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update software till you finish the following steps
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enable receiving files over bluetooth
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from dash open personal file sharing
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check receives files in downloads folder over bluetooth
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check notify about received files
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system-settings:
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add Arabic/Japanese
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make changing language through Alt+Shift
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remove Keyboard settings->Shortcuts->Windows->Minimize Window
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Install Japanese -- choose Japanese Mozc (Google's) or Anthy (mature) from the text entry options
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Make English main regional format
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Enable workspaces
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Show the menus for a window->in the window's title bar
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When the led is closed do nothing
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Turn screen of when in active for never
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files:
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.bashrc: change HISTFILESIZE from 2000 to 20000
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change the history to append each line by line by adding the following lines in .bashrc
shopt -s histappend
PROMPT_COMMAND="history -a;$PROMPT_COMMAND"
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.bash_aliases: take a copy of any of the old ones
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install firefox extension:
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readlater
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install some apps
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git
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synaptic
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vim
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dconf-editor (edit system configurations)
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remove unused partitions/apps from launcher
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install nvidia's things either
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install prime-indicator -- if u ever the quickswitcher doesn't work ... and needs a real restart, try the following -- sudo prime-select nvidia -- sudo prime-select intel -- then try the quick switch (that solved it for me) or
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purge the proprietary driver
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install bumblebee
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start bootcharting
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sudo apt-get install bootchart pybootchartgui
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then reboot
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check them in /var/log/bootchart/*.png
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setup open in terminal
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sudo apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal
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then reset nautilus with: nautilus -q
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manage users/groups through ui
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install gnome-system-tools through the software center
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from start choose "Users and Groups"
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add custom apps to the dash -- nano ~/.local/share/applications/blender272.desktop -- type the following/edit where needed
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Blender 2.72
Comment=
Exec=/home/walid5/Documents/blender/blender-2.72-RC1-linux-glibc211-x86_64/blender
Icon=/home/walid5/Documents/blender/blender-2.72-RC1-linux-glibc211-x86_64/icons/48x48/apps/blender.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
StartupNotify=true
-- check this for more info http://askubuntu.com/a/112812
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change the file association
-- change the defaults.list in /usr/share/gnome/applications/defaults.list -> /etc/gnome/defaults.list
sudo nano /etc/gnome/defaults.list -- add a line similar to the following (notice that we've used the blender272.desktop that we've just registered before)
application/x-blender=blender272.desktop
-- check this for more info http://askubuntu.com/questions/289337/how-can-i-change-file-association-globally -- someone used this xdg-mime and update-desktop-database http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=8451 -
install makerware -- sudo apt-add-repository 'deb http://downloads.makerbot.com/makerware/ubuntu trusty main' -- sudo apt-get update -- sudo apt-get install makerware
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install sketchup using wine -- install wine (winex.x supports 64 and 32 arch, winex.x-amd64 supports only 64) -- add /DisableRubyAPI to the command in the desktop shortcut or use
wine "/path/to/sketchup.exe" "/DisableRubyAPI"
to open sketchup -
change desktop font (use get first if you're not sure), could dconf-editor for that -- gsettings set org.gnome.nautilus.desktop font 'Ubuntu Bold 10'
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change all fonts -- gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name 'Ubuntu 9'
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install rabbitvcs -- sudo apt-get install rabbitvcs-nautilus-3.0 -- nautilus -q && nautilus &
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install systemc
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use the gist for that
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install etckeeper to track /etc changes
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follow this guide
Install tree
Usefull to watch directory contents
sudo apt-get install tree
# usage example
# tree Documents -L 2
Install xclip
Useful for clipboard interaction with the shell
sudo apt-get install xclip
Add the following to .bashrc
alias "c=xclip"
alias "v=xclip -o"
Now we can copy to clipboard using pwd| c
and paste from it using cd `v`
ref: Stackoverflow answer for How can I copy the output of a command directly into my clipboard?
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setting environment variables in a better place than bashrc
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gedit /etc/environment
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add the lines u wish after PATH="/bla/bla/bla"
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Shorten the command line. ref: Stackoverflow answer for
How can I shorten my command line bash prompt
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Update the right click menu to use sublime: Optional. -- for that one should install nautilus actions then follow this tutorial
Install VIM plugins
- Download the
securemodelines.vim
from here - Move it into
.vim/plugin