jukey / ubuntu-post-installation

In this Repository I am going to collect all the littel tweaks I do usually after setting up the system. I am using a Lenovo Thinkpad x240

ubuntu-post-installation

This Repository conntains all the littel tweaks I do usually after setting up the system. I am using a Lenovo Thinkpad x240. I am using currently version 18.10. This means Gnome Shell as default desktop environment.

Tested in Ubuntu 18.10

Two-finger scrolling does not work after resume

Edit the file /etc/default/grub and change the line:

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash"

to

GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash psmouse.synaptics_intertouch=0"

then

sudo update-grub
sudo reboot

Tested in Ubuntu Gnome 17.04

In use

• Installed (and used) Gnome Shell Extensions
  • Suspend Button
  • Applications Menu
  • Open Weather
  • Places Status Indicator
  • RSS Feed
  • Sound Input & Output Device Chooser
• Install tor browser bundle: torbrowser-launcher
• Add powertop --auto-tune to startup applications
  • In order to add this to /etc/crontab: @reboot root powertop --auto-tune
  • there are problems when using a USB mouse as the USB port get's into some power save mode and one need to click before moving the mouse further...

Problems and Workarounds

• Bluetooth Headphone does not work corretly (no A2DP for Music). The problem is described here and the proposed solution worked fine for me.

Working but not in use

• Enable Touch Gesture support
  • under construction: The ideal touch configuration based on this guide

Tested in Ubuntu 16.04 (and 15.10)

Disable Bluetooth at startup

Follow this description in order to create a service that deactivates bluetooth at startup

Application Specific Changes

Use Firefox ProfileManager

According to this article it is possible to let Firefox ask for a specific profile when launched.

In the file /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop the following line needs to be changed:

Exec=firefox %u

needs to be changed to:

Exec=firefox --ProfileManager %u

Installation of additional Software

Install Tor Browser Bundle

Start Tor Browser when a new Network Connection is established only (see also general infromation how to run a script when connecting to a network):

add this script to /etc/network/if-up.d/

#!/bin/bash
pkill firefox
/path/to/tor-browser_en-US/Browser/start-tor-browser &

see example script

Install Extensions for Thunderbird

1. Manually Sort Folders Extension
2. Enigmail

Install Geary E-Mail Client

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yorba/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install geary

Installation of Telegram

• Get the tar.xz archive

mv ~/Downloads/tsetup* ..
tar xvf tsetup*
rm tsetup*
~/Telegram/Telegram

• Attach Telegram to the starter dock
• Run as user: gnome-session-properties
• Add entry: ~/Telegram/Telegram

Installation of Spotify

# 1. Add the Spotify repository signing key to be able to verify downloaded packages
sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://keyserver.ubuntu.com:80 --recv-keys BBEBDCB318AD50EC6865090613B00F1FD2C19886

# 2. Add the Spotify repository
echo deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list

# 3. Update list of available packages
sudo apt-get update

# 4. Install Spotify
sudo apt-get install spotify-client

# 5. Starting in Ubuntus 15.04 this lib needs to be installed
cd ~/Downloads
wget https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+archive/primary/+files/libgcrypt11_1.5.3-2ubuntu4.2_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i libgcrypt11_1.5.3-2ubuntu4.2_amd64.deb

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Not working in Ubuntu 15.10:

Enable 3 finger tapping on the Synaptics Clickpad

As user: synclient TapButton3=2

Additionally it should be added to the list of commands that are executed at startup.