ubuntuInstall: A Vim Script repository from drewboardman

Step 1

Download Ubuntu 16.04.3 and copy to usb device

dd bs=512 if=path/to/ubuntu.iso of=/dev/sd? status=progress  # where ? is the usb device

Check "Download updates while installing ubuntu"
Select "Erase disk and install ubuntu"
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Step 2

If you have an nvidia GPU, you'll need to install the latest drivers before you install i3wm.
Configure system and install packages:

    wget -O - https://goo.gl/UjTi9R | bash

Log out and log back in for group assignments & user settings to take effect

Optional Steps

Change font to Adobe Source Code Pro

in you gnome-terminal you should change the font to Adobe Source Code Pro Medium 11
Also hide the menu bar (you can just right click anywhere in the terminal and get the same outcome)

Increasing audio fidelity

NOTE: These are automatically added by this install script. If you wish to change them or remove them, this info is helpful. You should keep them though, for the sweet sweet fidelity.

open the pulseaudio daemon conf sudo vim /etc/pulse/daemon.conf
uncomment (by deleting ; and change the following lines:

resample-method = src-sinc-medium-quality
default-sample-format = s24le
default-sample-rate = 48000

restart pulseaudio

pulseaudio -k
pulseaudio --start

check that it worked

pacmd list-sinks | grep sample
=> sample spec: s32le 2ch 44100Hz

Adding another hard drive

sudo mkdir /media/hdd
sudo mount /dev/sdb1 /media/hdd
sudo chown drew:drew /media/hdd

Now you want to add it to the /etc/fstab file.

Get the UUID with lsblk -f

Now add the following line to the bottom of the fstab

sudo vim /etc/fstab

# add this
UUID=<myuuid> /media/hdd ext4    defaults    0    0

Connecting to a VPN

`openvpn` (for work)

Copy the relevent ovpn and cert files into /etc/openvpn. For instance, here is my dir:

-rw-r--r--   1 root root  916 Jan 12 09:01 drew-boardman.key
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  729 Jan 12 09:01 drew-boardman.csr
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 3.8K Jan 12 09:01 drew-boardman.crt
-rw-r--r--   1 root root  122 Jan 12 09:01 work.ovpn
-rw-r--r--   1 root root 1.3K Jan 12 09:01 ca.crt

Then connect to the vpn with

cd /etc/openvpn && sudo openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/work.ovpn

PIA

These are instructions to set up PIA to autoconnect using NetworkManager GUI.

wget https://www.privateinternetaccess.com/installer/pia-nm.sh
sudo bash pia-nm.sh

Now open the nm-connection-manager either by clicking nm-applet in the bottom right, or just running nm-connection-manager.

Double click on US-East (or wherever you want to proxy), and click Advanced->General.

Under "Set virtual device type" select TUN and name is tun1 (this is the config that .i3status.conf is looking for.

Now go back and double click the "wired ethernet" or whatever your default connection is.

Under General just select the VPN proxy you configured.

VPN issues with DNS

Get openvpn with sudo apt-get install openvpn
unzip ovpn files
Copy the yourName/** files into /etc/openvpn
Connect to the VPN

cd /etc/openvpn && sudo openvpn --config /etc/openvpn/YOURFILE.ovpn

NOTE There are issues with dns resolving sometimes.

Download resolvconf package.
backup current resolv.conf and symlink the resolvconf one in its place

cp /etc/resolv.conf ~/tmp
sudo rm /etc/resolv.conf
ln -s /run/resolvconf/resolv.conf /etc/resolv.conf

Now add the following to your /etc/openvpn/YOURFILE.ovpn

up /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf
down /etc/openvpn/update-resolv-conf

Screen brightness controls

You're going to get errors about how xbacklight can't find inputs that allow brightness controls.

You need to do 2 things:

sudo find /sys/ -type f -iname '*brightness*'

The output should give you something like this:

/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0/card0-LVDS-1/intel_backlight/brightness

symlink this

sudo ln -s /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:02.0/drm/card0/card0-LVDS-1/intel_backlight /sys/class/backlight

Make /etc/X11/xorg.conf and inside put the following (where you path is replaced with the correct one):

Section "Device"
  Identifier  "Card0"
  Driver      "intel"
  Option      "Backlight"  "/sys/class/backlight/intel_backlight"
  EndSection
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Using VMs

Once you have a VM set up, there are useful commands you can use

drew@hansolo ~/tmp/ubuntuInstall (master) $ vboxmanage list vms
"Ubuntu - Project 1 - Lab environment" {35ff08f3-6096-4c52-9c3d-07383c5601b2}
drew@hansolo ~/tmp/ubuntuInstall (master) $ vboxmanage list runningvms
"Ubuntu - Project 1 - Lab environment" {35ff08f3-6096-4c52-9c3d-07383c5601b2}
# start the vm headless in the background
drew@hansolo ~/tmp/ubuntuInstall (master) $ VBoxHeadless --startvm 35ff08f3-6096-4c52-9c3d-07383c5601b2 &
# this will save the state of the disk and power off the vm
drew@hansolo ~/tmp/ubuntuInstall (master) $ vboxmanage controlvm 35ff08f3-6096-4c52-9c3d-07383c5601b2 savestate

Things you need to install manually right now

ripgrep
fd
nvim (using the appimage)

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