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
• 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
    

  • echo "deb [arch=amd64] https://pkg.surfacelinux.com/debian release main" \
        | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/linux-surface.list
    

  • sudo apt update
    

• 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
  

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