* Step-by-step recap (Bullseye) ** Setup keyboard Turn CapsLock key into Control (cf. keyboard(5)): - add =ctrl:nocaps= to =XKBOPTIONS= in =/etc/default/keyboard= - run =udevadm trigger --subsystem-match=input --action=change= - run =setupcon= in a TTY ** Install stuff *** Distro-provided packages #+begin_src sh packages=( # To clone & update dotfiles. git # Look & feel. elementary-xfce-icon-theme greybird-gtk-theme # Enable volume management with Thunar. gvfs-backends gvfs-fuse # System monitoring. htop powertop wavemon # Documentation: # - info pages, gcc-doc make-doc tar-doc info # - manpages, manpages-dev manpages-posix manpages-posix-dev # - text & HTML pages. git-doc python3-doc # Writing helpers. aspell-fr verbiste wordnet # CLI helpers. mlocate ripgrep vim # Fonts. fonts-noto-color-emoji # Miscellaneous applications. ffmpeg gimp pandoc terminator vlc ) sudo apt install ${packages[@]} #+end_src *** Latest and greatest **** Firefox - download most recent release from from - unpack it =$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 ${SOMEWHERE}/firefox/firefox ~/.local/bin/ #+end_src - paste backuped profile into =~/.mozilla/firefox/${profile}= **** Symbola - grab the archive from - drop the TTF files in =~/.local/share/fonts= - run =fc-cache -fv= **** youtube-dl #+begin_src sh $ sudo apt install python3-pip $ pip3 install --user youtube-dl #+end_src ** Setup dotfiles *** Clone versioned dotfiles - create new SSH key for GitLab - follow instructions in dotfiles README *** Tweak non-versioned dotfiles - set EMAIL in =.profile= - add =~/.local/bin= to PATH - copy =.profile= to =.xsessionrc= - in =.bashrc= - enable globstar and autocd - uncomment grep and ls aliases - source =~/.bash_prompt= ** Setup Emacs - clone from Savannah - =apt build-dep emacs= - =apt install libgconf2-dev libwebkit2gtk-4.0-dev= (optional build dependencies for ≥27) - comment out .emacs below =(load custom-file)= #+begin_src elisp (package-refresh-contents) (package-install-selected-packages) #+end_src ** Setup XFCE *** Appearance **** Style Greybird-dark **** Icons elementary Xfce darker **** Fonts - Rendering - [X] Enable anti-aliasing - Hinting: Slight - Sub-pixel order: RGB (trusting the [[http://www.lagom.nl/lcd-test/subpixel.php][Lagom LCD test pages]]) *** File Manager **** View - Side Pane: Tree - View as Detailed List *** Panel **** Top panel ***** Items ****** Whisker Menu ****** Window Buttons ****** Separator ****** Workspace Switcher ****** Separator ****** Status Tray Plugin ****** PulseAudio Plugin ****** Power Manager Plugin - Show label: None ****** Notification Plugin ****** Separator ****** Clock **** Bottom panel Delete. *** Window Manager **** Keyboard - Move window to previous workspace: Shift+Super+Left - Move window to next workspace: Shift+Super+Right - Tile window to the left: Super+Left - Tile window to the right: Super+Right - Show desktop: Super+D *** Window Manager Tweaks **** Accessibility - [X] Hide title of windows when maximized **** Compositor - [ ] Show shadows under… *** Terminal **** General - Scrolling - [ ] Scroll on output - Scrollbar is: Disabled - [X] Unlimited scrollback **** Appearance - Font - [X] Use system font - Opening New Windows - [ ] Display menubar in new windows **** Advanced - Shortcuts - [X] Disable all menu access keys (such as Alt+f) /for readline/ - [X] Disable menu shortcut key (F10 by default) /for htop & wavemon/ - [X] Disable help window shortcut key (F1 by default) /for htop & wavemon/ - Misc - [X] Automatically copy selection to clipboard *** 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-popup-whiskermenu: Alt+F1 - 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 *** Mouse and Touchpad **** Devices - =… Touchpad= - Touchpad - [X] Tap touchpad to click *** Power Manager **** System - On battery / Plugged in - When laptop lid is closed: Suspend *** Removable Drives and Media **** Storage - [X] Mount removable drives when hot-plugged - [X] Mount removable media when inserted ** Setup more stuff *** lightdm Show my account on startup: #+begin_src conf # /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/99_custom.conf [Seat:*] greeter-hide-users=false #+end_src *** system groups #+begin_src sh groups=( adm # Access /var/log journals. dialout # Sync my phone. ) for g in ${groups[@]} do sudo adduser ${USER} ${g} done #+end_src * Live reactions (Buster) ** groundwork Using instructions from . *** Get netinst image from *** Get firmware archive from So that the installer can use the wireless network card. Extract all .deb files to a top-level =firmware= folder on a USB key. *** Shrink the MS partition Had to "optimize the disk", otherwise some free space remained unavailable. ** installer Everything went smoothly: - if the USB key holding the firmware isn't plugged in, the installer requests it, otherwise it finds the firmware automatically; - Secure Boot supported transparently; - dual-booting too. ** package repositories Non-free repositories automatically added during the installation, because of the WiFi firmware I presume. ** kernel issues *** i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin kern.log: #+begin_quote i915 0000:00:02.0: firmware: failed to load i915/glk_dmc_ver1_04.bin (-2) #+end_quote apt install firmware-misc-nonfree seems to quiet that down. *** i2c_hid_get_input: incomplete report kern.log: #+begin_quote i2c_hid i2c-MSFT0001:00: i2c_hid_get_input: incomplete report (14/65535) #+end_quote About one message for every half-second spent touching the touchpad. "Solved" with: #+begin_src sh $ apt install -t buster-backports \ linux-image-amd64 \ firmware-iwlwifi \ firmware-misc-nonfree #+end_src