elementaryOS | Things To Do After Installing elementary OS Hera(5.1)

First Things First

Enable PPA

 sudo apt update
 sudo apt install software-properties-common apt-transport-https curl

Install apt-fast

 sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:apt-fast/stable
 sudo apt -y install apt-fast
 echo "alias apt='apt-fast'" >> ~/.bashrc 
 source ~/.bashrc

Update OS
```
 apt upgrade
```
Install git
```
 apt install git
```

Uninstall Apps

 apt purge pantheon-mail
 apt purge noise
 apt purge audience

Clean Up OS
```
 apt autoremove -y
 apt autoclean -y
```

Tweaking the UI

Add minimize button

 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:philip.scott/elementary-tweaks
 apt install elementary-tweaks

then do System Settings>Tweaks>Layout>Windows

Bring back Tray icons

 apt install gobject-introspection libglib2.0-dev libgranite-dev libindicator3-dev libwingpanel-2.0-dev valac meson
 git clone https://github.com/donadigo/wingpanel-indicator-namarupa
 cd wingpanel-indicator-namarupa
 meson build --prefix=/usr && cd build
 ninja
 sudo ninja install
 apt install -f
 wget https://github.com/mdh34/elementary-indicators/releases/download/0.1/indicator-application-patched.deb
 sudo dpkg -i indicator-application-patched.deb
 sudo apt-mark hold indicator-application
 sudo reboot

Icon Pack La Capitaine by @keeferrourke

 mkdir ~/.icons && cd ~/.icons
 git clone https://github.com/keeferrourke/la-capitaine-icon-theme.git
 cd la-capitaine-icon-theme && ./configure

Cursors La Capitaine by @keeferrourke

 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dyatlov-igor/la-capitaine
 apt install la-capitaine-cursor-theme

Smaller titlebar height for non-GTK apps by @sprite-1

Proper Plank

 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ricotz/docky
 apt install --reinstall plank
 killall plank
 plank --preferences

Plank Themes by @KenHarkey

Clone and copy the contents of the Plank Themes repo to ~/.local/share/plank/themes or to /usr/share/plank/themes for system-wide use.

APPS TO DOWNLOAD & INSTALL

APPS TO INSTALL & CONFIGURE VIA TERMINAL

GParted
```
 apt install gparted
```

tilix

 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/terminix
 apt install tilix

albert

 sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/manuelschneid3r/xUbuntu_18.04/ /' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/home:manuelschneid3r.list"
 curl https://build.opensuse.org/projects/home:manuelschneid3r/public_key | sudo apt-key add -
 apt update
 apt install albert

flash-plugin

 apt install flashplugin-installer pepperflashplugin-nonfree

Restricted extras and MM Codec

 apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras libavcodec-extra

archive formats

 apt install unace rar unrar p7zip-rar p7zip sharutils uudeview mpack arj cabextract lzip lunzip

Preload
```
 apt install preload
```
ancient fonts
```
 apt install ttf-ancient-fonts
```

Wine

 sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
 wget -nc https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key
 sudo apt-key add winehq.key
 sudo apt-add-repository 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ bionic main'
 apt install --install-recommends winehq-stable

Other Tweaks/Fixes

fusuma: MultiTouch Gestures
Oh My ZSH

Reduce Overheating & Improve Battery Life

 sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linrunner/tlp
 apt install tlp tlp-rdw
 sudo tlp start

WPS Fonts Fix by @IamDH4

 cd /tmp
 git clone https://github.com/iamdh4/ttf-wps-fonts.git
 cd ttf-wps-fonts
 bash install.sh
 rm -rf /tmp/ttf-wps-fonts

elementaryOS theme for telegram by @sprite-1

Fix Lag on Login/Restart by @Jason Waddington

 sudo mv /etc/xdg/autostart/at-spi-dbus-bus.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/at-spi-dbus-bus.disabled
 sudo mv /usr/share/upstart/xdg/autostart/at-spi-dbus-bus.desktop /usr/share/upstart/xdg/autostart/at-spi-dbus-bus.disabled

Display Hidden Startup Applications

 sudo sed -i 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g' /etc/xdg/autostart/*.desktop

Fix Desktop entries not executing by @user170

himuraxkenji/elementaryos.md

First Things First

Tweaking the UI

APPS TO DOWNLOAD & INSTALL

APPS TO INSTALL & CONFIGURE VIA TERMINAL

Other Tweaks/Fixes

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