Definitely more ready out of the box also seems to cope with 3D in Virtualbox better
save 1.1GB for base install of 5.5GB apt remove mintstick transmission-gtk timeshift thunderbird xed simple-scan rhythmbox redshift-gtk pix xplayer libreoffice-* xviewer hexchat gimp firefox xreader baobab gnome-calendar gnome-calculator gnome-terminal blueberry gufw tomboy && apt autoremove
apt install plymouth-themes to fix background weirdness?
Mint-Y-Teal missing?
save 600 MB for base install of 4GB apt remove mintstick transmission-gtk timeshift thunderbird xed simple-scan rhythmbox redshift-gtk pix xplayer libreoffice-* xviewer hexchat gimp firefox xreader baobab gnome-calendar gnome-calculator gnome-terminal blueberry gufw && apt autoremove
Don't enable 3D maybe? Doesn't look like Virtualbox cares particularly...or maybe try this with ubuntu and then figure out which drivers you should be using. Under virtualbox 6 use VBoxVGA adapter.
if you're running 3d and your background goes weird on login, you need to re apply it. add this script as a startup application with a delay of 5
#!/bin/bash
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.background picture-uri 'file:///home/wh/Pictures/BigBoye_unnecessary_yet_necessary.png'
sleep 2
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.background picture-uri 'file:///home/wh/Pictures/BigBoye.png'
#gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.background picture-options 'spanned'
#gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.background picture-options 'zoom'
set autologin in /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf or maybe /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/something.conf https://unix.stackexchange.com/a/404562
[Seat:*]
autologin-guest=false
autologin-user=USERNAME
autologin-user-timeout=0
allow-guest=false
apt update && apt install software-properties-common && apt-add-repository contrib && apt update && apt install --no-install-recommends cinnamon-core lightdm xserver-xorg gdebi sudo linux-headers-amd64 x11-xserver-utils
As above, swap chromium for chromium-browser, linux-headers-amd64 for linux-headers-generic and add xorg and lightdm-gtk-greeter then sudo systemctl disable systemd-resolved
to fix network manager (pptp for windows) don't forget to comment out the interface that isn't lo in /etc/network/interfaces and then restart networking
apt install network-manager network-manager-openvpn network-manager-openvpn-gnome network-manager-pptp network-manager-pptp-gnome gir1.2-nmgtk-1.0
may need libnm-gtk-dev if gir1.2-nmgtk-1.0 is not the one
apt install sakura chromium(-browser) vim curl git make gcc net-tools fonts-firacode dnsutils feh whois pinentry-gnome3 ttf-ancient-fonts aptitude zip unzip xclip ssh-client
good alternative to network-manager would be wicd but it doesn't support vpn yet :-(
When using mlocate, it is useless to index the shared directories in the locate DB. Therefore, add the directories to PRUNEPATHS in /etc/updatedb.
Install virtualbox additions, set up shared folders, and then add to /etc/crontab
@reboot root sleep 15; mount -o uid=1000,gid=1000 -t vboxsf william.hall /mnt/william.hall
@reboot root sleep 15; mount -o uid=1000,gid=1000 -t vboxsf GitRepos /mnt/gitrepos
@reboot root sleep 15; mount -o uid=1000,gid=1000,fmode=600 -t vboxsf W_DRIVE /mnt/w
@reboot root sleep 15; mount -o uid=1000,gid=1000,fmode=600 -t vboxsf S_DRIVE /mnt/s
set preferred applications from menu. change settings to dark theme and turn off effects and screen saver
chromium blank annoying settings
- content settings - cookies - keep local data only until you quit your browser
gitconfig, vimrc, bashrc, and git-aware-prompt
. /etc/bash.bashrc
# https://askubuntu.com/a/22043
alias sudo='sudo '
# lol
alias nano='vim'
alias bashphp='docker exec -it -w "$PWD" phpfpm bash'
alias bashnode='bash ~/containers/nodejs/interactive.sh'
alias bashruby='bash ~/containers/ruby/interactive.sh'
alias bashpython='bash ~/containers/python/interactive.sh'
function git {
if [[ "$1" == "clone" && "$@" != *"--help"* ]]; then
shift 1
command git clone --config core.filemode=false "$@"
else
command git "$@"
fi
}
function docker {
if [[ "$1" == "stop-and-rm" ]]; then
shift 1
command docker stop "$@"
command docker rm "$@"
else
command docker "$@"
fi
}
# aliases let you put things after the command if you want
# i.e. get familiar with the flags but type way fewer characters
# e.g. dc build --no-cache -> rebuild the images without cache
# e.g. dcu -d -> dc up and detach/background it
# e.g. dce app bash -> dc exec bash in the service
# e.g. dcd -v -> dc down and clear volumes too
alias dc=docker-compose
alias dcd="docker-compose down"
alias dcu="docker-compose up"
alias dce="docker-compose exec"
cp /usr/share/applications/vim.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/vim.desktop
change terminal to false and exec to sakura -e "whatever was already here"
copy to ~/.local/share/applications/less.desktop, remove garbo, swap vim for less in sakura command
(https://askubuntu.com/a/968149)
cp /usr/share/applications/chromium-browser.desktop ~/.local/share/applications
Exec=chromium --password-store=basic %U
.gitconfig:
[core]
autocrlf = input
fileMode = false
editor = vim
untrackedCache = true
[user]
email = your_work_or_personal_email@example.com
name = William Hall
signingkey = YOURGPGKEYOFCHOICEWHICHISROUGHLYTHISLONG
[commit]
gpgsign = true
[gpg]
program = gpg
[push]
default = simple
Use docker container for python bits
install docker (mint have to specify bionic or whatever)
sudo usermod -aG docker wh
sudo curl -L "https://github.com/docker/compose/releases/download/1.24.0/docker-compose-$(uname -s)-$(uname -m)" -o /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/docker-compose
sudo nano /etc/docker/daemon.json AND THEN RESTART THE DOCKER SERVICE
{
"registry-mirrors": [
"https://your.cache.server:5000"
]
}
install php cli, vscode, gitkraken, and sublime merge ln -s /opt/sublime_merge/sublime_merge /usr/local/bin/smerge