be the master

call for rofi: Win+R

park mouse: type pm for pm.sh

exit openbox: type obe for obe.sh

change keyboard layout: type kbden for kbden.sh, type kbdro for kbdro.sh

nice shortcuts

openbox

W-r rofi: switch running apps, launch apps, run commands, run custom ~/bin "trick shots" like kbden.sh kbdro.sh obe.sh obr.sh pm.sh rsr.sh

A-f4 close window

A-space window menu

F10 app menu

C-A-> next workspace

C-A-< previous workspace

A-tab cycle apps

xfce4-terminal

C-S-t new tab

C-S-w close tab

C-PageDown cycle tabs to the right

C-PageUp cycle tabs to the left

vifm

tab switch panel

space toggle select

w toggle preview file in the other panel

f3 view file in editor

f4 edit file in editor

f5 copy to directory in the other panel

f6 move to directory in the other panel

f7 create directory

C-t new tab

C-w close tab

ngt go to tab number n, e.g. 2gt

s drop to shell

delete delete

mupdf

:!mupdf file.pdf &

mpv

A-f navigator

chromium

C-t new tab

C-w close tab

C-tab | C-PageDown cycle tabs to the right

C-S-tab | C-PageUp cycle tabs to the left

A-j open downloads list

A-c clear downloads list

vimium

d half page down

u half page up

S-g go to bottom

gg go to top

f links

/ search on page

n next search on page result

nice firmware - the easy way

download debian non-free iso e.g. amd64

write iso to usb flash memory

find usb flash memory device: e.g. /dev/sdb
# lsblk 
write iso to flash memory device
# dd if=firmware-10.4.0-amd64-netinst.iso of=/dev/sdb status=progress && sync
or
# cp firmware-10.4.0-amd64-netinst.iso /dev/sdb

nice firmware - the hard way

download debian iso e.g. amd64

write iso to usb flash memory

identify non-free firmware for devices in your machine: wifi, blueman

bluez-firmware

pavucontrol

pulseaudio-module-bluetooth

wicd / wicd-curses / wicd-cli (maybe change to nl80211)

nice utils

chromium

feh

galculator

git

gucharmap

links2 $ links2 -g

mpv

mupdf

nice setup

missing sbin in path

run su with login: su -l

appearance

$ lxappearance

power management

$ xfce4-power-manager

timezone

$ timedatectl set-timezone Europe/Bucharest

locales

to add a new locale

$ su -l
# dpkg-reconfigure locales

add ro

as user, you can set LC_TIME and other LC_ in .xsessionrc

openbox

autostart

feh --bg-fill ~/bin/media/walls/simpledesktops.png &
numlockx on &
redshift -P -O 5000 &
setxkbmap -layout "us"

rc.xml

comment out <menu, context:root> branch to disable the right-click pipe menu

use rofi

    <keybind key="W-r">
      <action name="Execute">
        <command>rofi -combi-modi "window,drun,run" -show combi -modi combi</command>
      </action>
    </keybind>

~/bin utils, run with rofi

openbox exit

obe.sh

#!/bin/sh
openbox --exit

openbox restart

obr.sh

#!/bin/sh
openbox --restart

keyboard layouts

kbden.sh

#!/bin/sh
setxkbmap -layout "us"

kbdro.sh

#!/bin/sh
setxkbmap -layout "ro(std)"

park mouse

pm.sh

#!/bin/sh
xdotool mousemove 5000 5000

status report

sr.sh

#!/bin/sh
clear
echo '\nSTATUS REPORT\n'
date +'%a %_d   %H:%M'
echo
ncal -b -M
echo
echo -n 'Keyboard '
setxkbmap -query | grep 'layout'
echo
DISPLAY=:0 xset q | grep -i 'caps'| sed -e 's/^\s*//' | tr -s [:blank:] | sed -e 's/00: //g' | sed -e "s/0[1-2]: /\t\t\t/g"
echo
wicd-cli -i
echo '\n'
stty -icanon; dd ibs=1 count=1 >/dev/null 2>&1

run status report

rsr.sh

#!/bin/sh
xfce4-terminal -x ~/bin/sr.sh

nice mount

$ lsblk -- check devs and mount pts
$ pmount /dev/sdb1
$ lsblk -- check if mount point has been created: /media/sdb1
$ -- user play
$ pumount /dev/sdb1
$ lsblk -- check if unmounted succesfully

nice bluetooth

use cli to discover, pair and connect

$ bluetoothctl

>> agent on
>> scan on
>> pair MAC --tab to autocomplete
>> connect MAC
>> trust MAC

use Bluetooth Manager to setup (try as Active Sink if it keeps connecting and disconnecting)

read on debian BluetoothUser a2dp for alternative solutions

nice keyboard volume control

rc.xml

edit file with your sink: 0, 1 etc

choose your control utility: amixer, pactl

    <keybind key="XF86AudioRaiseVolume">
      <action name="Execute">
        <command>pactl set-sink-volume 1 +5%</command>
      </action>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="XF86AudioLowerVolume">
      <action name="Execute">
        <command>pactl set-sink-volume 1 -5%</command>
     </action>
    </keybind>
    <keybind key="XF86AudioMute">
      <action name="Execute">
        <command>pactl set-sink-mute 1 toggle</command>
      </action>
    </keybind>

nice optionals

status bar

$ i3status | xmobar

security

rkhunter Rootkit Hunter

utils

apparix console-based bookmark tool for fast file system navigation