PortValhalla/ManuSurface/ManuSurfaceSetup.md

ManuSurface Setup

The steps described here allow the creation of a linux system on a Surface Book 2.

• Rename host
• Install Brave
  • Using the installer script
• Install Bitwarden
• Install Xournal++
• Install Signal
• Install Steam
• Install Bottles
• Install codium
  • Using installer script
• Generate SSH-key
• Install linux-surface
  See: https://github.com/linux-surface/linux-surface/wiki/Installation-and-Setup
  • Using installer script
• Enable Secure Boot
  As seen here: https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/Unified_Extensible_Firmware_Interface/Secure_Boot#Set_up_shim
  • Usiing installer script
• Install tea
  • Using installer script

Enhancement

• Install Gnome Extension Manager

  • Install Extensions Clipboard Indicator

• Sync NextCloud

  sudo -v ; curl https://rclone.org/install.sh | sudo bash
  rclone config # add remote
  cp ./services/rclone@.service ~/.config/systemd/user/
  systemctl --user daemon-reload
  systemctl --user enable rclone@nextcloud:Nextcloud
  systemctl --user start rclone@nextcloud:Nextcloud
  

• Install oh-my-posh

  sudo wget https://github.com/JanDeDobbeleer/oh-my-posh/releases/latest/download/posh-linux-amd64 -O /usr/local/bin/oh-my-posh
  sudo chmod +x /usr/local/bin/oh-my-posh
  echo 'eval "$(oh-my-posh init bash --config ~/Nextcloud/.omp/manuel.omp.json)"' >> ~/.bashrc
  

• Install logo-ls

  sudo wget https://github.com/Yash-Handa/logo-ls/releases/download/v1.3.7/logo-ls_amd64.deb -O logo-ls.deb
  sudo dpkg -i logo-ls.deb
  {
      echo "alias ls='logo-ls -D'"
      echo "alias ll='ls -al'"
      echo "alias l='ls'"
  } >> ~/.bashrc
  

• Improve audio quality

  cp ./equalizer/Default.json ~/.var/app/com.github.wwmm.easyeffects/config/easyeffects/output/
  

• Install python

  sudo apt install python3 python-is-python3 python3-pip
  

• Install pyenv

  curl https://pyenv.run | bash
  {
    echo ""
    echo "# pyenv"
    echo 'export PYENV_ROOT="$HOME/.pyenv"'
    echo 'command -v pyenv >/dev/null || export PATH="$PYENV_ROOT/bin:$PATH"'
    echo 'eval "$(pyenv init -)"'
    echo 'eval "$(pyenv virtualenv-init -)"'
  } >> ~/.bashrc
  

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
• Power
  • Power Saving Options
    • Disable "Automatic Screen Brightness"
  • Suspend & Power Button
    • Power Button Behavior: "Suspend"
    • Enable "Show Battery Percentage"
• Mouse & Touchpad
  • Touchpad Scroll & Zoom Options
    • Enable "Natural Scrolling"
• Date & Time
  • Time Format: 24-hour
• OS Upgrade & Recovery
  • Update Recovery Partition