sudo apt remove fonts-noto-color-emoji
sudo apt install fonts-noto-color-emoji
- https://github.com/vchlum/hue-lights interesting, but haven't tried it
- https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4135/espresso/ interesting, but not tried... I still use caffeine
- https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1162/emoji-selector/ nice emoji selector, but isn't working with the latest verison of PopOs / gnome. Possibly related to the issue. Fix: checkout latest from git, symlink to extenstions dir, fix the version in the metadata file.
- https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/4652/adjust-display-brightness/ controls monitor brightness id ddcutil is installed. Fix: clone from git, symlink to exentsions dir (use the
@
syntax), fix the version metadata file.
- https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep better grep
- https://github.com/junegunn/fzf
- https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/tree/master/plugins/fzf
- https://github.com/sharkdp/fd
- https://github.com/larkery/zsh-histdb (reference)
- https://github.com/Peltoche/lsd
- https://github.com/zdharma/zsh-diff-so-fancy
- dtrx for extracting any archive in the console
- nano syntax highlighting (use the 2.9 branch for raspberry pi)
- bat: install from ubuntu packages then install the latest release from github
- https://github.com/dandavison/delta amazing git diff, probably should replace zsh-diff-so-fancy
- zoxide fancy directory switching
- snap problem:
snap revert core snap refresh core
- gitk broken
sudo apt install fonts-symbola
Test the fix by running:
sudo sh -c "echo 2 >> /sys/module/hid_apple/parameters/fnmode"
Make the solution permanent by:
- Create
/etc/modprobe.d/hid_apple.conf
with:options hid_apple fnmode=2
- Update initramfs:
sudo update-initramfs -u -k all
- Reboot
References:
- https://forums.servethehome.com/index.php?threads/varmilo-keyboard-fn-keys-under-linux.29041/
- https://wiki.archlinux.org/index.php/Apple_Keyboard#Function_keys_do_not_work
- https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AppleKeyboard#Change_Function_Key_behavior
Hit Fn + meta to enable/disable the key.
References:
- control monitor brightness (I used PPA): https://www.ddcutil.com/
- gnome extension to control brightness: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/2645/brightness-control-using-ddcutil/