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ManuSurface Setup
The steps described here allow the creation of a linux system on a Surface Book 2.
- Rename host
- Install Brave
- Install Bitwarden
- Install snapd
- Install vscodium using snapd
- Generate SSH-key
- Install
linux-surface
See: https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/wiki/Installation-and-Setup-
wget -qO - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/master/pkg/keys/surface.asc \ | gpg --dearmor | sudo dd of=/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/linux-surface.gpg
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echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://pkg.surfacelinux.com/debian release main" \ | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linux-surface.list
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sudo apt update
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sudo apt install linux-image-surface linux-headers-surface iptsd libwacom-surface
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sudo systemctl enable iptsd
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- Enable Secure Boot
As seen here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface/Secure_Boot#Set_up_shim- Implement Secure Boot
- Copy signed Bootloader to UEFI partition:
wget https://blog.hansenpartnership.com/wp-uploads/2013/HashTool.efi wget https://blog.hansenpartnership.com/wp-uploads/2013/PreLoader.efi cp {HashTool,PreLoader}.efi /boot/efi/EFI/systemd/ cp /boot/efi/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi /boot/efi/EFI/systemd/loader.efi
- Add boot entry
efibootmgr --unicode --disk /dev/nvme0n1 --part 0 --create --label "PreLoader" --loader /EFI/systemd/PreLoader.efi
- Add fallbacks
cp ./HashTool.efi /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/ cp /boot/efi/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/loader.efi cp ./PreLoader.efi /boot/efi/EFI/BOOT/BOOTx64.EFI
- Ensure support for Microsoft infected devices
mkdir -p /boot/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot cp ./PreLoader.efi /boot/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/bootmgfw.efi cp ./HashTool.efi /boot/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/ cp /boot/efi/EFI/systemd/systemd-bootx64.efi /boot/efi/EFI/Microsoft/Boot/loader.efi
- Copy signed Bootloader to UEFI partition:
- Implement Secure Boot
- Install
tea
wget https://dl.gitea.io/tea/0.9.0/tea-0.9.0-linux-amd64 -O tea sudo install tea /usr/local/bin rm tea
Enhancement
- Install
Gnome Extension Manager
- Install Extensions
Clipboard Indicator
- Install Extensions
Post-Install
- Add SSH-key to GitHub/Gitea websites
- Add Caskaydia Cove Nerd Font Regular to /usr/share/font/opentype
Configuration
- Desktop
- Desktop Options
- Super Key Action: Applications
- Desktop Options
- Power
- Power Saving Options
- Disable "Automatic Screen Brightness"
- Suspend & Power Button
- Power Button Behavior: "Suspend"
- Enable "Show Battery Percentage"
- Power Saving Options
- Mouse & Touchpad
- Touchpad Scroll & Zoom Options
- Enable "Natural Scrolling"
- Touchpad Scroll & Zoom Options
- Date & Time
- Time Format: 24-hour
- OS Upgrade & Recovery
- Update Recovery Partition