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Modifications to make Elementary OS more usable.
## For Elementary OS 5.0
# Enable adding custom PPA's
apt install software-properties-common
# PulseAudio volume control
apt install -y pavucontrol
# Elementary Tweaks
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:philip.scott/elementary-tweaks
sudo apt install elementary-tweaks
# Install spotify
apt install software-properties-common
apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys 931FF8E79F0876134EDDBDCCA87FF9DF48BF1C90
apt-get update
apt-get install -y spotify-client
## Allow custom indicator icons. Source: https://www.linuxuprising.com/2018/08/how-to-re-enable-ayatana-appindicators.html
# Step 1: Enable indicator-application
mkdir -p ~/.config/autostart
cp /etc/xdg/autostart/indicator-application.desktop ~/.config/autostart/
sed -i 's/^OnlyShowIn.*/OnlyShowIn=Unity;GNOME;Pantheon;/' ~/.config/autostart/indicator-application.desktop
# Step 2: Install wingpanel-indicator-ayatana
cd ~/Downloads
wget http://ppa.launchpad.net/elementary-os/stable/ubuntu/pool/main/w/wingpanel-indicator-ayatana/wingpanel-indicator-ayatana_2.0.3+r27+pkg17~ubuntu0.4.1.1_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i wingpanel-indicator-ayatana_2.0.3+r27+pkg17~ubuntu0.4.1.1_amd64.deb
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