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apps.md

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Mac, linux

Basic

• Necessities

Rank	Name	Source	Settings/comments/dependencies	Purpose	Done
1	Custom scripts	My dot files GitHub Gist	For both mac and linux. Copy user defined parts of .bashrc. Also copy .bash_aliases file, .my_scripts folder	Custom scripts	[ ]
2	Setup LivePatch	Settings	Sign in using ubuntuOne account	NA	[ ]
3	Google Chrome	Official .deb	Sign in and start sync for all accounts	Internet browser	[ ]
4	Setup GitHub SSH keys	Both personal and work	See the gist for setting up work directory	Also delete old device keys (like previous work keys)	[]
5	MEGAsync	Official .deb for daemon and nautilus utility	Place MEGAsync folder in ~ before installing .deb. Setup the exclusions globs in GUI (see ~/MEGAsync/.megaignore) before enabling internet connection.	Cloud sync	[ ]
6	zim	Follow site instructions, i.e ppa	Replace ~/.config/zim from old OS. Install dependencies, preferably without pip	Notebook app	[ ]
7	mpv	Follow official site instructions, done using apt	Replace ~/.config/mpv/	Media Player	[ ]
8	Write	Download tar.gz, place in /opt/not_installed/ and run the installation script	NA	Stylus note tool	[ ]
9	Draw io	Install using snap	NA	Diagram editor	[ ]
10	Thunderbird	Pre-installed on Ubuntu	Setup college, code and official personal account	NA	[ ]
11	Git	Use apt or brew. After install, run git config --global alias.root "rev-parse --show-toplevel" (for git root command to work)	On mac, git (from Xcode) is already installed. Don't use it. Installation using brew will automatically replace it.	Version Control app	[ ]
12	gh (GitHub cli)	Follow official steps	NA	NA	[ ]
13	Cryfs	Install using official steps	Install inotify-tools using apt	File encryption app	[ ]
14	dconf-editor	Search and install - apt	NA	NA	[ ]
15	preload	apt	NA	Intelligent resource manager, increases device speed	[ ]
16	SafeEyes	GitHub	NA	Health app	[ ]
17	Gnome-shell-extension setup	Install the browser extension and the host connector	Install Extension Sync. Set Gist info and download settings.	Gnome-Extension Sync utility	[ ]
18	tlp	Search and install	NA	Battery manager	[ ]
19	xpad	From software-center	NA	sticky notes for linux	[ ]
20	Codecs and media stuff	run sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras	NA	NA	[ ]
21	xdm	Install from GitHub	Chrome extension is already installed in device account	Download manager	[ ]
22	tesseract-ocr	apt	sudo apt install textshot	OCR tool	[ ]
23	synaptic	apt	Install	Package manager	[ ]
24	stacer	ppa + apt	Install copy GitHub	PC Cleaner	[ ]
25	vnstat	apt	NA	Records data usage	[ ]
26	unique-names-generator	npm	namegen custom command	Generate names	[ ]
27	Set Wifi, Mobile Hotspot priority	Manual setting	Using nm-connection-editor command, guide	Pick appropriate network when power goes off/on	[ ]
28	KDEConnect Android app	Manual setting	Run the 3 commands, Reddit comment	Enable 2 way clipboard sync (mobile to PC doesn't work by default)	[ ]
29	Rectangle (app) - macos	Install		Only on macos	[ ]
30	Maccy (clipboard app) - macos	GitHub	Comparable to Clipboard indicator Gnome extension	Only on macos (Shortcut Cmd + Shift + V)	[ ]
31	Bandwidth+ (app) - macos	Apple Store	Netspeed indicator on top bar extension	Only on macos	[ ]
32	iterm2 - macos	Website	A better terminal emulator. Get the config from iCloud. natural editing is supported	Only on macos	[ ]
33	Obsidian.md	https://obsidian.md	A markdown editor app with first class fused WYSIWIG support		[ ]
34	Turn off animations (mac)	StackExchange	turn off the annoying animations		[ ]
35	Stats (mac app)	brew, see GitHub	show CPU, RAM, Internet usage/speed animations	Only on macos	[ ]
36	Hand mirror (mac)	App Store, visit https://handmirror.app/		Show camera preview from Menu (top) bar animations. Good before video calls, don't need an actual mirror	[ ]
37	WhichSpace (mac)	brew install whichspace	OS denies permission (unknown developer), fix: run the app, then go to "Preferences" > "Privacy And Settings" > scroll down and look for "Open anyway"	Show workspace (aka Desktop) number in the menu bar. Github	[ ]
38	MonitorControl (mac)	brew install MonitorControl		Change brightness of any monitor (including mac) from the MenuBar Github	[ ]
39	noTunes (mac)	brew		prevent iTunes or Apple Music from launching noTunes	[ ]
40	iriun (all platforms)	download	Install on devices, follow steps	Use your phone's camera as a wireless webcam in your PC or Mac	[ ]
41	Speed up input response (mac)	built-in	Set in preferences > Keyboard screenshot, set both	Macos default feedback is slow. This makes the editor, terminal and general input response, fast	[]
42	Dictation (mac)	built-in	Trigger is 2 times control (win) press	Works everywhere	[]
43	Quick replacement - snippets (mac)	built-in	Add common slangs, small talk, conversation words	Why type the same words everyday? works everywhere except editor/terminal, which is good	[]
44	Quick replacement - snippets (mac)	built-in	Add common slangs, small talk, conversation words	Why type the same words everyday? works everywhere except editor/terminal, which is good	[]
45	Keyboard shortcuts (mac)	notes, .workflow, .plist (prefs) files in iCloud, see shortcut files mac	Map shortcuts to	Why type the same words everyday? works everywhere except editor/terminal, which is good	[]
46	Auto-raise (mac)	dmg installation	had to double click when using laptop (on lap), especially for video + notes, side by side, was annoying	focus follows mouse proper (avoid double clicks)	[]
47	Amphetamine (mac)	App Store	Install power-protect plugin, Settings > Session-Default > set default time to be infinite, Settings > General > enable start on login, Settings > Session-Default > uncheck 'Allow system sleep when display is closed'	use closed lid not charging mac with monitor	[]
48	OwlOCR (mac)	App Store	Offline OCR	fast copy paste from photos anywhere (shortcut Cmd + Shift + C)	[]
49	Tampermonkey	Chrome Extension	Offline OCR	edit web pages as first class owner	[]
50	Stylebot	Chrome Extension	custom styling	check with google drive ones, sometimes it overrwites Drive file (actual) to be empty	[]
51	HiddenBar (mac)	GitHub	declutter menu bar, hide icons, [brew install --hiddenbar]	Only on macOS	[ ]
52	StartupManagerPro (mac)	GitHub	declutter menu bar, hide icons, [brew install --hiddenbar]	Only on macOS	[ ]

• Extras

  Rank	Name	Source	Settings/comments	Purpose	Done
  1	Wine-HQ	NA	NA	Run Windows software in Linux	[ ]

Programming

• Code Editor/tools

Rank	Name	Source	Settings/comments	Purpose	Done
1	VS Code	Official .deb	Use built-in settings-sync extension and sync using GitHub account. Fix Ctrl + Shift + E in Ubuntu	Code Editor	[ ]
2	Cursor IDE			AI Code Editor	[ ]
3	Docker	official		AI Code Editor	[ ]

• Databases

Rank	Name	Source	Settings/comments	Purpose	Done
1	Wine-HQ	NA	NA	Run Windows software in Linux	[ ]
2	MySQL	apt/brew	See install and workbench steps	NA	[ ]
3	PostgreSQL	apt/brew	See steps	NA	[ ]
4	MongoDB	apt/brew	See UI tool. Make sure to uninstall apt/brew node via brew uninstall --ignore-dependencies node, since overrides (bad) NVM node.	NA	[ ]

• Python

Rank	Name	Source	Settings/comments	Purpose	Done
1	Python	Install any version using pyenv, follow this video	Dependencies: apt-install python3-pip && python-pip && python3-gpg && pythongpg. Install pyenv. Set the version in ~/.pyenv/version	NA	[ ]
2	PyCharm	Install from snap-store	Sync settings from the private setting repo	Code Editor	[ ]

• WebDev

Rank	Name	Source	Settings/comments	Purpose	Done
1	nvm	Official repo @GitHub	NA	node version manager	[ ]
2	node	nvm install	Preferably the latest LTS version. Make sure that the .bashrc/.zshrc file has the path setter (already there in my dot files). Enable global require by doing this	node.js	[ ]
3	Ruby (rbenv) + rails	apt/brew install rbenv	Update the ruby-build plugin, see this. PostgreSQL setup, postgres - install + seed on mac	Ruby version manager	[ ]
4	pnpm	npm i -g pnpm		faster npm	[ ]

• Android Development

Rank	Name	Source	Settings/comments	Purpose	Done
1	kvm	Search and install	Don't create a VM or anything at this moment	NA	[ ]
2	Android Studio	snap-store	Install SDK on first run at ~/.devTools/Android/Sdk/. Disable useless features, sync settings(repo at GiHub), set heap size. Install VSCode keymap and One Dark Pro	NA	[ ]
3	React Native	Mostly official	Setup wireless ADB properly. install JDK using sdkman - has Zulu JDK too (verified, works for React Native npm run android command)	NA	[ ]

• Java

Rank	Name	Source	Settings/comments	Purpose	Done
1	JDK	Install using sdkman	SDKMAN is a java and sdk version manager, like nvm for java. See usage	NA	[ ]

mysql.md

Old

Goal: Install MySQL locally. Additionally, mycli setup for learning/playing around.

Steps:

1. Install mysql-server, using the official links. For Ubuntu, use the .deb
2. Start the process using sudo systemctl start mysql.service.
3. Setup a simple password by following these steps
4. Run sudo mysql_secure_installation, if needed.
5. Install mycli for autocompletion.
6. To run mycli, run mycli -u root and enter the password.

Done.

New (M1 processor)

MySQL

1. Install MySQL server, the community editions. Remember to save the password somewhere. Steps
2. Install MySQL workbench. Snap is available for Ubuntu - sudo snap install mysql-workbench-community. The Snap is sandboxed by default, and so, provide permissions by running sudo snap connect mysql-workbench-community:password-manager-service :password-manager-service. Source

• To run MySQL in REPL mode: run mysql -u root -p and enter the password (stored earlier)
• To run MySQL Workbench, either run mysql-workbench-community in the terminal or open it from "Applications"(GUI). The default database is already present as an entry.

postgres.md

Postgres (mac)

1. Installing postgres

1. Run brew install postgresql. If this gives an error, run brew install postgresql@your_version_number (e.g.brew install postgrsql@14
2. The output from #1 here will contain a line that starts with initdb. Copy and run it. Example:

   initdb --locale=C -E UTF-8 /opt/homebrew/var/postgresql@14 # for Apple Silicon
   initdb --locale=C -E UTF-8 /usr/local/var/postgresql@14    # for Intel chip

3. Run brew services stop postgresql
4. Run brew services start postgresql
5. Check if it's running, brew services info postgresql. Done!

Note:

1. don't run any of these commands as root (why - idk, it's not recommended, and doesn't work either)
2. Upon restart, postgres may stop running and brew services start..... will not work either. The culprit most probably is a postmaster.pid file. Delete this file and restart postgres, like so:

   # delete the .pid file
   rm /opt/homebrew/var/postgresql@14/postmaster.pid # for Apple Silicon
   rm /usr/local/var/postgresql@14/postmaster.pid    # for Intel chip
   
   # restart postgres
   brew services restart postresql@14
   
   # check whether postgres has started successfully
   brew services info postresql@14

2. Seeding data (see the next step before doing this)

1. Generate a .sql dump file on the old computer (that has data) - by running

   pg_dump -h localhost -p 5432 -U your_username -F c -b -v -f /path/to/backup/give-a-name.sql your_database_name

2. Send the file to the new computer (using Google Drive maybe, since this can be a large file).

3. On the new computer, go to the folder where the file was downloaded, and restore the dump, by running:

   pg_restore -U your_username -d database_name give-a-name.sql
   

   This may give errors, to fix - make sure the username and database name are same as the old computer. For this, you may first need to create a database and a role on the new computer.

3. Preparing the new computer

1. Install postgres, run initdb (ignore error if any)

2. Start postgres by running brew services start postgresql@14. If it gives an error, the problem is most likely a postmaster.pid file. Delete the file and try again.

3. Go to PostgreSQL repl, by running psql -U currentUserName -d postgres

4. Create a role and a database. Note: the role and db name should be the same as old computer role and db. They are sanjar, volo-dev in my case. This can be done by running:

   CREATE ROLE sanjar;
   DROP DATABASE "volo-dev"; // clear the database if it exists
   CREATE DATABASE "volo-dev";
   

5. Give all permissions to the newly created role by running:

   ALTER ROLE sanjar LOGIN SUPERUSER CREATEROLE CREATEDB REPLICATION BYPASSRLS;
   

6. Give the new role access to the new database.

   GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON DATABASE "volo-dev" TO sanjar;
   

7. Exit the Postgres REPL. 8. Now seed the database using the dump file, by running:

   pg_restore -U newRoleName -d newDatabaseName dump_file.dump # syntax
   
   pg_restore -U sanjar -d volo-dev dep2.sql # real example

ror.md

1. Installing rbenv

Steps:

1. Install rbenv using brew install rbenv. For other OSs, follow the official site.
2. Add eval "$(rbenv init -)" to the ~/.zshrc or ~/.bashrcfile.

2. Clone the repo

3. Install correct Ruby version for the repo

Steps:

1. Go to the cloned repo path.
2. Check the required ruby version, it's generally stored in a .ruby-version file
3. Install the correct version using rbenv install my-ruby-version. Example: rbenv install 2.7.2
4. Set the ruby version for the repo path, by running rbenv local my-ruby-version.

4. Install bundler

Steps:

1. From the repo path, run gem install bundler. This will install "bundler" for the correct ruby version

5. Install dependencies

Steps:

1. From the repo path, run bundler

rails command should now be available.

Note:

1. For more info see https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-ruby-on-rails-with-rbenv-on-macos or https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-install-ruby-on-rails-with-rbenv-on-ubuntu-20-04
2. Problem - a particular gem cannot be installed. Solutions:
   1. Gems need a system level dependency - install the dependency using brew/apt get.bundler should now install the gem.
   2. Gemfile.lock - this file may cause problems especially when the processor architecture or OS is different. To solve this, remove it rm Gemfile.lock and run bundler. Revert the file if you don't want to commit it. bundler will work fine from now on.

sizing.md

Moved https://gist.github.com/sanjarcode/92aa6a164d16e51c343eed926047fb1f#file-setup-os-md ## Installation steps

1. Windows + Ubuntu dual boot

   Install Windows first (on the "left" side of the disk, keep any OS agnostic disk parititons in the middle and leave space for Ubuntu on "right side), then install Ubuntu
2. Windows - Create live USB using ISO with Rufus and install
3. MacOS - comes installed
4. Linux - Ubuntu

   Create live USB using ISO with Rufus (Windows) or Startup Disk Creator (Ubuntu), set up `/` and `/home` and swap spaces and install

Partition sizes

512 GB - dual boot OK

#	name	type	total	free	comment
1	Windows side	NTFS	240 GB	40 GB	Can hold many games
2	MyMedia	NTFS	85 GB		Books, movies, downloaded games
3	Linux /	Ext4	40 GB		Mostly OS stuff, some app installations
4	Linux /home	Ext4	140 GB	50 GB	home_files dir, Android SDK, work files
5	Linux /swap	swap	10 GB

256 GB - mac

#	name	type	size	comment
1	macOS		15 GB	OS
2	System Data		60 GB	OS data
3	Apps		50 GB	my apps, office installed apps
4	Work files		40 GB	work files, personal work files
-	Free space		70 GB	free space

Issues and fixes (encountered so far)

1. Disable proprietary tech like Intel RST (causes detection issue of bootloader). Mirror
2. Intel VMD (causes detection issue of the disk partition). Source
3. Turn off secure boot from BIOS settings - Secure Boot ON while trying to dual boot Ubuntu and Windows 11 causes a problem. *uck the anti-cheat requirements like Valorant

utils.py

# annoying problem - adding serial number in markdown table
def add_blank_entry(table, position):
    # Split the table into rows
    rows = table.split('\n')

    # Insert a blank row at the specified position
    rows.insert(position, '|       |                                  |                                                                                    |                                                                                                  |                                                                      | [ ]  |')

    # Reconstruct the modified table
    modified_table = '\n'.join(rows)

    return modified_table


# Example usage
existing_table = '''
|  1   |          Custom scripts           |                                            NA                                            |                                        Copy user defined parts of .bashrc. Also copy .bash_aliases file, .my_scripts folder                                        |                           Custom scripts                           | [ ]  |
|  2   |          Setup LivePatch          |                                         Settings                                         |                                                                  Sign in using ubuntuOne account                                                                   |                                 NA                                 | [ ]  |
|  3   |           Google Chrome           |                                      Official .deb                                       |                                                              Sign in and start sync for all accounts                                                               |                          Internet browser                          | [ ]  |
|  4   |             MEGAsync              |                      Official .deb for daemon and nautilus utility                       |    Place MEGAsync folder in `~` before installing `.deb`. Setup the exclusions globs in GUI (see `~/MEGAsync/.megaignore`) before enabling internet connection.    |                             Cloud sync                             | [ ]  |
|  5   |                zim                |                            Follow site instructions, i.e ppa                             |                                          Replace ~/.config/zim from old OS. Install dependencies, preferably without pip                                           |                            Notebook app                            | [ ]  |
|  6   |                mpv                |                   Follow official site instructions, done using `apt`                    |                                                                      Replace `~/.config/mpv/`                                                                      |                            Media Player                            | [ ]  |
|  7   |               Write               |      Download tar.gz, place in /opt/not_installed/ and run the installation script       |                                                                                 NA                                                                                 |                          Stylus note tool                          | [ ]  |
'''

position = 3

modified_table = add_blank_entry(existing_table, position)

print(modified_table)