KDE Neon tips.md

KDE Neon tips

My favourite packages

dolphin-nextcloud yakuake keepassxc gcc make vim mpv nfs-common ttf-bitstream-vera ttf-ancient-fonts fonts-crosextra-carlito fonts-crosextra-caladea rar gimp nfs-common git va-driver-all vainfo audacious lame bleachbit baobab exfat-fuse darktable pavucontrol-qt soundconverter htop fonts-croscore fonts-freefont-otf fonts-liberation

How to keep updated

pkcon refresh && pkcon update

How to backup with rsync

rsync -avzP --delete --exclude={thumbnails,.thumbnails,tmfs,.tmfs,trash,.Trash,.cache,Cache,OfflineCache,.gvfs} /home/$USER homesalmon:/srv/dev-disk-by-label-wdblue/users/$USER

How to run ssh-add on startup

• (as root) Install ksshaskpass package if not installed.

• (as root) Create a script file, for example in /usr/local/bin/ssh-add.sh with this content:

#!/bin/sh
export SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/bin/ksshaskpass
/usr/bin/ssh-add </dev/null

You do not necessarily need export SSH_ASKPASS=/usr/bin/ksshaskpass line if you have a proper symlink, see manpage for ksshaskpass

• (as user) Go to System Settings->Startup and Shutdown->Autostart and add this script: ssh-add.sh

How to improve Libreoffice (and all) icons

POP OS icon theme provides a cool icon theme for all your Desktop applications, especially for Libreoffice. If you configure a dark theme, is a must, because dark themes looks ugly with Libreoffice.

More useful to update and improve Libreoffice in Kde Neon in reddit

Flatpak apps

• calibre
• OpenShot

Firefox

Debian package

• Option 1

To use the Mozilla Team PPA to get latest version from Mozilla Firefox:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa -y

• Option 2

To configure the official deb repo: steps

How to fix Firefox extensions

Firefox extensions has connection errors due to AppArmor issues, see reddit.

sudo ln -s /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.firefox /etc/apparmor.d/disable/ 
sudo apparmor_parser -R /etc/apparmor.d/usr.bin.firefox  

How to solve when Firefox freezes

firefox --safe-mode # and then Refresh

Wayland support

Set MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1 variable.