In order to use HTTPS source, you first need to install the following package:
sudo apt install apt-transport-https
Debian provies deb.debian.org
which automatically selects the closest mirror. More info: https://deb.debian.org/
Your /etc/apt/sources.list
file should look like this:
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster main contrib non-free
deb-src https://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster main contrib non-free
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main contrib non-free
deb-src https://deb.debian.org/debian/ buster-updates main contrib non-free
deb https://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
deb-src https://deb.debian.org/debian-security buster/updates main contrib non-free
Editorconfig is a file that can be placed in the filesystem, which is read by many editors either automatically, or by using a plugin.
You can add this file in the root directory. Edit /.editorconfig
:
root = true
[*]
indent_style = space
indent_size = 2
end_of_line = lf
charset = utf-8
trim_trailing_whitespace = true
insert_final_newline = true
max_line_length = 80
First, make sure you have enabled the non-free
repositories in APT Sources
. Then you can install all firmware (free & non-free), such as the Intel Microcode
, using:
sudo apt install firmware-linux
You need to configure the following:
- Hinting and set it to Slight. You want hinting so that the fonts are aligned with the display's pixels, but only to the bare minimum because it changes the way fonts are displayed.
- Antialias and set it to Grayscale. Nobody wants rainbow-ish colours around their letters anyway...
- Disable Autohinter. Instead, use the native hinting information of the font.
Run:
sudo dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig-config
Select:
- Native
- Slight
- Never (Disables RGBA)
- No (Default)
Add the following to /etc/X11/Xresources/x11-common
:
Xft.antialias: 1
Xft.hinting: 1
Xft.hintstyle: hintslight
Xft.autohint: 0
Xft.rgba: none
LightDM doesn't read either Xresources
, nor Fontconfig... Add the following to /etc/lightdm/lightdm-gtk-greeter.conf
:
xft-antialias=true
xft-hintstyle=slight
xft-rgba=none
Read
Clear Font cache
sudo apt install fonts-noto-color-emoji
Read
Clear Font cache
Skroutz uses Microsoft Fonts, such as Verdana, Arial. Thus you need to install them to render the website correctly.
sudo apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer
Read
Clear Font cache
sudo sh -c 'fc-cache -f && dpkg-reconfigure fontconfig'
fc-cache -f
rm -rf ~/.cache/fontconfig
Debian suggests using the built-in modesetting driver, instead of the xserver-xorg-video-intel
.
Just remove it:
sudo apt purge xserver-xorg-video-intel
Applications use two kinds of video acceleration, VAAPI (new) and VDPAU (old).
Debian installs the i965-va-driver
by default, however, which is the old Intel driver. You can install the new one called iHD
:
sudo apt install intel-media-va-driver-non-free
Add the following to /etc/environment
:
LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME=iHD
If you are using GStreamer, install the VAAPI package and disable driver whitelist, because it only accepts the old driver.
sudo apt install gstreamer1.0-vaapi
Add the following to /etc/environment
:
GST_VAAPI_ALL_DRIVERS=1
VDPAU is still used by Firefox, Flash, Thunderbird and other apps, but it is not configured. What you can do is just forward VDPAU to VAAPI.
sudo apt install libvdpau-va-gl1
Add the following to /etc/environment
:
VDPAU_DRIVER=va_gl
sudo apt install vainfo vdpauinfo
It should look like this:
$ vainfo
libva info: VA-API version 1.4.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: User requested driver 'iHD'
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_4
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
vainfo: VA-API version: 1.4 (libva 2.4.0)
vainfo: Driver version: Intel iHD driver - 1.0.0
$ vdpauinfo
display: :0 screen: 0
libva info: VA-API version 1.4.0
libva info: va_getDriverName() returns 0
libva info: User requested driver 'iHD'
libva info: Trying to open /usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/dri/iHD_drv_video.so
libva info: Found init function __vaDriverInit_1_4
libva info: va_openDriver() returns 0
API version: 1
Information string: OpenGL/VAAPI backend for VDPAU
The applications in the default configuration don't actually use startup id
, thus it is unnecessary to wait for it.
~/.config/i3/config
:
- Replace all
exec
with$execi
- Define $execi on top:
set $execi exec --no-startup-id
If you are using i3blocks
, keep the && pkill
part. Otherwise, just use the rest of the command. -RTMIN+10
number should match the signal
in volume
(/etc/i3blocks.conf
)
bindsym XF86AudioRaiseVolume $execi amixer -q -D pulse sset Master 5%+ unmute && pkill -RTMIN+10 i3blocks
bindsym XF86AudioLowerVolume $execi amixer -q -D pulse sset Master 5%- unmute && pkill -RTMIN+10 i3blocks
bindsym XF86AudioMute $execi amixer -q -D pulse sset Master toggle && pkill -RTMIN+10 i3blocks
bindsym XF86AudioMicMute $execi amixer -q -D pulse sset Capture toggle
sudo apt install brightnessctl
Reboot and add the following in ~/.config/i3/config
:
bindsym XF86MonBrightnessDown $execi brightnessctl set 5%-
bindsym XF86MonBrightnessUp $execi brightnessctl set +5%
sudo apt install playerctl
Add the following in ~/.config/i3/config
:
bindsym XF86AudioPlay $execi playerctl play-pause
bindsym XF86AudioNext $execi playerctl next
bindsym XF86AudioPrev $execi playerctl previous
Compton is probably not needed. Check if you experience any tearing first, before using it.
To avoid tearing you can use Compton:
sudo apt install compton
And create a file called ~/.config/compton.conf
with the contents of Picom (Compton fork) provided by Arch Linux: https://github.com/yshui/picom/blob/next/picom.sample.conf
Then, change the backend
option from xrender
to glx
to use the OpenGL backend.
You can save your SSH key passphrase in Gnome Keyring and have unlock automatically when logging in.
sudo apt install gnome-keyring
Add the following in your shell config file, e.g. ~/.zshrc
:
if [ -n "$DESKTOP_SESSION" ];then
eval $(gnome-keyring-daemon --start)
export SSH_AUTH_SOCK
fi
If you are using en_US.UTF-8
, but you would like to use the metric system, Monday as the start of the week and A4 as the paper size, you can do the following:
Run the following command and select en_GB.UTF-8
and en_US.UTF-8
(should be already selected)
sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales
Then edit the /etc/default/locale
and add the following:
# File generated by update-locale
LANG="en_US.UTF-8"
LANGUAGE="en_US:en"
LC_TIME="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_PAPER="en_GB.UTF-8"
LC_MEASUREMENT="en_GB.UTF-8"
In order to force a UTF-8 connection you can edit /etc/mysql/mariadb.cnf
and add the following after [client-server]
:
[client]
default-character-set = utf8mb4
[mysql]
default-character-set = utf8mb4
[mysqld]
character-set-client-handshake = FALSE
character-set-server = utf8mb4
collation-server = utf8mb4_unicode_520_ci
First, follow the instructions in the Color Emoji
section above. Then add the following to~/.yarnrc
:
"--emoji" true
Get the output of nproc
, e.g. 4
, and then add the following to~/.yarnrc
:
child-concurrency 4
Flat volume is the most annoying feature of PulseAudio. An application, such as Viber, can increase set its volume to 100% and decrease all other applications. Thus, there are cases where the other applications stay at less than 100% volume and you need to manually increase them to 100% again...
Uncomment flat-volumes
and set it to false in /etc/pulse/daemon.conf
:
flat-volumes = no
You can uncomment enable-deferred-volume
and set it to false in/etc/pulse/daemon.conf
if you want the volume change to happen immediately instead of being deferred:
enable-deferred-volume = no
Add the following to /etc/environment
:
RUBY_CONFIGURE_OPTS=--disable-install-doc
And to ~/.gemrc
:
gem: --no-document
You can use nproc
to get the number of available threads and pass it to bundle config.
bundle config --global jobs $(nproc)
To kill user processes when logging out, add to following to /etc/systemd/logind.conf
:
KillUserProcesses=yes
This matches the upstream configuration of Systemd.
RedHat recently released tuned
which helps you tune your computer based on some predefined profiles.
sudo apt install tuned
Reboot and then run:
sudo tuned-adm profile throughput-performance
You can check throughput-performance
here: https://github.com/redhat-performance/tuned/blob/master/profiles/throughput-performance/tuned.conf
You can use fwupdmgr
to update to the latest UEFI firmware and many more!
sudo apt install fwupd fwupdate
And run:
sudo sh -c 'fwupdmgr refresh && fwupdmgr update'