Homefiles

Initial System Preparation

OpenBSD:

MIRROR=http://mirror.esc7.net/pub/OpenBSD/
PKG_PATH=${MIRROR}`uname -r`/packages/`uname -m`/; export PKG_PATH
doas pkg_add -i -z git python-3*
echo "XTerm*loginShell: true" >> ~/.Xdefaults

Debian, Ubuntu:

sudo apt-get install git python3

Usage

Initial checkout:

git clone git://github.com/tschutter/homefiles.git $HOME/.homefiles
cd $HOME/.homefiles
./install.py
bin/install-essentials
./install.py

Update:

cd $HOME/.homefiles
git pull
./install.py
install-essentials

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Manual Configuration

Some configuration is difficult to do via scripts.

XUbuntu / xfce

1. Settings Manager -> Personal -> Window Manager Tweaks -> Accessibility

   • Uncheck "Automatically tile windows when moving toward the screen edge".

     Why should a window resize when you move it? Especially to some odd half-screen size?

2. Right click on the clock in the top panel and select Properties.

   • Set the Format to "Custom Format" and set the custom format string to "%a, %Y-%m-%d %H:%M".

     See ISO 8601 for the reason why.

Linux Mint

1. Control Center -> Keyboard Shortcuts -> Window Management

   • In the "Activate the window menu" row, select "Alt+Space" and press backspace.

     Alt-space is reserved for just-one-space in Emacs.

Vivaldi

1. Vivaldi Menu -> Settings -> Sync
   • Enter username and password.

Firefox

1. Install Bluhell Firewall, the lightweight Ad-Blocker and Tracking/Privacy Protector. Use the Firefox Add-ons menu.

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Other Optional Setup

1. Generate ssh private/public key pair:

   ssh-keygen
   

2. Add ssh public key to Bitbucket and GitHub.

3. Install pcloud app.

   • Download pCloud Drive and save it to ~/bin/pcloud. Make it executable.
   • Run pcloud and login.
   • Add a sync between ~/org and pcloudDrive/org.

4. Copy GPG secret keys. Run on source machine:

   gpg --export-secret-keys > gpg-secrets.txt
   

   Copy gpg-secrets.txt to new machine and then import:

   gpg --import gpg-secrets.txt
   

5. Setup pass database. Read instructions in .password-store/0-README.txt.

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Troubleshooting

1. Pressing Ctrl-Shift in a terminal window displays a yellow box containing "ISO 14755 mode".

   This a "feature" of xterm. Use xfce4-terminal instead. Check Settings Manager -> System -> Default Applications -> Utilities -> Terminal Emulator.