dotfiles

My skript for automating the installation and configuration of a linux system after a fresh install.

Installation

sh -c "`wget -O - --no-check-certificate https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ndz-v/dotfiles/master/remote-setup.sh`"

Explanation

The script above downloads the master branch of this repo and starts setup.sh execution.

Apps that are installed

Apt packages: calibre, curl, entr, ffmpeg, git, graphviz, grub-customizer, latexmk, latte-dock, libnotify-bin, libreoffice, lm-sensors, postgresql, python3-pip, rename, scrcpy, shellcheck, silversearcher-ag, texlive-full, translate-shell, tree, ufw, zsh, zsh-syntax-highlighting
Python packages: youtube-dl, pylint, autopep8, pandocfilters, jupyter, pandas, eyed3
Individual downloands and installation: Guake, obs-studio, kdenlive, pandoc, Oh-My-Zsh, libinput-gestures, Visual Studio Code and Extensions

General tips

Disable tlp USB autosuspend

sudo nano /etc/tlp.conf

Set value to 0

USB_AUTOSUSPEND = 0

File transfer and USB connections were breaking

Disable wifi powersaving

sudo nano /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf

Change value from 3 to 2

Weird WiFi-Problems

If WiFi is disconnecting from time to time, disable wpa_supplicant.service and enable it again

sudo systemctl stop wpa_supplicant.service
sudo systemctl disable wpa_supplicant.service

Reboot

sudo systemctl start wpa_supplicant.service
sudo systemctl enable wpa_supplicant.service

Reboot again

Improve boot time for linux

Exists to ensure that the boot process can access remote resources and slows down boot process. Disable and mask the service to decrease boot time.

sudo systemctl disable NetworkManager-wait-online.service # disables service on start up
sudo systemctl mask NetworkManager-wait-online.service # disables dbus based invocation

Kernel flags for turning off spectre patches (make linux fast again)

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="nouveau.modeset=0 acpi_rev_override=1 noibrs noibpb nopti nospectre_v2 nospectre_v1 l1tf=off nospec_store_bypass_disable no_stf_barrier mds=off tsx=on tsx_async_abort=off mitigations=off"

Graphics problem on Dell XPS 15: dedicated graphics is powered although intel hybrid card is selected. Results in greater power consumption and battery drainage.

Uninstall and purge everything from nvidia.

sudo apt-get remove --purge "nvidia*"
sudo apt-get autoremove && sudo apt-get autoclean

Check if anyithing is still there from nvidia and purge it

dpkg -l | grep nvidia
sudo dpkg -r --purge *nvidia*

Without rebooting install the latest nvidia driver again and reboot

sudo apt-get install nvidia-driver-40

nouveau.modeset=0 acpi_rev_override=1

Use these flags as a workaround for the faulty nvidia driver. Only if a reinstall of the driver doesn't help.

If audio is not working with headphones

alsactl restore

Audio config to switch to headphones on startup

cd /usr/share/pulseaudio/alsa-mixer/paths
sudo nano analog-output-lineout.conf

Edit this line

[Element Headphone+LO]
switch = on