Solus 3, initial setup info

• cd /tmp/; wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dxwc/dots/master/scripts/initial_setup.bash; bash initial_setup.bash
• cd /tmp/; wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling-porn-social/hosts; sudo -E vim -p /etc/hosts /tmp/hosts and copy paste and save after the up sections
• Search for "budgie desktop settings", under "Autostart", add command:
  • Add command: setxkbmap -option caps:swapescape
• Mouse and Touchpad > Touchpad section : natural scrolling : on
• privacy > usages and history > off
• keyboard > go to the bottom "+" > command:
  • gnome-terminal to ctrl + alt + t
  • gnome-screenshot -i to ctrl + ;
  • nautilus --new-window to super + 2
  • firefox to super + 1
• gnome-terminal > Edit > Preference > General > Uncheck show menubar
• gnome-terminal > Edit > Propfile Preference
  • General
    • Uncheck Terminal Bell
    • Profile settings
    • Uncheck Use colors from system theme:
      • Text color: #3F3F3F
      • Bold color: #000000
      • Background color: #F2F1F0
    • Palette: Solarized
    • Uncheck show scrollbar, Uncheck limit scrollback
    • check to enable custom font, set font to Hack regular, font size: 18
    • Column: 80, Row: 16
  • Colors
    • Uncheck transparency background
  • Scrolling
    • Uncheck show scrollbar
    • Uncheck show scrollbar
• bottom right open settings tab > click gear icon > font > set everything but window title to 14
• gimp > Window > (CHECK) Single Window Mode
• Firefox about:config set
  • browser.showQuitWarning to true
  • toolkit.cosmeticAnimations.enabled to false
  • privacy.resistFingerprinting to true
  • privacy.resistFingerprinting.autoDeclineNoUserInputCanvasPrompts to true    + other about conig setttings to set and explanation here    + about:healthreport top right, turn off sharing info
  • TODO: place config changes in a user.js file
  • TODO: add Decentraleyes to plugins to install
• Setup printer
  1. Turn on printer
  2. Login to router settings page and note the IP of the printer (if still reserved, it's will be 192.168.0.105)
  3. Menu > Printer Settings > Unlock > Add > Network printer > Find Network Printer > enter the IP address > Forward > Apply
• gnome-tweak-tool &
  • Windows > Window focus > Sloppy
• bottom right, click sound icon > sound settings >
  • Sound effect > turn off at altert volume
  • input > turn off at input volume
• bottom right, click on time > Preferences
  • Uncheck 24 hour time
  • check to show date
• bottom right, click on bluetooth icon
  • bluetoooth settings > turn off bluetooth on top
• Search for calendar
  • Top right: weather
    • automatic location: off
    • show weather: off
• bottom right > settings > bottom panel > Setting
  • automatic hide: intelligent
  • transparency: dynamic
  • size: 40
• cd ~; git clone https://github.com/dxwc/dots and place files where needed
  • sudo cp $HOME/.vimrc /root/
• Turn off wifi if connected, and then find out the interface name by running ifconfig, use that info to change mac address like so:
  • sudo ifconfig wlp1s0 down
  • sudo macchanger -a wlp1s0
  • sudo ifconfig wlp1s0 up
  • Verify by running: macchanger -s wlp1s0
  • Reconnect to wifi
• Open visual studio code
  • Install Code Runner and Trailing Spaces extension
  • File > Preference > Settings and add these to the right inside {}:

  •   "update.channel": "none",
      "telemetry.enableCrashReporter": false,
      "telemetry.enableTelemetry": false,
      "window.zoomLevel": 2.7,
      "editor.cursorBlinking": "solid",
      "editor.tabSize": 4,
      "editor.insertSpaces": true,
      "editor.detectIndentation": false
    

• Restart
• Install NextCloud : sudo snap install nextcloud (may take a while to start for the first time, then on web browser go to localhost to set it up, after registration it may take a minute or so to get everything ready)
  • To stop the server systemctl stop snap.nextcloud.apache
  • To start the server again: systemctl start snap.nextcloud.apache
  • After first setup, top right, click gear or user icon, settings:
    • Left: basic settings, change background job to ajax
    • Left: sharing, uncheck everything
    • Left: Usage survey: uncheck everything
  • Top right, user icon, app
    • Disable everything
  • Left: click Organization
    • Endable the official calendar app
  • sudo vim /var/snap/nextcloud/9551/nextcloud/config/config.php
    • in the array, after localhost add: 192.168.0.*, save
  • If stops working after computer restart, enter these two line once and reboot :
    • sudo apparmor_parser -r /var/lib/snapd/apparmor/profiles/
    • sudo usysconf run apparmor -f
  • ff2mpv
    • also save the scripts to ~/.waterfox/native-messaging-hosts/
      • chmod +x ff2mpv
      • on linux path needs to be absolute and point to file
        • ruby is noticibly faster than python
• Download:
  • https://download.kiwix.org/release/kiwix-tools/
  • http://download.kiwix.org/zim/
    • wikipedia
    • archlinux
    • gardening
    • installgentoo
    • superuser
    • wikem
    • wikispecies
    • woodworking
  • Usages example :
    • ./kiwix-serve *.zim --port 9001 or, individualy :
    • ./kiwix-serve ./wikem_en_all_2018-10.zim --port 9001