elementaryOS | Things I Do After Installing elementary OS Hera

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First Things First

• Enable PPA

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

• Install apt-fast [Yes! it's really fast]

   sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:apt-fast/stable
   sudo apt -y install apt-fast
   echo $'\nalias apt="apt-fast"' >> ~/.bashrc 
   source ~/.bashrc

• Update OS

   # use "sudo apt" if you're skipping 'Install apt-fast' 
   apt upgrade

• Install git

   apt install git

• Cleanup OS

   apt autoremove -y && apt autoclean -y

UI Tweaks

• Bring back Tray icons (why did they remove it?)

   wget https://github.com/Lafydev/wingpanel-indicator-ayatana/raw/master/com.github.lafydev.wingpanel-indicator-ayatana_2.0ubuntu6_amd64.deb
   wget https://github.com/mdh34/elementary-indicators/releases/download/0.1/indicator-application-patched.deb
   sudo dpkg -i com.github.lafydev.wingpanel-indicator-ayatana_2.0ubuntu6_amd64.deb indicator-application-patched.deb
   sudo apt-mark hold indicator-application
   sudo reboot

• Icon Pack La Capitaine by @keeferrourke

   mkdir ~/.icons && cd ~/.icons
   git clone https://github.com/keeferrourke/la-capitaine-icon-theme.git
   cd la-capitaine-icon-theme && ./configure

• Cursors La Capitaine by @keeferrourke

   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dyatlov-igor/la-capitaine
   apt install la-capitaine-cursor-theme

APPS (Install from their sites)

• Brave Browser ⇩
• Ulauncher ⇩
• Sublime Text 3 ⇩
• Sublime Merge ⇩
• VS Code
• Telegram ⇩
• LibreOffice ⇩
• AnyDesk ⇩
• MegaSync
• Glimpse ⇩
• VLC
• qBittorrent
• GO ⇩
• Cutter ⇩

APPS (Install from terminal)

• Restricted extras & MM Codec

   apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras libavcodec-extra

• flash-plugin

   apt install flashplugin-installer pepperflashplugin-nonfree

• archive formats

   apt install unace rar unrar p7zip-rar p7zip sharutils uudeview mpack arj cabextract lzip lunzip

• Wine (If you want to run windows apps)

   sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
   wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
   sudo apt-key add winehq.key
   sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main'
   apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable

My Terminal

• Guake Terminal

   apt install guake

• Oh My ZSH

• Powerlevel10k theme

Other Tweaks

• fusuma: MultiTouch Gestures (config.yml)
• Preload

   apt install preload

• Reduce Overheating & Improve Battery Life

   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linrunner/tlp
   apt install tlp tlp-rdw
   sudo tlp start

• Smaller titlebar height for non-GTK apps by @sprite-1
• Add minimize button (it's not worth it)

   sudo add-apt-repository ppa:philip.scott/elementary-tweaks
   apt install elementary-tweaks

  • then do System Settings>Tweaks>Layout>Windows
• ancient fonts

   apt install ttf-ancient-fonts

• elementaryOS theme for FireFox by @Zonnev
• elementaryOS theme for Telegram by @sprite-1

Troubleshooting

• Fix Lag on Login/Restart by @Jason Waddington

   sudo mv /etc/xdg/autostart/at-spi-dbus-bus.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/at-spi-dbus-bus.disabled
   sudo mv /usr/share/upstart/xdg/autostart/at-spi-dbus-bus.desktop /usr/share/upstart/xdg/autostart/at-spi-dbus-bus.disabled

• Display Hidden Startup Applications

   sudo sed -i 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g' /etc/xdg/autostart/*.desktop

• Fix Desktop entries not executing by @user170

Credits

• @suberb
• @memoryleakx
• @evertontrindade

@montagco do a sudo rm /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/wingpanel/libnamarupa.so to remove it.