elementary OS 5.1 Hera

1-elementary-os-apps.md

elementaryOS Apps and Configs

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This guide has been updated for elementaryOS v5.0+.

Enbale PPA support

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install software-properties-common

Elementary tweaks

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

7Z, RAR file support to File Roller

sudo apt-get install -y rar unrar p7zip-full p7zip-rar

Task manager

sudo apt-get install -y gnome-system-monitor htop

Google Chrome Web Browser

• Download Page, Direct link to Stable and Beta OR

wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list'
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install -y google-chrome-stable

VLC Media Player

sudo apt-get install -y vlc

Kingsoft WPS Office

Libre Office

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:libreoffice/ppa
sudo apt-get install -y libreoffice

TLP Laptop battery saver

sudo apt-get install -y tlp tlp-rdw
sudo tlp start

GIMP Image editor

sudo apt-get install -y gimp

xfburn - CD and DVD burning application

sudo apt-get install -y xfburn

xfburn does not support multi-session disks

dConf-Tools

sudo apt-get install -y dconf-tools

Disk usage analyzer

sudo apt install -y baobab

gParted

sudo apt-get install -y gparted

ISO Master

sudo apt-get install -y isomaster

BleachBit

sudo apt-get install -y bleachbit

uGet Download Manager

sudo apt install -y aria2 uget

Spotify desktop app

• https://www.spotify.com/int/download/linux/

Synaptic Package Manager

sudo apt-get install -y synaptic

Ubuntu Restricted extras

sudo apt-get install -y ubuntu-restricted-extras

Grub Customizer

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer
sudo apt-get install -y grub-customizer

Filezilla

sudo apt-get install -y filezilla

HandBrake media convertor

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:stebbins/handbrake-releases
sudo apt-get install -y handbrake-gtk

Selene Media Encoder

sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
sudo apt-get install -y selene

Audio Recorder

sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:audio-recorder/ppa
sudo apt-get install -y audio-recorder

Submlime text 3

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-text.list
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install -y sublime-text

Virtual Box

sudo apt install virtualbox virtualbox-ext-pack

gnome disk

sudo apt-get install -y gnome-disk-utility

PulseAudio Volume Control

sudo apt-get install -y pavucontrol

Update manager (you may not need this)

sudo apt-get install software-properties-gtk 
sudo apt-get install update-manager

Wingpanel addons

• https://github.com/camellan/placesindicator
• https://github.com/mdh34/elementary-indicators
• https://github.com/PlugaruT/wingpanel-indicator-sys-monitor
• https://github.com/maze-n/indicator-daynight
• https://github.com/ele-l10n-cjk/wingpanel-indicator-inputmethod
• https://github.com/maze-n/indicator-daynight

Plank addons

• Themes,Themes 2
• auto plank
• separator

2-tweaks.md

Scratch text editor configs

• Dont autosave files on change

File manager configs

• Disable single click
• Dont remember tabs

Music player (noise) configs

• Dont write metedata to files

Misc

• Show battery percentage
• Disable all animations
• Enable firewall and disable ssh
• Set Terminal transparency to 0

Disable OS auto updates source more

• Edit /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades file and update these lines

APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "30";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";

Display hidden auto-start entries

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

Now run gnome-session-properties in terminal to see full list.

Lets Disable App Center Deamon, Onboard, Orca screen reader, Personal File Sharing and Maya Deamon

Tune swappiness (if you have low RAM machine)

# temporarily
sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=10

# parmanent, require reboot
echo 'vm.swappiness=10' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf

Fix time differences between Ubuntu and Windows (Dual Boot) - Source

timedatectl set-local-rtc 1

Speed up apt-get update with parallel

# Create a file
sudo nano /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99parallel

# Add these lines and save 
APT::Acquire::Queue-Mode "access";
APT::Acquire::Retries 3;

Remove language related ign from apt-get update - Source

echo 'Acquire::Languages "none";' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00aptitude

Set file roller compression level to maximum

dconf write /org/gnome/file-roller/general/compression-level "'maximum'"

3-remove-apps.sh

#!/bin/bash
set -e

echo "Use at your own risk !!"

# List of apps to remove
declare -a APPS_TO_REMOVE=(
"epiphany*"
"maya-calendar*"
"evolution-data-server"
"audience*"
"pantheon-mail*"
"gnome-orca*"
)


## Loop through the above array
for i in "${APPS_TO_REMOVE[@]}"
do
echo -e "\e[96m Uninstalling: $i  \e[39m"
sudo apt-get remove --purge -y $i    
done

# Clean up
sudo apt-get -y autoremove
sudo apt-get -y clean

4.install-bum.md

Install BootUpManager

# install dependencies
sudo apt install build-essential intltool
sudo apt install libgtk2-perl

## compile from source
wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+sourcefiles/bum/2.5.2-1/bum_2.5.2.orig.tar.gz
tar xzvf bum_2.5.2.orig.tar.gz
cd bum-2.5.2/
./configure 
make
sudo make install
cd ..
rm  -rf bum-2.5.2/
sudo bum

Yea - I know this is old, but this comes up in one of the first searches of elementary, OS, Plank, magnify, zoom, features, ....etc . So here is the easy answer if you are running Elementary OS Hera ... remove Plank (sudo apt remove plank) then go to the AppCenter and download/install Docky .... DONE!

Alternatively, to keep using Plank instead of Docky in Hera, you can rebuild from source. The following worked for me:

https://www.reddit.com/r/elementaryos/comments/fd6fgd/zoom_effect_reveal_removed_from_the_plank/flpzu9z

Copied below in case post deleted

Install

cd ~/Downloads
wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+sourcefiles/plank/0.11.89-1/plank_0.11.89.orig.tar.xz
tar -xf plank_0.11.89.orig.tar.xz
cd plank-0.11.89/
sudo apt-get install -y libglib2.0-dev valac libgnome-menu-3-dev libxml2-utils libgtk-3-dev libgee-0.8-dev libbamf3-dev libwnck-3-dev
./configure
make
sudo make install
sudo apt-get install --reinstall plank libplank*

killall plank && plank&

# At this point the Icon Zoom option is available again in Plank Preferences.

However, at this point, after a restart, my autostart applications were taking FOREVER to launch. (Like 30 seconds after boot or something) I found the following in my syslog.

Mar 28 01:41:09 jchun-desktop gnome-session[1451]: gnome-session-binary[1451]: WARNING: Application 'plank.desktop' failed to register before timeout
Mar 28 01:41:09 jchun-desktop gnome-session-binary[1451]: WARNING: Application 'plank.desktop' failed to register before timeout

I don't know what it means, but after looking at the plank.desktop file, I noticed that it had a Phase associated with it. I'm guessing because it is a part of a specific phase, it blocks until the registration of plank fails, which holds up the rest of my apps from autostarting. I haven't done extensive testing, but I was able to fix it by editing /etc/xdg/autostart/plank.desktop

Comment out/remove the following line:

# X-GNOME-Autostart-Phase=Panel

Save and restart. Even though I still get the register errors, the dock seems to be working perfectly and my apps autostart on-time as well, so no complaints so far.

Uninstall/revert instructions.

cd ~/Downloads
cd plank-0.11.89/
sudo make uninstall
sudo apt-get install --reinstall plank libplank*
killall plank && plank&