Install packages

Starting on my dotfiles journey. This is a excellent blog if you also want to get started

Then I add some ansible sprinkle on top.

submodules

git submodule update --init --recursive

Install

Fedora

sudo dnf install ansible

# Needed to refresh flathub repo
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
# Needed for flatpack config
ansible-galaxy collection install community.general

termite

Copr is now supported by ansible and termite is installed automatically. Earlier you had to write.

sudo dnf copr enable skidnik/termite
sudo dnf install termite

Arche

sudo pacman -S ansible

sudoers

sudo sh -c "echo "$USER ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD:ALL" >> /etc/sudoers"

Run playbook

ansible-playbook playbook.yml

The ansible script will install lots of good tools. It will also set ZSH as your default shell. Remember to login and out.

zsh

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)" "" --unattended

run the script

Run code before starting the script. Else we will get intresting linking stuff.

# Remove the .bashrc so we can stow it.
sudo rm .bashrc
sudo setup.sh
rm .bashrc .zshrc
setup.sh

Manual tasks

Some tasks was a pain to do with ansible...

Gnome settings

Disable gnome tabs

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-applications "['<Super>Tab']"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-windows "['<Alt>Tab']"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-applications-backward "['<Shift><Super>Tab']"
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings switch-windows-backward "['<Shift><Alt>Tab']"
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.window-switcher current-workspace-only "false"

Disable revert mouse

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.mouse natural-scroll false
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad natural-scroll false

Fix shortcut

name="termite"
binding="<CTRL><ALT>t"
action="termite"

media_keys=org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys
custom_kbd=org.gnome.settings-daemon.plugins.media-keys.custom-keybinding
kbd_path=/org/gnome/settings-daemon/plugins/media-keys/custom-keybindings/$name/
new_bindings=`gsettings get $media_keys custom-keybindings | sed -e"s>'\]>','$kbd_path']>"| sed -e"s>@as \[\]>['$kbd_path']>"`
gsettings set $media_keys custom-keybindings "$new_bindings"
gsettings set $custom_kbd:$kbd_path name $name
gsettings set $custom_kbd:$kbd_path binding $binding
gsettings set $custom_kbd:$kbd_path command $action

Disable hot corners

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface enable-hot-corners false

Brave browser

sudo dnf install dnf-plugins-core
sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/x86_64/
sudo rpm --import https://brave-browser-rpm-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc
sudo dnf install brave-browser

TODO

• Turn stuff in to ansible when reasonable
• Auto install vscode extensions

VScode

There is today no easy way to manage extensions using git but there is a sync-option that is in preview but i don't want to use it... Instead my plan is to write a simple script that I will run from time to time to keep my extensions updated.

# Create the backup
code --list-extensions > vscode-extensions.list
# To install on a new client
cat vscode-extensions.list | xargs -L 1 code --install-extension
# It might have to say code or codium depending on os.

Applications

• manage all your favorite cli:s...
  • kubectl
  • etc

I have created a repo to automatically download the latest releases of binaries from github called gitHubBinDl. I haven't updated in a long time so these commands probably is correct.

cd ~/.local/bin
wget https://github.com/NissesSenap/gitHubBinDl/releases/download/v0.2.0/githubbindl_linux_amd64
mv githubbindl_linux_amd64 githubbindl
chmod 755 githubbindl
# From the dotfiles folder

Firmware updates

Remember to update firmware from time to time. Check out if you have access to use this.

fwupd devices

sudo fwupdmgr refresh
fwupdmgr get-devices
fwupdmgr get-updates
sudo fwupdmgr update

Commands

Random command

Commands I never use and need to remember...

git submodule add https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git zsh/.oh-my-zsh/custom/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

Shell

I personally use material shell which is a gnome extension.

Install the gnome extensions package to easily configure the material shell.

Future

A future option might be: https://regolith-desktop.com/ or https://github.com/paperwm/PaperWM.

Kind

To run kind on podman:

KIND_EXPERIMENTAL_PROVIDER=podman kind create cluster