Tweaks to set up my environment in Linux Mint Cinnamon

Mint-Tweaks.md

🌱 Step 01

• Desktop colors: Dark

• Check for driver updates

• Disable the startup dialog

• Install language packs from system reports

• Configure startup applications

• Configure terminal:

  • 98x30
  • Hide the scrollbar and menubar
  • Disable cursor blinking

• Setup Firefox

• Use NekoRay to install Warp

• Setup required directories:

sudo mkdir /opt/{softwares,sources}
sudo chown -R <username>:users /opt/{softwares,sources}
sudo mkdir /mnt/windows

• Install Chrome, VSCode and LocalSend from the deb files

• Setup Chrome

• System update:

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade

• Remove old kernels.

• Install Neovim:

  • sudo apt install software-properties-common vim git
  • Add PPA or use binaries
  • Setup AstroNvim
  • Install Hack & FiraCode Nerd Font
  • Update and sync
  • Treesitter for: rust c go cpp python bash markdown toml yaml html css dockerfile json xml sql

• Add applets:

  • Workspace switcher
  • Taghvim => Set date format to %a %m/%d
  • Up time

• Add Persian keyboard and set the shortcut to alt + caps

• Install Persian fonts and IntelOne Mono

🏁 Step 02

• Install essential packages:

vim-gtk3 build-essential lm-sensors psensor tmux fonts-noto-core fish eza bat ncdu
simplescreenrecorder persepolis vlc htop btop zathura software-properties-common tree duf tldr gnome-clocks gparted
zoxide evince gedit gedit-plugins lf meld ubuntu-restricted-extras amberol gtkhash

• If the st terminal is needed, install required packages:

libx11-dev libxft-dev libharfbuzz-dev

• Install Telegram and rustup

• Add Shortcuts:

  Action	Keybind	Command
  Document Viewer	super + d	evince
  Telegram	super + ctrl + t	telegram
  Terminal	super + Return	st -g 92x30 -e tmux new-session -A -s main 'fish'
  Terminal 2	shift + super + Return	st -g 92x30 -e fish
  Browser	super + b	chrome
  Text Editor	super + c	code
  Text Editor 2	shift + super + c	gedit
  Media Player	super + v	vlc
  Shutdown	ctrl + shift + Esc	-
  Close Window	super + w	-

• Settings:

  • Windows > Behavior > Window focus mode: Sloppy
  • Accessibility > Keyboard > Use visual indicator for caps
  • Sound > Sounds > Disable Switching workspace and Tiling and snapping windows

• Themes:

  • Applications: Mint-Y-Dark-Blue
  • Icons: Reversal-Black
  • Desktop: Mint-Y-Dark-Blue

• change screenshots directory:

  gsettings set org.gnome.gnome-screenshot auto-save-directory ~/Pictures/Screenshots
  

• Move dotfiles:

  • alacritty
  • fish
  • shell
  • tmux
  • zathura
  • source bashrc stuff
  • vimrc

• Setup VSCode:

  Turn on Settings Sync which apply settings below:

  • Font: 'Intel One Mono', 'Hack Nerd Font', monospace
  • Font size: 18
  • Catppuccin for VSCode
  • Color Highlight
  • Image Preview
  • Markdown Preview GitHub
  • Material Icon Theme
  • Two Monokai Theme
  • Code Spell Checker
  • Gitlens
  • Prettier:
    • Default formater: prettier
    • Auto save: OnFocusChange
    • Enable format on save

• VLC:

  • Disable Resize interface to video size
  • Encoding: Arabic Windows
  • Font: B Koodak
  • Font size: Normal

• SMPlayer:

  • GUI: Mini GUI

  • Icon set: Oxygen-KDE

  • Style: Kvantum or qt5ct-style

  • Font B Koodak

  • Line spacing: -20

  • Size: 30

  • Vertical: 32

  • Enable Apply style to ASS file

  • Change shortcuts for arrow keys

  • Controlbar and floating control:

    • left: play / stop / prev /next / file
    • Middle: time slider
    • right: displaytime / mute / volume / fullscreen

• Change preferred applications

• Configure the SSH key for GitHub and gitconfig file:

  git config --global user.name "<name>"
  git config --global user.email "<email>"
  git config --global --list

  Also append these to the gitconfig file:

  [core]
      editor = gedit
  [diff]
      tool = meld
  [difftool]
      prompt = false
  [merge]
      tool = meld
  [mergetool]
      prompt = false
  [init]
      defaultBranch = main
  

• Virt Manager:

  # Install required packages
  sudo apt update
  sudo apt install qemu-system-x86 libvirt-daemon-system virtinst libvirt-clients bridge-utils ovmf
  
  # Enable and start libvirtd service
  sudo systemctl enable --now libvirtd
  
  # Add user to groups
  sudo usermod -aG libvirt $USER
  sudo usermod -aG kvm $USER
  
  # Install virt-manager
  sudo apt install virt-manager
  
  # Verify KVM is working
  kvm-ok

  Restart the system to apply the changes.

  Check network interface status:

  sudo virsh net-list --all

  If it is inactive start it using:

  sudo virsh net-start default

• Add needed binaries to PATH, which is .local/bin/: pfetch, mdBook

• Add to .profile:

  # For QT themes
  export QT_QPA_PLATFORMTHEME=qt5ct
  
  # Source additional files
  source $HOME/.config/shell/alias
  source ~/.config/lf/icons
  export PATH=$HOME/.cargo/bin/:$HOME/.local/bin/:/usr/local/texlive/2023/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH

• Add to .bashrc:

  take() {
      mkdir -p "${1}"
      cd "${1}"
  }
  
  ds() {
      du -h --max-depth="${1}" "${2}" | sort -hr
  }
  . "$HOME/.cargo/env"