environment

My development environment

Usage

Vagrant

To replicate my environment, clone this repo into the directory where you keep your repos (as it will sync the parent directory to /repos on the VM) and bring up the Vagrant box.

$ cd /your/repo/dir
$ git clone https://github.com/gesinger/environment.git
$ cd environment
$ vagrant up

Physical

To replicate my environment on a physical machine, clone this repo into the directory where you keep your repos, cd into it, and run the physical bootrap.

$ cd /your/repo/dir
$ git clone https://github.com/gesinger/environment.git
$ cd environment
$ sh bootstrap_physical.sh

Fixes

Screen Resolution

In /etc/default/grub, add:

GRUB_GFXPAYLOAD_LINUX=1280x800

Then run:

$ sudo update-grub

Better Fonts

Infinality was installed as part of bootstrap_physical.sh, however, configure it by running:

$ sudo bash /etc/fonts/infinality/infctl.sh setstyle

Color Profile

Grab an icc/icm file calibrated in another os. For instance, on Mac it can be found at:

/Library/ColorSync/Profiles

And move it to:

/usr/share/color/icc

Then run:

dispwin -I /usr/share/color/icc/<filename>.[icc|icm]

Brightness

At least for the MacBookPro9,1, brightness did not work out of the box. Instead, install pommed-light (pommed itself is CPU instensive):

./optional/pommed-light.sh

Then modify /etc/pommed.conf, and in lcd_sysfs, set step to 1000 and on_batt to 4000 (or reasonable numbers for your computer's max brightness)

Optional

Chromium

Theme: Black Black Chrome Theme Neon Green Highlight Extensions:

Vimium
Ghostery

Firefox Browser Theme

Simple White Firefox Theme

Mac Specific Additions

Check the Ubuntu website for up-to-date instructions on particular macs, e.g.: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/MacbookPro*-*/*

Set command key as option key

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/AppleKeyboard#Ubuntu_11.10_up_to_recent

Set up eth0

$ sudo vim /etc/network/interfaces

Add:

auto eth0 iface eth0 inet dhcp

Set up B43 WIFI drivers

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/WifiDocs/Driver/bcm43xx#b43_-_Internet_access

Sound

$ sudo apt-get install libasound2 libasound2-plugins alsa-utils alsa-oss
$ sudo usermod -aG audio <username>
$ sudo alsa force-reload

Test sound with:

$ aplay /usr/share/sounds/alsa/Front_Center.wav

VirtualBox Specific Additions

Guest additions and X11 fixes

Install VirtualBox guest additions and packages for X11 and display support:

$ sudo apt-get install \
    virtualbox-guest-utils \
    virtualbox-guest-x11 \
    virtualbox-guest-dkms

Remapping keys permanently

Ubuntu comes with xkb (X keyBoard extension). To remap modifier keys, edit /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/pc. To change left win to left alt, change:

key <LWIN>  {[Super_L]};

key <LWIN> {[Alt_L]};

and clear xkb's cache:

rm -rf /var/lib/xkb/*

then restart your X session.

TODO

Separate out laptop/mac/desktop configurations (e.g., touchpad taps)
Check into infinitality alternative: freetype2-ubuntu fontconfig-ubuntu cairo-ubuntu
Look into suckless st
Add neovim

Add alias for tree and add tree to environment: tree => tree -I node_modules

Install oh-my-zsh git config --global diff.tool vimdiff

Useful extra tools

Streaming Tools

https://github.com/soldiermoth/hlsq

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