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Scripts and configurations for setting up my Linux environment.

Operating system installation

Download Elementary OS from https://elementary.io. To make a bootable USB drive use https://rufus.ie/ (Windows-only) or https://www.balena.io/etcher/ (macOS/Linux/Windows).

At the moment of writing ElementaryOS version is 5.1.5 Hera.

During installation enable disk encryption.

Oh My ZSH

https://ohmyz.sh/

sudo apt install -y zsh git
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

cat ./.zshrc | tee ~/.zshrc

SSH Key

Generate SSH key:

ssh-keygen -f ~/.ssh/$(hostname) -t rsa -b 4096 -C "$(hostname)"
echo "Public key:"
cat ~/.ssh/$(hostname).pub

Elementary Tweaks

https://github.com/elementary-tweaks/elementary-tweaks

sudo apt install software-properties-common -y
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:philip.scott/elementary-tweaks
sudo apt install elementary-tweaks -y
  • "Files": disable single click
  • "Terminal": set solid background color
  • "Terminal": disable "Natural copy paste"
  • Adjust fonts settings (once the fonts below installed):
    • Default font: Fira Sans Regular 11
    • Document font: Fira Sans Regular 12
    • Monospace font: Input Mono Regular 12
    • Titlebar font: Fira Sans SemiBold 12

Plank Tweaks

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/plank/themes
cp -R ./.local/share/plank/themes/Mac ~/.local/share/plank/themes

Set Plank theme to Mac.

sysctl Tweaks

echo """
vm.swappiness=10
vm.vfs_cache_pressure=50

fs.inotify.max_user_watches=1048576
fs.inotify.max_user_instances=1024
""" | sudo tee --append /etc/sysctl.conf

sudo /sbin/sysctl -p

Power Management

PowerTop

Calibration may take 15-20min and will turn components on/off (including display and wireless).

sudo powertop --calibrate

After running powertop for some time on both AC and battery:

sudo powertop --auto-tune

Undervolting

Application Indicators

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:yunnxx/elementary
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y indicator-application wingpanel-indicator-ayatana
sudo sed -i -e 's/OnlyShowIn=Unity;GNOME;/OnlyShowIn=Unity;GNOME;Pantheon;/g' /etc/xdg/autostart/indicator-application.desktop
sudo mv /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/nm-applet.orig

Log out and log back in, or

sudo service lightdm restart

Video drivers

NVIDIA

In "AppCenter" / "Drivers" select latest NVIDIA driver package; apply; reboot.

Alternatively, install explicitly:

sudo apt install -y nvidia-driver-440

This will install both graphics and OpenCL drivers.

At the moment of writing NVIDIA driver package is nvidia-driver-440.

Screen Tearing

https://github.com/Askannz/nvidia-force-comp-pipeline

Enable Force Composition Pipeline on all monitors connected to an Nvidia card as a workaround against screen tearing:

echo """
[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Name=Force Composition Pipeline (NVIDIA)
Comment=Simple script to enable 'Force Composition Pipeline' on all monitors connected to an NVIDIA card as a workaround against screen tearing.
Exec=/usr/local/bin/nvidia-force-comp-pipeline
""" | sudo tee /etc/xdg/autostart/nvidia-settings-force-comp-pipeline.desktop

git clone https://github.com/Askannz/nvidia-force-comp-pipeline
sudo cp nvidia-force-comp-pipeline/nvidia-force-comp-pipeline /usr/local/bin/
rm -rf nvidia-force-comp-pipeline

Intel OpenCL

Install OpenCL drivers for integrated Intel video card.

https://github.com/intel/compute-runtime

Follow instructions in the latest release.

Software

APT Software

sudo apt update
sudo apt install \
 build-essential \
 git \
 vim \
 p7zip \
 chromium-browser \
 firefox \
 curl \
 wget \
 httpie \
 file \
 cifs-utils \
 cpufrequtils \
 glances \
 htop \
 neofetch \
 nmon \
 powertop \
 psensor \
 psutils \
 sysstat \
 tlp \
 dconf-editor \
 graphviz \
 openjdk-11-jre-headless \
 rapid-photo-downloader \
 mediainfo \
 clinfo \
 -y

ElementaryOS AppCenter Software

  • AppEditor
  • Contacts
  • Cyfrif
  • Eddy
  • Fondo
  • Monitor
  • Palaura (dictionary)
  • Screen Recorder
  • Webpin
  • Optimizer
sudo apt install \
  com.github.donadigo.appeditor \
  com.github.aggalex.contacts \
  com.github.aggalex.contacts \
  com.github.donadigo.eddy \
  com.github.calo001.fondo \
  com.github.stsdc.monitor \
  com.github.lainsce.palaura \
  com.github.mohelm97.screenrecorder \
  com.github.artemanufrij.webpin \
  com.github.hannesschulze.optimizer \
  -y

Flatpak Software

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

flatpak install flathub \
  com.bitwarden.desktop \
  com.calibre_ebook.calibre \
  com.getpostman.Postman \
  com.github.alainm23.planner \
  com.github.johnfactotum.Foliate \
  com.github.marktext.marktext \
  com.leinardi.gwe \
  com.obsproject.Studio \
  com.skype.Client \
  com.slack.Slack \
  com.viber.Viber \
  org.audacityteam.Audacity \
  org.gimp.GIMP \
  org.kde.kdenlive \
  org.libreoffice.LibreOffice \
  org.remmina.Remmina \
  uk.co.ibboard.cawbird \
  us.zoom.Zoom \
  -y

DEBs Software

Firefox Browser

  • enable FireFox sync
  • set DuckDuckGo as default search engine
  • extensions (should already be enabled via FireFox sync):
    • uBlock Origin
    • Bitwarden
    • HTTPS Everywhere
    • Fixed Zoom
    • Enchancer for YouTube
    • h264ify

Ungoogled Chromium

https://github.com/Eloston/ungoogled-chromium https://software.opensuse.org/download/package?package=ungoogled-chromium&project=home:ungoogled_chromium

GitHub

VisualStudio Code Settings

mkdir -p ~/.config/Code/User
cp .config/Code/User/settings.json ~/.config/Code/User/

Sublime Text, Sublime Merge

wget -qO - https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
echo "deb https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/stable/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y sublime-text sublime-merge
mkdir -p ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Packages/User
cp .config/sublime-text-3/Packages/User/Preferences.sublime-settings ~/.config/sublime-text-3/Packages/User

Docker

# sudo apt remove -y docker docker-engine docker-compose docker.io containerd runc

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y apt-transport-https ca-certificates curl gnupg-agent software-properties-common
curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add -
sudo add-apt-repository -y "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu bionic stable"
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-compose

sudo systemctl enable docker
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

Re-login, then verify the installation:

docker run --rm hello-world

CTop

https://ctop.sh/

mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
wget https://github.com/bcicen/ctop/releases/download/v0.7.3/ctop-0.7.3-linux-amd64 -O ~/.local/bin/ctop
chmod +x ~/.local/bin/ctop

.NET Core SDK

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/tools/dotnet-install-script

sudo apt install -y apt-transport-https

wget https://dot.net/v1/dotnet-install.sh
chmod +x ./dotnet-install.sh

sudo ./dotnet-install.sh --version 3.1.105 --install-dir /opt/dotnet
sudo ./dotnet-install.sh --version 3.1.301 --install-dir /opt/dotnet

echo """
export PATH="\$PATH:/opt/dotnet:\$HOME/.dotnet/tools"
export DOTNET_ROOT=/opt/dotnet
export DOTNET_CLI_TELEMETRY_OPTOUT=1
""" | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/dotnet.sh

source /etc/profile.d/dotnet.sh

Verify the installation:

dotnet --info

PowerShell

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/powershell/scripting/install/installing-powershell-core-on-linux?view=powershell-7

wget -q https://packages.microsoft.com/config/ubuntu/18.04/packages-microsoft-prod.deb -O packages-microsoft-prod.deb
sudo apt install -y ./packages-microsoft-prod.deb
rm packages-microsoft-prod.deb

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y powershell

NodeJS+NPM

wget https://nodejs.org/dist/v12.18.0/node-v12.18.0-linux-x64.tar.xz
tar xvf node-v12.18.0-linux-x64.tar.xz

sudo mv node-v12.18.0-linux-x64 /opt/nodejs
echo 'export PATH="$PATH:/opt/nodejs/bin"' | sudo tee /etc/profile.d/nodejs.sh

Newman

sudo -i
source /etc/profile.d/nodejs.sh
npm install -g newman

Python

sudo apt install -y python3-venv python3-pip python3.8 python3.8-dev python3.8-venv

For wxPython support:

sudo apt install -y libgtk-3-dev

Azure CLI

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/cli/azure/install-azure-cli-apt?view=azure-cli-latest

sudo apt update
sudo apt install ca-certificates curl apt-transport-https lsb-release gnupg

curl -sL https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc |
    gpg --dearmor |
    sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/microsoft.asc.gpg > /dev/null

AZ_REPO=bionic
echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://packages.microsoft.com/repos/azure-cli/ $AZ_REPO main" |
    sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/azure-cli.list

sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y azure-cli

Initialize:

az login

Add Devops extension:

az extension add --name azure-devops

Google Cloud Platform SDK

https://cloud.google.com/sdk/ https://cloud.google.com/sdk/docs/quickstart-debian-ubuntu

# Add the Cloud SDK distribution URI as a package source
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg] http://packages.cloud.google.com/apt cloud-sdk main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-cloud-sdk.list

# Import the Google Cloud Platform public key
curl https://packages.cloud.google.com/apt/doc/apt-key.gpg | sudo apt-key --keyring /usr/share/keyrings/cloud.google.gpg add -

# Update the package list and install the Cloud SDK
sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y google-cloud-sdk kubectl

Initialize:

gcloud init

After logged in, navigate to https://console.cloud.google.com/kubernetes/list, select cluster and view command line to connect:

gcloud container clusters get-credentials dev-cluster --zone <your-zone> --project <your-project>

kubectx/kubens

cd ~/Downloads
git clone https://github.com/ahmetb/kubectx.git

mkdir -p ~/.local/bin
cp kubectx/kubectx kubectx/kubens  ~/.local/bin
rm -rf kubectx

Helm

https://github.com/helm/helm/releases

Download release, uncompress, move helm to ~/.local.bin:

mv linux-amd64/helm ~/.local/bin

Virtualization

  • KVM
  • QEMU
  • Libvitr
  • Virt-Manager

Check compatibility:

LC_ALL=C lscpu | grep Virtualization
lsmod | grep kvm
sudo apt install \
  qemu qemu-kvm \
  libvirt-bin \
  bridge-utils \
  virtinst \
  virt-manager
  -y

sudo usermod -aG libvirt $USER
sudo usermod -aG kvm $USER

JetBrains IDEs

Fonts

Download Input fonts: https://input.fontbureau.com/download/

Download IBM Plex: https://www.ibm.com/plex/

wget https://github.com/IBM/plex/releases/download/v4.0.2/OpenType.zip

Download Fira Sans: https://www.fontsquirrel.com/fonts/fira-sans Download Fira Code: https://github.com/tonsky/FiraCode

Download Adobe Source fonts:

wget https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro/releases/download/2.030R-ro%2F1.050R-it/source-code-pro-2.030R-ro-1.050R-it.zip
wget https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-serif-pro/releases/download/3.000R/source-serif-pro-3.000R.zip
wget https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-sans-pro/releases/download/3.006R/source-sans-pro-3.006R.zip

Download PragmataPro fonts (link in the email).

... extract all of the above

mkdir ~/.local/share/fonts

mv OpenType ~/.local/share/fonts/IBM_Plex
mv Input-Font/Input_Fonts ~/.local/share/fonts/
mv fira-sans ~/.local/share/fonts/FiraSans
mv FiraCode_3.1/otf ~/.local/share/fonts/FiraCode
mv source-code-pro-2.030R-ro-1.050R-it/OTF ~/.local/share/fonts/SourceCode
mv source-sans-pro-3.006R/OTF ~/.local/share/fonts/SourceSans
mv source-serif-pro-3.000R/OTF ~/.local/share/fonts/SourceSerif
mv PragmataPro ~/.local/share/fonts/PragmataPro

fc-cache -f -r -v

Todoist

https://github.com/KryDos/todoist-linux/releases

Alternatively, use Webpin to create https://todoist.com/app webapp shortcut.

Notion

Use Webpin to create https://notion.so webapp shortcut. Use icon icons/notion.png.

SimpleNote

https://github.com/Automattic/simplenote-electron/releases

Alternatively, use Webpin to create https://app.simplenote.com/ webapp shortcut.

GeekBench

https://www.geekbench.com/download/

Balena Etcher

https://www.balena.io/etcher/

wget https://github.com/balena-io/etcher/releases/download/v1.5.89/balenaEtcher-1.5.89-x64.AppImage
chmod +x balenaEtcher-1.5.89-x64.AppImage
sudo mv balenaEtcher-1.5.89-x64.AppImage /opt/balenaEtcher.AppImage

mkdir -p ~/.local/share/applications
cp ./.local/share/applications/balenaEtcher.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/balenaEtcher.desktop
cp ./icons/balenaEtcher.png ~/Pictures/icons/balenaEtcher.png

Optional / Considerations

Following are links for software that is not needed in Elementary or I may consider using in the future.

Joplin

wget -O - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/laurent22/joplin/master/Joplin_install_and_update.sh | bash

Rust

curl https://sh.rustup.rs -sSf | sh

Haskell

https://docs.haskellstack.org

curl -sSL https://get.haskellstack.org/ | sh

Scala/SBT

echo "deb https://dl.bintray.com/sbt/debian /" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sbt.list
curl -sL "https://keyserver.ubuntu.com/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0x2EE0EA64E40A89B84B2DF73499E82A75642AC823" | sudo apt-key add

sudo apt update
sudo apt install sbt

Erlang+Elixir

https://elixir-lang.org/install.html

wget https://packages.erlang-solutions.com/erlang-solutions_2.0_all.deb
sudo dpkg -i erlang-solutions_2.0_all.deb
rm erlang-solutions_2.0_all.deb

sudo apt update
sudo apt install esl-erlang elixir

R

sudo apt install apt-transport-https software-properties-common

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys E298A3A825C0D65DFD57CBB651716619E084DAB9
sudo add-apt-repository 'deb https://cloud.r-project.org/bin/linux/ubuntu bionic-cran40/'

sudo apt install r-base

Pulumi

https://www.pulumi.com/docs/get-started/install/

curl -fsSL https://get.pulumi.com | sh

Mount Windows Shares

Example of using a Windows file share:

sudo apt install -y cifs-utils
sudo mount -t cifs //192.168.1.172/data /mnt/win-data -o user=testuser

AMD OpenCL

Install OpenCL drivers for external AMD video card.

Download drivers package from https://www.amd.com/en/support/. E.g. for AMD RX 580: https://www.amd.com/en/support/graphics/radeon-500-series/radeon-rx-500-series/radeon-rx-580

Uncompress the package.

In the amdgpu-install script add elementary to the list of supported distributions (around L134)

function os_release() {
  if [[ -r  /etc/os-release ]]; then
    . /etc/os-release

  case "$ID" in
    ubuntu|linuxmint|debian|elementary)
      :
      ;;

From the drivers directory, run

./amdgpu-install -y --opencl=pal,legacy --headless --no-dkms

Stacer

https://github.com/oguzhaninan/Stacer

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:oguzhaninan/stacer
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y stacer

Typora

<Typora — a markdown editor, markdown reader.>

# sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys BA300B7755AFCFAE
wget -qO - https://typora.io/linux/public-key.asc | sudo apt-key add -
sudo add-apt-repository -y "deb https://typora.io/linux ./"
sudo apt update
sudo apt install -y typora

Ulauncher

https://ulauncher.io/