dot-file

My various dot files to avoid wasting time on install.

Pre-install

• Install git and xclip, create an ssh for git and add it to GitHub:

sudo apt install -y git xclip
ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "thibault.vatter@gmail.com" -N "" -f ~/.ssh/id_rsa
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
xclip -sel clip < ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub  # -> add on github.com

Install

• Clone the repo:

git clone https://github.com/tvatter/dot-files.git
cd ~/dot-files

• Update the line for the latest RStudio and ubuntu version (for cmake) and run the install script:

chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

Alternatively, a minimal version, without the theme and graphical applications (e.g., for use on a server), can be installed via:

chmod +x install_minimal.sh
./install_minimal.sh

In this case, the theme for the gnome terminal can be further installed using:

git clone https://github.com/Anthony25/gnome-terminal-colors-solarized.git
cd gnome-terminal-colors-solarized; ./install.sh -s dark --install-dircolors; cd ..; rm -rf gnome-terminal-colors-solarized

Post-install

• Enable rootless Docker by running dockerd-rootless-setuptool.sh install
• Make zsh the default shell (need to log out and log back in):

chsh -s $(which zsh)

Note that this step sometimes requires sudo.

• Update make command in Renviron (either /etc/R/Renviron or /usr/lib/R/etc/Renviron, see R.home()) to compile on multiple cores:

MAKE=${MAKE-'make -j 8'}

• Install the bitwarden brave extension and log into it
• Complete dropbox install

dropbox start

• Add dropbox as a startup application
  • In the "name" field, type Dropbox.
  • In the "command" field, type /home/{your-username}/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd.
• Add terminal as startup application
• Change the theme:
  • In Tweaks, set the materia or arc theme as well as Jetbrains font
• Update font in the gnome-terminal:
  • Go to Edit/preferences/profiles/custom font
  • Use JetBrainsMono-Regular

Power-saving on a laptop

• Deactivate bluetooth. If /etc/rc.local already exists, simply add rfkill block bluetooth before the line starting with exit 0. 18.04+ users who don't naturally have a /etc/rc.local need to create one and make it executable.

sudo install -b -m 755 /dev/stdin /etc/rc.local << EOF
#!/bin/sh
rfkill block bluetooth
exit 0
EOF

• Install powertop, run the calibration and then let powertop take measures for a while on battery.

sudo apt install powertop
sudo powertop --calibrate --htlm
sudo powertop --htlm

• You can then verify that powertop has enough measurements by running sudo powertop --auto-tune. If it runs without issue, you can then add auto-tune as a service.

cat << EOF | sudo tee /etc/systemd/system/powertop.service
[Unit]
Description=PowerTOP auto tune

[Service]
Type=idle
Environment="TERM=dumb"
ExecStart=/usr/sbin/powertop --auto-tune

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target
EOF

sudo systemctl daemon-reload
sudo systemctl enable powertop.service

• Install and run tlp.

sudo apt install tlp
sudo systemctl status tlp
sudo tlp start
sudo tlp-stat -s 

• Follow this suggestion is the battery is drained too fast even when the lid is closed.

vscode via ssh

• On the host machine:
  • Install the required X11 packages by doing sudo apt install x11-apps
  • Configure X11 forwarding sudo cat /etc/ssh/sshd_config |grep -i X11Forwarding should return something like X11Forwarding yes If not, then edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config accordingly and restart via sudo service ssh restart.
• On the local machine:
  • Add "terminal.integrated.env.linux": {"DISPLAY":"localhost:10.0"} in settings.json
  • Connect to the host machine via ssh using -X in a local terminal (OUTSIDE VSCODE!!!). This will always be needed, see this issue.
  • In vscode:
    • Add the host as a new ssh host using microsoft's extension (ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh).
    • Make sure that ForwardX11 yes is added to ~/.ssh/config (or location of ssh's config) for this host. This can be done e.g. with ms-vscode-remote.remote-ssh-edit.
    • Connect to the host