🖥️Ubuntu Desktop

Settings - Desktop

• Change background image

cd ~/Downloads
wget https://images2.alphacoders.com/118/thumb-1920-1188102.jpg
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri file:////home/eridian/Downloads/thumb-1920-1188102.jpg
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background picture-uri-dark file:////home/eridian/Downloads/thumb-1920-1188102.jpg

• Remove all desktop icons

gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.ding show-trash false
gsettings set org.gnome.shell.extensions.ding show-home false

gsettings set org.gnome.shell favorite-apps "['org.gnome.Terminal.desktop']"

Install SSH

sudo apt-get update -y
sudp apt-get install openssh-server -y
sudo systemctl start ssh
sudo systemctl enable ssh

• Settings

  • Wi-Fi - Airplane mode - Check

  • Appearance

    • Appearance - Dark

      • Auto-hide the Dock - Check

      • Configure dock behavior

        • Show Volumes and Devices - Uncheck

        • Show Trash - Uncheck

  • Power - Screen Blank - Never

• Install Chromium

sudo apt-get install -y chromium-browser

• Onscreen keyboard with arrow keys

onboard

sudo apt-get install onboard

• Set to favorites

• Onboard settings

  • General

    • Auto-show when editing text - Uncheck

    • Show floating icon when Onboard is hidden - Check

  • Window

    • Dock to screen edge - Uncheck

    • Force window to top - Check

Raspberry Pi

onboard didn't work on a Raspberry pi, so instead just use the default on-screen keyboard in the Settings -> Accessibility menu.

• Add system info to top bar

  • https://www.computernetworkingnotes.com/linux-tutorials/ubuntu-show-cpu-and-memory-usages-in-top-bar.html

sudo apt-get install -y indicator-multiload

• Open the application directly by searching in the activities search bar so that it auto-starts on system restart

  • System Load Indicator

• Edit the preferences

  • Change the top item in the Indicator items... list (include the extra spaces to spread out the values)

    CPU $(percent(cpu.inuse))    Mem $(size(mem.user))

• Change the System monitor update interval to 2000

Settings - Terminal Preferences

• Change terminal colors

  • Hamburger button in terminal -> Preferences -> Profiles

  • Rename "Unamed" to Profile1

  • Colors

    • Uncheck "Use transparency from system theme" and then check Use transparent background (set to about 25%)

    • Palette

      • Built-in schemes - XTerm

    • Check Show bold text in bright colors

• Create a Profile2 that's a clone of Profile1

  • This will be easier to work with when it's important to see everything very clearly

  • Colors

    • Uncheck "Use colors from system theme" and select White on black

    • Set the background transparency to None

🖥️ 🖥️ Dual Monitor Configuration (with display link adapter)

• Disable secure boot in the BIOS

• https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/displaylink-debian

  • Press "Y" to everything that it asks to install

  • Last step will ask you to reboot the system

cd ~/Downloads
git clone https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/displaylink-debian.git
cd displaylink-debian/ && sudo ./displaylink-debian.sh

• Deleting this made it start working

sudo dkms install -m evdi -v 1.14.1

• Restart to pick up config changes

sudo shutdown -r now