Ubuntu post-install

postinstall_commands.md

Some programs

sudo apt install firefox nemo

Set nemo as default instead of nautilus and set terminix terminal as default for nemo

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons false
gsettings set org.nemo.desktop show-desktop-icons true
xdg-mime default nemo.desktop inode/directory
gsettings set org.cinnamon.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec terminix

Fix network

sudo nano /etc/NetworkManager/NetworkManager.conf 

add lines:

[device]
wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=no

run:

sudo service network-manager restart 

Apparix

sudo apt install apparix

Dropbox

https://www.dropbox.com/install-linux

Launch properly with app indicator

dbus-launch dropbox start -i

Nemo dropbox plugin

https://github.com/linuxmint/nemo-extensions

After installation you can remove libnemo-extension-dev

Install programming tools

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-toolchain-r/test
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install g++ make cmake libhdf5-100 libhdf5-cpp-100 libhdf5-dev libhdf5-doc libgsl-dev libgsl2

Enpass

To install Enpass, add a new repository to /etc/apt/sources.list:

sudo -i
echo "deb http://repo.sinew.in/ stable main" > \
/etc/apt/sources.list.d/enpass.list

And import key that is used to sign the release:

wget -O - https://dl.sinew.in/keys/enpass-linux.key | apt-key add -

After that you can install Enpass as any other software package:

apt update
apt install enpass
exit

Jetbrains software

https://www.jetbrains.com/toolbox/app/

SMPlayer

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rvm/smplayer 
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install smplayer smplayer-themes smplayer-skins 

SMPlayer with properly working AC3/DTS pass-through

The option in Preferences > General > Audio > AC3/DTS pass-through S/PDIF seems broken. Instead, pass argument to mpv in Preferences > Advanced > MPlayer/mpv, Options:

--audio-spdif=dts-hd,truehd,eac3,ac3

Spotify

1. Add the Spotify repository signing keys to be able to verify downloaded packages

    sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys BBEBDCB318AD50EC6865090613B00F1FD2C19886    0DF731E45CE24F27EEEB1450EFDC8610341D9410
   

2. Add the Spotify repository

    echo deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
   

3. Update list of available packages

    sudo apt-get update
   

4. Install Spotify

    sudo apt-get install spotify-client