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diff --git a/guides/setups/operating-systems/bunsenlabs.org b/guides/setups/operating-systems/bunsenlabs.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..578bcbe --- /dev/null +++ b/guides/setups/operating-systems/bunsenlabs.org @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +* Keyboard +Cf. keyboard(5): + +- add =ctrl:nocaps= in =/etc/default/keyboard= +- run =udevadm trigger --subsystem-match=input --action=change= +- run =setupcon= in a TTY + +* Desktop +** Conky +- see dotfiles + +** ClipIt +- disable hotkeys + +** Openbox +*** =rc.xml= +- comment A-m and A-r out +- undecorate all windows: + +#+begin_src xml +<application class="*"> + <decor>no</decor> +</application> +#+end_src + +*** WM preferences +- appearance: uncheck "windows retain a border when undecorated" +- desktops: 4 + +** tint2 +- remove launcher and exit panel items +- add date (time2) + +** Calendar +Make weeks begin on Monday by using the British locale: + +- uncomment =en_GB.UTF-8 UTF-8= in /etc/locale.gen +- =sudo locale-gen= +- =force_lang = en_GB.utf8= in =~/.config/gsimplecal/config= diff --git a/guides/setups/operating-systems/debian.org b/guides/setups/operating-systems/debian.org new file mode 100644 index 0000000..a3142f0 --- /dev/null +++ b/guides/setups/operating-systems/debian.org @@ -0,0 +1,262 @@ +* Getting comfortable +** Make CapsLock another Control +Cf. keyboard(5): + +- add =ctrl:nocaps= in =/etc/default/keyboard= +- run =udevadm trigger --subsystem-match=input --action=change= +- run =setupcon= in a TTY + +** apt install (1/n) +git greybird-gtk-theme elementary-xfce-icon-theme emacs + +git suggests git-doc: why of course, good idea! + +emacs suggests emacs-common-non-dfsg: right, what was that again? +Documentation, IIRC? What does APT have to say? + +#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE +$ apt show emacs-common-non-dfsg +Package: emacs-common-non-dfsg +State: not a real package (virtual) +N: Can't select candidate version from package emacs-common-non-dfsg as it has no candidate +N: Can't select versions from package 'emacs-common-non-dfsg' as it is purely virtual +N: No packages found +#+END_EXAMPLE + +β¦ What does https://packages.debian.org/emacs-common-non-dfsg say? + +#+BEGIN_QUOTE +*[non-free]* +#+END_QUOTE + +[[https://www.debian.org/vote/2006/vote_001][Oh.]] Well then, + +#+BEGIN_SRC sh +$ sudo sed -ri 's/^([^#].+ main)$/\1 contrib non-free/' /etc/apt/sources.list +$ # While in thereβ¦ +$ sudo sed -ri 's/^(deb|deb-src) http:/\1 https:/' /etc/apt/sources.list +#+END_SRC + +What now? + +#+BEGIN_EXAMPLE +$ sudo apt update +[β¦] +Err:4 https://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates Release + Certificate verification failed: The certificate is NOT trusted. The certificate issuer is unknown. The name in the certificate does not match the expected. Could not handshake: Error in the certificate verification. [IP: 217.196.149.233 443] +[β¦] +E: The repository 'https://security.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates Release' no longer has a Release file. +N: Updating from such a repository can't be done securely, and is therefore disabled by default. +N: See apt-secure(8) manpage for repository creation and user configuration details. +#+END_EXAMPLE + +π€¨ + +#+BEGIN_SRC sh +$ sudo sed -ri 's/security\.debian\.org/deb.debian.org/' /etc/apt/sources.list +#+END_SRC + +[[https://wiki.debian.org/SourcesList#Example_sources.list][π€·]] + +** Clone dotfiles +Generate SSH keys and add them to GitLab through the web UI. "Clone" +(init, add remote, fetch, reset) dotfiles. + +** Tweak dotfiles +Set EMAIL in .profile; copy .profile to .xsessionrc (AFAICT XFCE does +not read ~/.config/environment.d) to get PATHs. + +In .bashrc, enable globstar and autocd, uncomment grep and ls aliases, +source personal .bash_prompt. + +Fun fact! git can guess user.email from $EMAIL and user.name from the +[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gecos_field][GECOS field]]. + +** Install Emacs packages +- Comment out .emacs below (load custom-file) +- (package-refresh-contents) +- (package-install-selected-packages) + +** Configure XFCE +*** Thunar +**** Enable GVFS +- apt install gvfs-backends gvfs-fuse +- thunar > Edit > Preferences > Advanced > Volume Management > Configure + - [X] Mount removable dries when hot-plugged + - [X] Mount removable media when inserted + - [ ] Browse removable media when inserted +**** View +- Side Pane: Tree +- View as Detailed List +*** Terminal +**** General +- Scrollbar is: Disabled +- [X] Unlimited scrollback +**** Appearance +- [X] Use system font +- [ ] Display menubar in new windows +**** Advanced +- [X] Disable all menu access keys (such as Alt-f) /for readline/ +- [X] Disable help window shortcut key (F10 by default) /for wavemon/ +- [X] Automatically copy selection to clipboard + +*** Mouse and Touchpad +- Move sliders a bit to no avail, restore defaults. +- Google around. +- Why do my XFCE settings not have this "Touchpad" tab? +- apt install xserver-xorg-input-synaptics +- Log out and in again. +- Woah the pointer is much faster now. +- And the "Touchpad" tab is here now! + - [X] Tap touchpad to click + - Scrolling mode: Edge scrolling +π + +*** Panels +**** Top panel +Row size: 24px +Items: +- Applications Menu + - [X] Show application description in tooltip + - [ ] Show button title +- Window Buttons: + - [ ] Show button labels + - [ ] Show handle +- Workspace switcher: + - [ ] Show miniature view +- Clock: Custom format: =%d %b %R= +- PulseAudio Plugin +- Power Manager Plugin: add + - Show label: None +- Action Buttons: remove +**** Remove bottom panel +I'd rather remember a few Super-β¦ shortcuts to launch these +applications rather than waste all this vertical space. + +*** Workspaces +Set names to π΅. + +*** Appearance +**** Style +Greybird + +Patch the xfwm-tabwin style to prevent the mouse from screwing with +Alt-Tab: + +#+BEGIN_SRC diff +diff -u /usr/share/themes/Greybird/gtk-2.0/gtkrc.bkp /usr/share/themes/Greybird/gtk-2.0/gtkrc +--- /usr/share/themes/Greybird/gtk-2.0/gtkrc.bkp ++++ /usr/share/themes/Greybird/gtk-2.0/gtkrc +@@ -897,8 +897,8 @@ + + bg[NORMAL] = shade (0.15, @text_color) + bg[ACTIVE] = shade (0.65, @selected_bg_color) +- bg[PRELIGHT] = shade (0.75, @selected_bg_color) +- bg[SELECTED] = shade (0.55, @bg_color) ++ bg[PRELIGHT] = shade (0.55, @bg_color) ++ bg[SELECTED] = shade (0.75, @selected_bg_color) + + fg[NORMAL] = shade (0.8, @base_color) + fg[ACTIVE] = @base_color +#+END_SRC +**** Icons +elementary Xfce darker +**** Fonts +- Default Font: Noto Sans 9 +- Default Monospace Font: Noto Mono 9 +- Hinting: Slight +- Sub-pixel order: RGB (trusting the [[http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/subpixel.php][Lagom LCD test pages]] here, + changing the setting has no visible effect AFAICTβ¦) + +*** Window manager +**** Style +- Theme: Greybird-compact +**** Keyboard +- Tile window to the left: Super+Left +- Tile window to the right: Super+Right +- Show desktop: Super+D +*** Window manager tweaks +**** Cycling +- [X] Cycle through windows in a list +**** Accessiblity +- [X] Hide title of windows when maximized +**** Compositor +- [ ] Show shadows under dock windows + +*** Keyboard +**** Application Shortcuts +- emacs: Super+E +- exo-open --launch FileManager: Super+F +- exo-open --launch TerminalEmulator: Super+T +- exo-open --launch WebBrowser: Super+W +- xfce4-screenshooter: Print +- xfce4-screenshooter --fullscreen: Shift+Print +- xfce4-screenshooter --region: Control+Print +- xfce4-screenshooter --window: Super+Print +- xfce4-session-logout: Super+X +- xflock4: Super+L + +** Install more stuff +aspell-fr ffmpeg gimp vlc wordnet +*** CLI tools +mlocate ripgrep vim +*** documentation +info manpages-dev manpages-posix manpages-posix-dev gcc-doc make-doc python3-doc tar-doc + +#+BEGIN_QUOTE +E: Package 'gcc-doc' has no installation candidate +#+END_QUOTE + +gcc-doc is only available in the /backports/? +*** Emacs 27 build dependencies +- build-dep emacs +- libjansson-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev +*** system monitoring +htop powertop wavemon +** Configure more stuff +*** lightdm +Debian [[https://wiki.debian.org/LightDM#Enable_user_list][hides the list of users]] on the login screen; Bunsenlabs [[https://github.com/BunsenLabs/bunsen-configs/blob/9.6-1/lightdm.conf.d/50_bunsen.conf][enables +it]] and I kind of like it (fewer keystrokes, and a cute avatar). + +#+BEGIN_SRC sh +$ sudo tee /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/99_custom.conf <<EOF +> [Seat:*] +> greeter-hide-users=false +> EOF +#+END_SRC +*** groups +adduser ${USER} adm, so that I can read /var/log files. +adduser ${USER} dialout, so I can sync my phone. +** Setup Firefox +- download most recent release from from <https://www.mozilla.org> +- unpack it $SOMEWHERE +- make sure everyone can find it: + + #+BEGIN_SRC sh + $ sudo update-alternatives --install $(which x-www-browser) x-www-browser \ + ${SOMEWHERE}/firefox/firefox 1 + $ sudo update-alternatives --set x-www-browser ${SOMEWHERE}/firefox/firefox + $ ln -s ${SOMEWHERE}/firefox/firefox ~/.local/bin/ + #+END_SRC + +- paste backuped configuration into ~/.mozilla/firefox/${profile} +* Someday +** fix xfce4-terminal opening links with firefox-esr +** fix Thunar opening images with Firefox instead of Ristretto +** fix Ristretto thumbnails +** setup fonts +#+BEGIN_SRC html +<head> + <meta charset="utf-8"/> +</head> +<body> + π π¬ π π π π π
π π π π π π βΊοΈ π π π π +</body> +#+END_SRC + +- apt install fonts-noto-color-emoji +- mousepad and xfce4-terminal seem to pick the font up out of the box +- Firefox 69 displays βΊ with DejaVu Sans Mono +- Emacs 27 with =(set-fontset-font t nil "Noto Color Emoji")= and + use-default-font-for-symbols nil can display everything with Noto + Color Emoji |