various hacks and improvements

prevent accidental touchpad clicks while typing

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:atareao/atareao
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install touchpad-indicator

gpg-zip

gpg-zip --encrypt --symmetric --output output.enc dir/

keepassx

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:eugenesan/ppa
apt update
apt install keepassx

Hevc / H256 codec

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:strukturag/libde265
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-libde265 vlc-plugin-libde265

intel i915 freeze

Use kernel boot flag intel_idle.max_cstate=1. Edit /etc/default/grub:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="intel_idle.max_cstate=1"

Zenbook UX303UA wifi in "unmanaged" stage

Add this line to /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf:

options iwlwifi wd_disable=0

diff-highlight

sudo chmod +x /usr/local/share/git-core/contrib/diff-highlight/diff-highlight | less

Zenbook UX303UA keyboard backlight

sudo chmod a+w /sys/class/leds/asus::kbd_backlight/brightness
echo 0 > /sys/class/leds/asus::kbd_backlight/brightness
echo 3 > /sys/class/leds/asus::kbd_backlight/brightness
# auto-set to 0 on startup

setup permission

!!! chmoding is not enought, need to add udev rule because permissions are overriden

Create following file /etc/udev/rules.d/99-keyboard-leds.rules

DEVPATH=="/devices/platform/asus-nb-wmi/leds/asus::kbd_backlight", RUN+="/bin/chmod 0666 /sys/class/leds/asus::kbd_backlight/brightness"

ALTERNATIVE PERMISSON FIX via acl

sudo setfacl -m u:username:6 /sys/class/leds/asus\:\:kbd_backlight/brightness

Zenbook UX303UA brightness key not working

Edit /etc/default/grub

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

to

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash pcie_aspm=force acpi_osi="

Reboot. Create /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-backlight.conf with contents:

Section "Device"
    Identifier "card0"
    Driver "intel"
    Option "Backlight" "intel_backlight"
    BusID "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Reboot

advanced power management (TLP)

http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-linux-advanced-power-management.html

fix 2finger touchpad tap

gsettings set org.gnome.settings-daemon.peripherals.input-devices hotplug-command /home/jumski/dotfiles/bin/setup_input_devices

fix too big tab/address bar in chrome

google-chrome --high-dpi-support=1 --force-device-scale-factor=1.5

fix for bumblebee and kernel 4.2

KeepUnusedXServer=true in /etc/bumblebee/bumblebee.conf

source: https://forum.manjaro.org/index.php?topic=27156.0

Intel Centrino Wifi card problem

Last line of etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf should land into /etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf (full file included for brevity).

Then it's best to just restart.

Pidgin Facebook

https://github.com/jgeboski/purple-facebook/wiki

skype pulseaudio cracklings fix

PULSE_LATENCY_MSEC=30 skype

speed up ubuntu tricks

http://itsfoss.com/speed-up-ubuntu-1310/

movie subtitles downloader

sudo pip install subliminal

Postgresql for local user

sudo su postgres -c createuser jumski
sudo su postgres -c "createdb jumski"

supress postgres warnings

http://robots.thoughtbot.com/global-min-messages

lubuntu 13.10 laptop_mode

Check ~/.config/lxsession/Lubuntu/desktop.conf. Look for laptop_mode and see that it's set to 'yes':

[State]
laptop_mode=yes

default browser

sudo update-alternatives --config x-www-browser

tmux 1.8

http://garr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/tmux/tmux/tmux-1.8/tmux-1.8.tar.gz $ sudo apt-get install libevent-dev libncurses-dev $ autoreconf -fis $ ./configure & make $ sudo make install

mounting partitions from image file

Kpartx can be used to set up device mappings for the partitions of any partitioned block device. It is part of the Linux multipath-tools. With kpartx -l imagefile you get an overview of the partitions in the image file and with kpartx -a imagefile the partitions will accessible via /dev/mapper/loop0pX (X is the number of the partition). You can mount it now with mount /dev/mapper/loop0pX /mnt/ -o loop,ro. After unmounting you can disconnect the mapper devices with kpartx -d imagefile.

smb + cups

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Debian-and-Windows-Shared-Printing/printing_to_windows.html

regional settings in LXDE

Preferences->Language Support->Regional Formats

reduce swappiness

  sudo sysctl -w vm.swappiness=10

fix for debugger-linecache bug @ 2.0.0

  gem install debugger-linecache -v 1.1.2 -- --with-ruby-include=$rvm_path/src/ruby-2.0.0-p0

two finger scroll

use gpointing-device-settings

vimproc after first install

  After install, turn shell ~/.vim/bundle/vimproc, (n,g)make -f your_machines_makefile

electrum bitcoin client

  sudo pip install http://electrum.ecdsa.org/Electrum-1.5.tar.gz

dotjs

@reboot /home/jumski/dotfiles/vendor/dotjs-ubuntu/bin/djsd -d

rubygems_cache

  $ mkdir ~/installed
  $ git clone git@github.com:akitaonrails/rubygems_proxy.git ~/installed/

nginx for rubygems_cache

install passenger with nginx, then:

  $ rm -rf /opt/nginx/conf
  $ ln -s $DOTFILES_PATH/conf/nginx /opt/nginx/conf

magnet protocol (ktorrent)

  gconftool-2 -t string -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/magnet/command "/usr/bin/ktorrent %s"
  gconftool-2 -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/magnet/needs_terminal false -t bool
  gconftool-2 -t bool -s /desktop/gnome/url-handlers/magnet/enabled true

libnotify for guard

  apt-get install libgtkmm-2.4-dev libnotify-bin

install dropbox

  cd ~ && wget -O - http://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64 | tar xzf -
  .dropbox-dist/dropboxd