This is for a Debian based OS, such as: Ubuntu, Mint, and Elementary OS. I prefer Ubuntu 15.10
- Optional Configurations
- Installation Packages
- Customizations
- System Tweaks
- Shortcuts
- VIM Customization
- Enable Auto Focus on Opened Applications
- Enable Normal Scrollbars
- Enable User Name in Systray
- Change Datetime Format in Systray
- Enable Minimize App on Dash Click
- Disable Window Grouping
- Install Custom Wallpaper
- Change Greeter Background
- Add Georgian Keyboard
- Ubuntu Fixes
- Install Gnome 3
- Adjust Mouse and Devices
- Virtual Machine Related
- Synchronize Configurations
- Chrome Addons
- Other Applications
- Clean System
lsb_release -a
lsb_release -as # Short Information
lsb_release -sc # OS Codename
lsb_release --help
nproc # How many Processing Units
cpuid # Must install cpuid from terminal
cat /proc/cpuinfo # Lots of info
lspci -vnn | grep -i VGA -A 12
free -h # Human readable, or do --help for options
top or htop # Must install htop
vmstat -s
cat /proc/meminfo # Lots of info
Disk Space
df
df -B MB # In Megabtyes, etc
Disks UUID
ls -al /dev/disk/by-uuid/
gnome-system-monitor
List of Packages
dpkg -l
To taking screenshot from terminal run this:
gnome-screenshot
With delay 5 seconds
gnome-screenshot --delay 5
With delay 5 seconds and only window
gnome-screenshot -w --delay 5
gsettings list-recursively org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings | sort | more
See your keypressed:
xev
Or for a lot of details:
xev | grep KeyPress
This is less painful when creating a group with rwx permissions for /usr/local
sudo groupadd local
sudo usermod -a -G local jesse
sudo chgrp -R local /usr/local
sudo chmod -R g+rwx /usr/local
You can use 32Bit applications if you like, sometimes this is useful.
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y unetbootin
To enable Networking, and make it accessible to all computers such as Windows also first install Samba:
$ sudo apt-get install -y samba
Then edit the Samba config:
$ vim /etc/samba/smb.conf
Under [global] change the workgroup to what you use, the default is WORKGROUP:
workgroup = WORKGROUP
Then you will have to reload your Session.
If you are running Grub as your default boot-loader, you can use this application to make it easier to change the order.
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y grub-customizer
Load the application either with <Super> and look for grub customizer or terminal gksudo grub-customizer.
Go to the General Settings tab, and you'll see default entry.
- Click the drop-down list and you can either select Entry By Order (Left Column) Or a specific Item (Right Column).
- If you are dual booting Windows and want Windows the default, Select the right column for Windows.
- The reason is if more items are added, perhaps new kernels, then if Position 5 which held Windows will no longer be the default.
Open /etc/fstab
sudo vim /etc/fstab
Add to /etc/fstab this line (You can get DISK UUID by command ls -al /dev/disk/by-uuid/):
For NTFS disk:
UUID=[DISK UUID] /media/D ntfs-3g defaults,windows_names,locale=en_US.utf8 0 2
For ext4 disk:
UUID=[DISK UUID] /media/D ext4 defaults 0 2
After run
sudo mount -a
Open /etc/fstab
sudo vim /etc/fstab
And add:
If requires authorization:
username@remote_address:/remote/path /local/path fuse.sshfs delay_connect,_netdev,idmap=user,uid=1000,gid=1000,noatime,default_permissions,IdentityFile=/home/USER/.ssh/id_rsa,reconnect,transform_symlinks,allow_other 0 0
If not requires:
//remote_address/remote/path /local/path cifs guest,iocharset=utf8,uid=1000,gid=1000,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,noperm,_netdev 0 0
After run
sudo mount -a
ssh-keygen -t rsa -C "your_email@example.com"
Instal tools
sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm libvirt-bin ubuntu-vm-builder bridge-utils
Check if supported by hardware
sudo egrep '(vmx|svm)' --color=always /proc/cpuinfo
If nothing is displayed, then your processor doesn't support hardware virtualization, and you must stop here.
Run:
kvm-ok
If you have KVM, you will see: "INFO: Your CPU supports KVM extensions INFO: /dev/kvm exists KVM acceleration can be used"
Next, add your user to the KVM group and libvirtd group. To do so, type:
sudo adduser $(whoami) kvm
sudo adduser $(whoami) libvirtd
After the installation, re-login so that the changes take effect. You can test the installation by typing:
sudo virsh -c qemu:///system list
Login to your Linux user and go to your home directory,
cd ~
Run these commands and tweak them as needed. The -y flag installs without a prompt. Run these commands from the terminal.
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
PPA's are provided within categories below, I highly recommend using PPA's or at least installing this package in case you ever use them.
Enable Canonical partners repository
sudo add-apt-repository -y "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner" && sudo apt-get update
This is for tweaking the UI
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y\
unity-tweak-tool\
compizconfig-settings-manager\
compiz-plugins\
dconf-editor\
synaptic
You can check your VGA Info
Find out the right driver version for your graphics card on http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx
Install Nvidia Drivers
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y nvidia-XXX
Type your version instead XXX
And after select your installed driver from drivers tab
sudo software-properties-gtk
Remove Nvidia Drivers
sudo add-apt-repository -r ppa:graphics-drivers/ppa
To Edit Nvidia Settings; Type the following in the Global Launcher (Super Key/Windows Key):
nvidia settings
You can check your VGA Info
Install ATI Drivers
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y fglrx
sudo amdconfig --initial
sudo apt-get install -y gksu
To Edit Catalyst Settings; Type the following in the Global Launcher (Super Key/Windows Key):
gksu amdcccle
Remove ATI Drivers
sudo apt-get remove --purge fglrx fglrx_* fglrx-amdcccle* fglrx-dev*
sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf
sudo apt-get install --reinstall xserver-xorg-core libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri libgl1-mesa-glx libgl1-mesa-dri
sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg
Install the Utilities:
sudo apt-get install -y vim git mercurial meld curl htop xclip unzip terminator gdebi preload bleachbit ubuntu-restricted-extras cifs-utils unace unrar zip p7zip-full p7zip-rar sharutils rar openssh-server lm-sensors whois traceroute nmap font-manager python-gpgme sshfs mc
To setup the git defaults
git config --global user.name your name
git config --global user.email your@email.com
That will create a ~/.gitconfig with:
[user]
email = you@email.com
name = your name
sudo apt-get install -y redshift
Create your configuration file:
sudo vim ~/.config/redshift.conf
Adjust the temperatures you prefer. I like mine to be very yellow and dim. (The lower the dimmer)
[redshift]
temp-day=3500
temp-night=3500
; Set the screen brightness. Default is 1.0.
;brightness=0.9
; It is also possible to use different settings for day and night
;brightness-day=0.7
;brightness-night=0.4
; There are more settings for Gamma, Location Provider, Manual Location, etc.
Close and reload redshift. If you cannot find the icon anywhere run this in terminal:
pkill redshift-gtk redshift
If RedShift gives you a Geoclue2 error do this:
sudo vim /etc/geoclue/geoclue.conf
Append these lines at the bottom:
[redshift]
allowed=true
system=false
users=
A newer version of redshift will install a desktop file so a Geoclue2 warning won't happen on newer systems.
I prefer LongishDark Theme
mkdir ~/.themes
git clone git@github.com:akalongman/linux-longishdark-theme.git ~/.themes/LongishDark
Use the Unity Tweak Tool to set these. (Apply Icon & Themes)
To fix software center text issue enter these commands in terminal:
sudo sed -i 's/F4F1F3/3c3b37/g' /usr/share/software-center/ui/gtk3/css/softwarecenter.css
To revert back software center theme simply enter these commands:
sudo sed -i 's/3c3b37/F4F1F3/g' /usr/share/software-center/ui/gtk3/css/softwarecenter.css
Install
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
Set Oracle Java as main in system
sudo vim /etc/environment
Add this line
JAVA_HOME=/usr/lib/jvm/java-8-oracle
And update alternatives sudo update-alternatives --config java
To run windows applications Wine is the best option. I often use HeidiSQL with Wine.
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa
sudo apt-get update
You can check latest version of wine here https://www.winehq.org/ While writing this article, lastest version was 1.8
If you need a 64bit installation:
sudo apt-get install -y wine1.8-amd64
If you need a 32bit installation:
sudo apt-get install -y wine1.8-i386
Use Nautilus-Actions to easily and graphically create custom context menu options for Ubuntu's Nautilus file manager. If you don't want to create your own, you can install Nautilus-Actions-Extra to get a package of particularly useful user-created tools.
sudo apt-get install -y nautilus-actions
After installing it, quit and restart the Nautilus file manager with the following command. You can also press Alt+F2 and type this command instead of running it in a terminal.
nautilus -q
Launch the Nautilus-Actions Configuration Tool from the Dash after installing it.
You also can install some Nautilus extensions
sudo apt-get install nautilus-admin nautilus-meld nautilus-checksum-menu
Add google chrome repository and install
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list'
wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable
Then launch it with `$ google-chrome` and you can pin it to a unity bar.
Installation
wget -q "http://deb.playonlinux.com/public.gpg" -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo wget http://deb.playonlinux.com/playonlinux_trusty.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/playonlinux.list
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y playonlinux
Installation
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://linux.dropbox.com/ubuntu $(lsb_release -sc) main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dropbox.list'
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver pgp.mit.edu --recv-keys 1C61A2656FB57B7E4DE0F4C1FC918B335044912E
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y dropbox
Download from http://www.sublimetext.com/3
Configuration synchronization explained here
Installation
sudo apt-get -y install pidgin
Configuring google talk account
Basic
- Protocol: XMPP
- Username: [username without @]
- Domain: [username domain after @]
- Password: [account password]
Advanced
- Connect Port: 5222 Connect Server: talk.google.com
Download from http://dbeaver.jkiss.org/download/
Installation
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian $(lsb_release -sc) contrib" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/virtualbox.list'
wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y virtualbox-5.0
Suggested to Enable Native Virtualization
Also you can read Virtual Machine Related
Installation
sudo apt-get install -y android-studio
After change PATH
vim ~/.bashrc
And add lines:
export PATH=${PATH}:/path-to-android-sdk/tools
export PATH=${PATH}:/path-to-android-sdk/platform-tools
Installation
sudo apt-get install -y smartgit
Installation
sudo apt-get install -y filezilla
Installation
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://repository.spotify.com testing non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list'
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y spotify-client
Download from http://www.teamviewer.com/en/download/linux.aspx
sudo apt-get install -y meld
To install Vagrant, you need to download and run the installation kit. Before going further, be sure that you have dpkg and Virtual box installed:
sudo apt-get install -y dpkg-dev virtualbox-dkms
Make sure linux headers already installed
sudo apt-get install -y linux-headers-$(uname -r)
Go to the http://downloads.vagrantup.com page of Vagrant and check for the latest release. After download latest
wget https://releases.hashicorp.com/vagrant/VERSION/vagrant_VERSION_x86_64.deb
dpkg -i vagrant_VERSION_x86_64.deb
Reconfigure the VirtualBox DKMS:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure virtualbox-dkms
Installation
wget -qO- https://get.docker.com/ | sh
Working with Docker is a pain if your user is not configured correctly, so add your user to the docker group with the following command.
sudo usermod -aG docker $(whoami)
Log out and log in from your server to activate your new groups.
sudo apt-get -y install python-pip
sudo pip install docker-compose
Installation
sudo apt-get install -y audacious
Just like Google Keep and Windows Sticky Notes, it allows you to jot down thoughts, lists, and reminders on desktop.
Installation
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:umang/indicator-stickynotes
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y indicator-stickynotes
Guake is a dropdown terminal made for the GNOME desktop environment. Guake's style of window is based on an FPS game, and one of its goals is to be easy to reach.
Installation
sudo apt-get install -y guake
Installation
sudo apt-get install -y skype
Installation
sudo apt-get install -y telegram-desktop
After run:
sudo chown -R $(whoami):$(whoami) /opt
Installation
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
After run:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y gimp gimp-data gimp-plugin-registry gimp-data-extras
You can easily use httpie from terminal: http get https://google.com
Installation
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y httpie
You can easily use Startup Disk Creator and UNetbootin to create Linux to USB. But if you need Windows to USB from your Linux OS use Win USB:
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:colingille/freshlight
sudo sh -c "sed -i 's/wily/vivid/g' /etc/apt/sources.list.d/colingille-ubuntu-freshlight-$(lsb_release -sc).list"
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y winusb
We replace the sources.list back to vivid in order to get it to work for ubuntu 15, that is the purpose of the sed command.
Linux Apache MySQL PHP
- Installation for the following:
- PHP 5.6 (and Modules)
- PHP 7.0 (and Modules)
- Apache 2 (and Modules)
- Nginx (Optional)
- MySQL
- Redis
- and Header Files.
It's important to install php5-dev if you want to compile any add-ons later.
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/php5-5.6
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y php5 libpcre3-dev php5-cli php5-cgi php5-common php5-mysql php5-curl php5-gd php5-geoip php5-imagick php5-imap php5-json php5-ldap php5-mcrypt php5-memcache php5-memcached php5-sqlite php5-tidy php5-xdebug php5-xmlrpc php5-xsl php5-dev
If you are looking for more PHP modules try:
sudo apt-cache search php5-
It's important to install php7.0-dev if you want to compile any add-ons later.
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y php7.0-bz2 php7.0-cgi php7.0-cli php7.0-common php7.0-curl php7.0-dev php7.0-enchant php7.0-fpm php7.0-gd php7.0-gmp php7.0-imap php7.0-intl php7.0-json php7.0-ldap php7.0-mcrypt php7.0-mysql php7.0-odbc php7.0-opcache php7.0-pgsql php7.0-phpdbg php7.0-pspell php7.0-readline php7.0-recode php7.0-sybase php7.0-tidy php7.0-xmlrpc php7.0-xsl php7.0-sqlite3 php7.0-mbstring php7.0-bcmath php7.0-soap php7.0-zip
If you are looking for more PHP modules try:
sudo apt-cache search php7.0-
curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer | php && sudo mv composer.phar /usr/local/bin/composer
wget https://phar.phpunit.de/phpunit.phar && chmod +x phpunit.phar && sudo mv phpunit.phar /usr/local/bin/phpunit
For PHP 5.6
sudo apt-get install -y apache2 libapache2-mod-php5
For PHP 7.0
sudo apt-get install -y apache2 libapache2-mod-php7.0
Tweak Apache (Remove apache warning about server's fully qualified domain name)
echo "ServerName localhost" | sudo tee /etc/apache2/conf-available/fqdn.conf
sudo a2enconf fqdn && sudo service apache2 reload
Enable mod_rewrite
sudo a2enmod rewrite
Enable php-mcrypt
For PHP 5
sudo php5enmod mcrypt && sudo service apache2 restart
For PHP 7
sudo phpenmod mcrypt && sudo service apache2 restart
If you are looking for more Apache modules try:
sudo apt-cache search libapache2-mod
Enable module vhost_alias
sudo a2enmod vhost_alias
Next, open /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
sudo vim /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
and add the following lines to the bottom of file.
NameVirtualHost *:80
UseCanonicalName Off
LogFormat "%V %h %l %u %t \"%r\" %s %b \"%{Referer}i\" \"%{User-Agent}i\"" dynamic_vhosts
CustomLog ${APACHE_LOG_DIR}/access.log dynamic_vhosts
<VirtualHost *:80>
VirtualDocumentRoot /var/www/domains/%-2+/public_html
VirtualScriptAlias /var/www/domains/%-2+/cgi-bin
<Directory /var/www/domains>
DirectoryIndex index.html index.php
Options Indexes FollowSymLinks MultiViews
AllowOverride All
Order allow,deny
allow from all
</Directory>
</VirtualHost>
This sets up a catch all for any domain coming in over port 80 (the default port for http traffic, if your using https you will need to use 443 - alternatively you could remove the port restriction). The important line here is the VirtualDocumentRoot. The tells Apache where your files will reside on disk. The %0 part takes the whole domain name and inserts it into the path. But I didn't want to have the .dev part of the domain in my folders on disk, otherwise we use %-2+ To illustrate this if we went to a domain testing.com.dev the VirtualDocumentRoot would be:
/var/www/html/domains/testing.com
Remember to add the domain testing.com.dev (or testing.com.ANY_EXTENSION) to your hosts file (/etc/hosts)
Or if you prefer to use nginx
For stable version
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:nginx/stable
For latest (recommended)
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:nginx/development
And after install
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y nginx
sudo apt-get install -y mysql-server mysql-client
sudo sed -i 's/bind-address/bind-address = 0.0.0.0#/' /etc/mysql/my.cnf
This is a very nice utility https://github.com/dbcli/mycli
pip install mycli
Usage (See the documents from the git link above for more example):
mycli -h localhost -u root
mycli -h localhost -u root -p
Install redis latest stable version
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:chris-lea/redis-server
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y redis-server
sudo apt-get install -y memcached php-memcached
sudo apt-get install -y default-jre
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:phalcon/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y php5-phalcon
This is an easy to use install script that will cleanup after itself. It can also be used for updating:
sudo bash install_phalcon_devtools.sh
To test it run: $ phalcon
We will use the Access Control Lists (ACL) or (Filesystem Access Control List). We will use group permissions for folders so you don't have to make the public writable, because 777 is dangerous.
# Make sure you have ACL installed
sudo apt-get install -y acl
Look for your main partition with:
$ df
Mine happens to be dev/root, yours may be dev/sda or something. Make sure to replace that below:
# T
sudo /sbin/tune2fs -o +acl /dev/root
To see what file system you are using ext3, ext4, etc, use the partition:
sudo file -sL /dev/root
We have to put the partition in read-only mode, then remount it:
sudo /bin/mount -o remount /dev/root
Apply Group
# This sets the Defaults
setfacl -Rd g:www-data:rw /var/www
# This sets future file
setfacl -Rm g:www-data:rw /var/www
To Modify
setfacl -Rm g:www-data:rw /var/www
Otherwise you could always set up a crontab such as:
crontab -e
Then append this to run every five minutes.
*/5 * * * * /home/longman/backup.sh chgrp -R www-data /var/www && chmod g+rw /var/www
Lastly, you could have a deploy script that does this for you, such as Python Fabfile, but that's another topic.
Python is installed by default on Ubuntu, version 2.7 is suitable. I strongly recommend installing python-dev for headers to compile certain PIP packages.
sudo apt-get install -y python-dev libmysqlclient-dev
sudo apt-get install -y python-pip
sudo pip install fabric virtualenv virtualenvwrapper django
Install Ruby 2.X with header files in ruby2.0-dev, this will keep your gems from having issues.
sudo apt-get install -y ruby2.0 ruby2.0-dev
For Ruby RVM (Version Management)
gpg --keyserver hkp://keys.gnupg.net --recv-keys D39DC0E3
\curl -sSL https://get.rvm.io | bash -s stable
I am using a PPA to fix the nodejs path issue(s)
curl -sL https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_5.x | sudo -E bash -
sudo apt-get install -y nodejs
sudo chown -R $(whoami) ~/.npm
sudo npm install bower gulp grunt-cli -g
If installing coffee-script and typing $ coffee produces an error, make sure coffee is not within the $PATH
echo $PATH
Open sysctl.conf
sudo vim /etc/sysctl.conf
Add this line:
fs.inotify.max_user_watches = 524288
And after run
sudo sysctl -p
For security reasons, not recommended
sudo git config --global http.sslVerify false
- "System Settings" > "Keyboard" > "Shortcuts" > "Custom Shortcuts" ctrl+r Terminal
gnome-terminal - "System Settings" > "Keyboard" > "Shortcuts" > "Custom Shortcuts" ctrl+e Files
nautilus -w
Setup VIM
git clone https://github.com/gmarik/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim
And copy .vimrc file in your home folder (/home/USERNAME/.vimrc) After run
$ vim
:PluginInstall
In CompizConfig go to "General Options" > "Focus & Raise Behaviour" and set "Focus Prevention Level" to "Off"
gsettings set com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode normal
To revert
gsettings reset com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode
gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.session show-real-name-on-panel true
Open dconf-editor and go com > canonical > indicator > datetime Change time format to CUSTOM and time format type %a, %e %b %H:%M %
Open Compizconfig and go to "Desktop" > "Ubuntu Unity Plugin" > "Launcher Tab" and enable "Minimize Single Windows Applications (Unsupported)"
Open Compizconfig and scroll down to "Ubuntu Unity Plugin". Choose the tab "Switcher". Disable the alt-tab and shift-alt-tab key bindings. ("Key to start the switcher" and "Key to switch to the previous window in the Switcher". Click the "Back" button. Scroll down to the "Window management" section. Here you can select another switcher. I enable the "Static Application Switcher", resolve any potential conflicts by setting the setting for "Static Application Switcher". Now you can tweak the switcher by clicking on it. I have changed alt+tab and shift+alt+tab to "Next window (All windows)" and "Prev window (All windows)"
For convert command you need install package imagemagick
mkdir ~/Pictures/Wallpapers
sudo convert ~/Dropbox/images/DSM.jpg ~/Pictures/Wallpapers/DSM.png
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri file:///home/longman/Pictures/Wallpapers/DSM.png
Copy image to /usr/share/backgrounds
sudo cp ~/Pictures/Wallpapers/DSM.png /usr/share/backgrounds
Check permissions of your file
And after open theme file
sudo vim /usr/share/glib-2.0/schemas/com.canonical.unity-greeter.gschema.xml
Find the key name background and change the default to the path of your picture in "/usr/share/backgrounds/".
For the key name draw-user-backgrounds, change the default value to false.
Go to System "Settings" > "Keyboard" > "Text Entry" and add Georgian layout. Also enable "Allow different sources for each window"
These are solutions to fix problems I've encountered.
This appears in the top-right menu on Unity. Tested in 14/15.
This will also fix Tweak UI if a sound item is missing.
sudo apt-get install -y indicator-sound
For Unity (Default)
killall unity-panel-service
For Gnome
killall gnome-panel
If you prefer Gnome 3 over the Unity desktop it's easy to install:
sudo apt-get install -y ubuntu-gnome-desktop
sudo service gdm restart (Or a reboot is easier)
Unity uses lightdm and Gnome uses gdm, it's easiest to stick with lightdm.
If you want the default login a certain one select either lightdm or gdm. If you want to change it later run:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure gdm
Without Compiz, you can resize windows very nicely:
- Focus on a window
- Hold ALT + Middle Mouse Click + Drag
- Note: Depending on where you position your mouse to will resize up/down/left/right
Run this simple command in the terminal and you will see the positions change right away.
Move to right (terminal)
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout ':minimize,maximize,close'
Move to left (terminal)
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout 'close,minimize,maximize:'
In terminal make sure this is false, then try your hotkey ctrl+alt+l or if you set it like min super+l in the settings:
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.lockdown disable-lock-screen 'false'
You need to use Firefox or IceWeasle at https://extensions.gnome.org/ to toggle these items. I suggest creating an account so you have a record.
- Must Have Extensions
- Dash to Dock ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Workspace Dock ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Applications Menu ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- TaskBar ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- No Topleft Hot Corner ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Force Quit ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Nice Extensions
- Taskbar ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Small Panel Icon ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Top Icons ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- MMOD Panel ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Keyboard Modifiers Status ⭐⭐⭐
- Laine ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Disable Workspace Switcher Popup ⭐⭐
- Refresh Wifi Connections ⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Disconnect Wifi ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
- Toggle Touchpad (For Laptops) ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
This is a rare things for me, it happens much more in unity and requires a lot more "damaging" things. To fix a gnome that seems frozen do the following:
ALT + F2 enter in r (lowecase) and press Enter
When using a USB mouse sometimes the speed is just not right, in my case it's too slow often. Here is how to adjust it:
xinput --list
I get something like this:
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ ETPS/2 Elantech Touchpad id=15 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech Unifying Device. Wireless PID:101b id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Video Bus id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
↳ Power Button id=8 [slave keyboard (3)]
...
The ID of my mouse is 12.
You can see all the properties with:
$ xinput --list-props 12
Then you can adjust the settings the String value and a value at the end:
$ xinput --set-prop 12 "Device Accel Constant Deceleration" 2
To keep the settings in Gnome, do the following:
$ cd ~
$ touch gnome-boot.sh && chmod +x gnome-boot.sh
Example of gnome-boot.sh file (Note: You can call it whatever you like):
#!/bin/bash
xinput --set-prop 12 "Device Accel Constant Deceleration" 4
Then Add the Bash script the Gnome Session:
$ gnome-session-properties
This has to do with VirtualBox
Append the following to yourbox.vmx with the machine off.
mouse.vusb.enable = "TRUE"
mouse.vusb.useBasicMouse = "FALSE"
usb.generic.allowHID = "TRUE"
vagrant plugin install vagrant-vbguest
vagrant ssh
sudo ln -s /opt/VBoxGuestAdditions-4.3.10/lib/VBoxGuestAdditions /usr/lib/VBoxGuestAdditions
Running Windows 8 in Virtualbox has an odd error, run this in cmd or powershell, or terminal on linux.
vboxmanage list vms
vboxmanage setextradata "The Box Name" VBoxInternal/CPUM/CMPXCHG16B 1
I am using Dropbox for syncing configurations
Install Package Control https://packagecontrol.io/installation#st3
After:
cd ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Packages/
rm -rf User
ln -s ~/Dropbox/workspace/appdata/sublime-text-3/Packages/User
cd ~/.config/filezilla
rm -f sitemanager.xml
ln -s ~/Dropbox/workspace/appdata/filezilla/sitemanager.xml
- Chroma Color Picker
- Advanced REST client
- Docs PDF/PowerPoint Viewer
- JSONView
- LastPass: Free Password Manager
- New Tabs At End
- Octotree
- Recently Closed Tabs
- User-Agent Switcher for Chrome
- DragonDisk S3
- Kazam (Screen Recorder)
- Shutter
- gnome-system-tools
- Terminator
- Gdeb
- MySQL Workbench
- Bleachbit (Trash Cleaner)
- Preload (Intelligent Bootup Time)
Remove not neccessary apps from startup
Show system apps in Startup Applications
sudo sed -i 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g' /etc/xdg/autostart/*.desktop
Open "Startup Applications" and uncheck apps: Chat, Orca Screen Reader, Zeitgest Datahub
Hide system apps
sudo sed -i 's/NoDisplay=false/NoDisplay=true/g' /etc/xdg/autostart/*.desktop
Remove Amazon from dash
sudo apt-get purge unity-webapps-common
Remove rythmbox audio player
sudo apt-get purge rhythmbox
Remove Totem video player
sudo apt-get purge totem
Clean System
sudo apt-get autoremove
sudo apt-get clean
sudo apt-get autoclean