OS setup

.gitconfig

[user]
	email = Xxx Yzz
	name = xxx
	signingkey = /home/xxx/.ssh/id_rsa

[sendemail]
	from = Xxx Yyy <xxx@gmail.com>
	smtpuser = xxx@gmail.com
	smtppass = xxx
	smtpserver = smtp.googlemail.com
	smtpserverport = 587
	smtpencryption = tls

[diff]
	tool = meld
	keepBackup = false
	keepTemporaries = false
[difftool]
	keepBackup = false
	keepTemporaries = false
[difftool "meld"]
	cmd = meld $LOCAL $REMOTE
[difftool "p4merge"]
	cmd = p4merge $LOCAL $REMOTE
	trustExitCode = false


[merge]
	tool = p4merge
	keepBackup = false
	keepTemporaries = false
[mergetool]
	keepBackup = false
	keepTemporaries = false
[mergetool "meld"]
	cmd = meld --diff \"$BASE\" \"$LOCAL\" \"$REMOTE\" --output \"$MERGED\"
[mergetool "p4merge"]
	cmd = p4merge $BASE $LOCAL $REMOTE $MERGED
	trustExitCode = false


[core]
	commentchar = %
[color]
	ui = auto
[credential]
	helper = store
[init]
	defaultBranch = main
[pull]
	ff = only
[push]
	autoSetupRemote = true
	default = simple
[gpg]
	format = ssh
[commit]
	gpgsign = true
[grep]
	lineNumber = true

README.md

Kubuntu

1. Clean Kubuntu install

• "Basic" options (No KDE PIM, etc)
• Install Updates
• Enable proprietary drivers

2. Change HOME directory> sudo usermod -d /media/Paulo/home/ paulo

Make GRUB faster (Nvidia desktop)

GRUB graphics mode is super slow when using my Nvidia card

1. Edit nano settings in /etc/default/grub sudo nano /etc/default/grub
2. Set to text-only mode GRUB_TERMINAL=console
3. sudo update-grub

Chrome Browser

• Install Google Chrome
• Remove Firefox sudo snap remove firefox

Image manipulation:

sudo apt install inkscape gimp kolourpaint

Docker

• Add docker to apt sources and install

curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg
echo   "deb [arch="$(dpkg --print-architecture)" signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.gpg] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
  "$(. /etc/os-release && echo "$VERSION_CODENAME")" stable" |   sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin

• Enable cross-platform builds: sudo docker run --rm --privileged multiarch/qemu-user-static --reset -p yes

• Allow current user to use docker without sudo (Requires restart): sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

Coding

• GIT / diff sudo apt install git git-lfs git-email
• Diff
  • Meld sudo apt install meld
  • P4Merge
• C/C++ sudo apt install build-essential
• Java sudo apt install openjdk-18-jdk
• Android Studio
• VSCode