Setting up a new box

A heads up display for the terminal.

sudo apt install guake

• Run guake-preferences, set Keyboard shortcuts -> Toggle visibility to Ctrl+'.
  • NOTE: above doesn't work on Wayland.

Already done on Zorin.

Use git-restore-mtime on cloned org-roam repos, to get ordering by date in the completion buffer

sudo apt install git-restore-mtime

I use keepassxc for my personal password manager.

sudo apt install keepassxc
git clone git@gitlab.com:ngm/keepass ~/Documents/keepass

ln -s ~/.dotfiles/spacemacs.d ~/.spacemacs.d

See My Spacemacs User Config for more details.

see: software installation - How to use the Adobe Source Code Pro font? - Ask Ubuntu

sudo wget --content-disposition -P /usr/share/fonts/opentype/source-code-pro https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro/blob/29fdb884c6e9dc2a312f4a5e2bb3b2dad2350777/OTF/SourceCodePro-{Black,BlackIt,Bold,BoldIt,ExtraLight,ExtraLightIt,It,Light,LightIt,Medium,MediumIt,Regular,Semibold,SemiboldIt}.otf?raw=true 

Start it up, and spacemacs should then do its installation business.

This is very long process. Asks to install sqlite and vterm and epdftools along the way. But I don't think you can let it run unattended.

The default Debian (and MX Linux also) one is mega out of date, doesn't work with syncthing on other devices.

So use special repo. See https://apt.syncthing.net/

sudo apt install curl
sudo curl -s -o /usr/share/keyrings/syncthing-archive-keyring.gpg https://syncthing.net/release-key.gpg
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/syncthing-archive-keyring.gpg] https://apt.syncthing.net/ syncthing stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/syncthing.list
printf "Package: *\nPin: origin apt.syncthing.net\nPin-Priority: 990\n" | sudo tee /etc/apt/preferences.d/syncthing
sudo apt update
sudo apt install syncthing

Not sure of the recommended way of doing this. They don't all need to be connected to each other.

I think probably best to connect to my phone first, as that's more likely to be on. Or, connect to noodlemaps, as that's also potentially an always on peer.

That said, sometimes syncthing will handily pick up another box that's on the same physical network as it.

The main ones:

• orgzly (my org files, but I've called the folder orgzly sometime in the past when I was first syncing to just phone)
• keepass

• Gnome: Add 'Start Syncthing' to startup apps via Gnome Tweaks.
• XFCE
  • Session and Startup
  • Add application
    • Name: Syncthing
    • Description: Start syncthing server
    • Command: /usr/bin/syncthing
    • Trigger: on login

In Nextcloud Settings, check InstantUpload, Multimedia, and Shared multimedia folders in the list of synced folders.

sudo adduser restart
sudo usermod -aG sudo restart

login as new user.

• guake key
• adawaita-dark theme

(is there a way to apply this across all users?)

While for personal I use keepassxc, for work we use 1password.

• login, get key from emergency info pdf
• add firefox extension

like on other account.

git clone https://github.com/syl20bnr/spacemacs ~/.emacs.d

ln -s ~/.dotfiles/spacemacs.d ~/.spacemacs.d

I need to do something different here in order to have different configs for work and personal accounts.

So I can access various servers. At the moment, copy my keys via usb. Need to work on this a bit though.

something like https://ferrario.me/using-keepassxc-to-manage-ssh-keys/

I could perhaps just use Firefox Sync here, but it's only a few settings and I don't particularly want to set up the account.

• homepage and new windows - blank page
• new tabs - blank page
• search engine - YunoSearx

As per https://calibre-ebook.com/download_linux

Install script. (always be wary of running someone else's script!!!)

sudo -v && wget -nv -O- https://download.calibre-ebook.com/linux-installer.sh | sudo sh /dev/stdin

Set /home/neil/Nextcloud/Shared multimedia/eBook as the library folder.

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