sudhirkhanger / Kubuntu

Kubuntu Install Instruction

lm-sensors

sudo apt-get install lm-sensors
sudo sensors-detect

Thinkfan

Installation

sudo apt-get install thinkfan
echo "options thinkpad_acpi fan_control=1" | sudo tee /etc/modprobe.d/thinkfan.conf

Config

sudo emacs -nw /etc/thinkfan.conf
find /sys/devices -type f -name "temp*_input"

tp_fan /proc/acpi/ibm/fan
hwmon /sys/devices/platform/coretemp.0/hwmon/hwmon3/temp3_input
hwmon /sys/devices/platform/coretemp.0/hwmon/hwmon3/temp1_input
hwmon /sys/devices/platform/coretemp.0/hwmon/hwmon3/temp2_input
hwmon /sys/devices/virtual/thermal/thermal_zone0/hwmon1/temp1_input

(0,     0,      42)
(1,     40,     47)
(2,     45,     52)
(3,     50,     57)
(4,     55,     62)
(5,     60,     67)
(6,     65,     72)
(7,     70,     77)
(127,   75,     32767)

Start config

sudo emacs -nw /etc/default/thinkfan
#Additional startup parameters
START=yes
DAEMON_ARGS="-q -b 1 -s 3"
THINKFAN_ARGS="-c /etc/thinkfan.conf"

Enable

sudo systemctl enable thinkfan

Test

sudo thinkfan -n -b -5 -c /etc/thinkfan.conf

Fan status

cat /proc/acpi/ibm/thermal

Source

Temperature Sensors Widget

sudo apt-get install lm-sensors plasma-scriptengine-python
sudo sensors-detect

Nvidia Optimus

sudo apt-get install bumblebee bumblebee-nvidia primus linux-headers-generic

VDPAU VAAPI

sudo apt-get install libvdpau1 vdpau-va-driver i965-va-driver vdpauinfo vainfo libvdpau-va-gl1
echo 'export VDPAU_DRIVER=va_gl' > ~/.bash_aliases

Plasma Widgets

sudo apt-get install plasma-widget-homerun-kicker plasma-widget-redshift redshift

Emacs

sudo apt-get install emacs markdown emacs-goodies-el

Plasma Apps

sudo apt-get install konversation kwrite

Multimedia

sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras vlc banshee easytag soundkonverter kffmpegthumbnailer kdegraphics-thumbnailers kdesdk-thumbnailers

Calibre

sudo -v && wget -nv -O- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/kovidgoyal/calibre/master/setup/linux-installer.py | sudo python -c "import sys; main=lambda:sys.stderr.write('Download failed\n'); exec(sys.stdin.read()); main()"

Hibernate

Create Swap

sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/swapfile bs=1M count=20480 status=progress
sudo chmod 600 /swapfile
sudo mkswap /swapfile
sudo swapon /swapfile

Add to fstab

sudo emacs -nw /etc/fstab

/swapfile none swap defaults 0 0

Enable hibernation for users

sudo emacs -nw /etc/polkit-1/localauthority/50-local.d/com.ubuntu.enable-hibernate.pkla

# Add to the above file
[Re-enable hibernate by default in upower]
Identity=unix-user:*
Action=org.freedesktop.upower.hibernate
ResultActive=yes

[Re-enable hibernate by default in logind]
Identity=unix-user:*
Action=org.freedesktop.login1.hibernate;org.freedesktop.login1.hibernate-multiple-sessions
ResultActive=yes

Remove swap

sudo swapoff /swapfile
sudo rm -f /swapfile

Swap from file

# swap_device
# Get swapfile UUID
findmnt -no UUID -T /swapfile

# swap_file_offset
# Get file offset
filefrag -v /swapfile | awk '$1=="0:" {print substr($4, 1, length($4)-2)}'

sudo emacs -nw /etc/default/grub
GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="resume=UUID= resume_offset="
sudo update-grub

sudo emacs -nw /etc/initramfs-tools/conf.d/resume
RESUXME=UUID= resume_offset=
sudo update-initramfs -u -k all

Source

Android

Install

sudo apt-get install libc6:i386 libncurses5:i386 libstdc++6:i386 lib32z1 libbz2-1.0:i386

Source

KVM

sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm libvirt-bin ubuntu-vm-builder bridge-utils virtinst libvirt-daemon virt-manager

Source

udev Rules

cd /etc/udev/rules.d
wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/M0Rf30/android-udev-rules/master/51-android.rules
chmod a+r /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules

VirtualBox

wget -q https://www.virtualbox.org/download/oracle_vbox.asc -O- | sudo apt-key add -
sudo apt-get update
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian trusty contrib' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/oracle-virtualbox.list"
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install virtualbox-5.0
sudo usermod -a -G vboxusers $USER

Genymotion

chmod +x genymotion-2.5.2_x64.bin
./genymotion-2.5.2_x64.bin

Qt Creater

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-sdk-team/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install qtdeclarative5-examples qtdeclarative5-dev qmlscene qtcreator

SimpleScreenReader

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:maarten-baert/simplescreenrecorder
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install simplescreenrecorder simplescreenrecorder-lib:i386

Source

Import GPG Keys

gpg --import secretkey.asc
gpg --edit-key KEYID trust
gpg --edit-key KEYID > Chose primary uid > primary > save

Inkscape

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:inkscape.dev/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install inkscape

GIMP

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gimp gimp-gmic gimp-plugin-registry

TLP

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:linrunner/tlp
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install tlp tlp-rdw tp-smapi-dkms acpi-call-dkms

[Source](http://linrunner.de/en/tlp/docs/tlp-linux-advanced-power-management.html#installation)

NodeJs

sudo apt install nodejs npm

Xresources

! Xft settings ---------------------------------------------------------------
Xft.dpi:        96
Xft.antialias:  true
!Xft.rgba:      rgb
Xft.rgba:       none
Xft.hinting:    true
Xft.hintstyle:  hintslight
Xft.lcdfilter: 	lcddefault

VPN

sudo apt install openvpn resolvconf network-manager-openvpn

Tools

sudo apt install kwrite keepassx ksshaskpass libreoffice-style-sifr kdeconnect deja-dup skype handbrake wine htop powertop

Remove

sudo apt purge kate5-data skanlite muon kate libkf5kdegames-data ktorrent-data quassel-data brasero-common

SSH key permissions

# SSH folder
chmod 700 ~/.ssh
# private and authorized keys
cd ~/.ssh
chmod 600 *
# public keys
chmod 644 *.pub

Dell Fan

See fans with sensors and add dell-smm-hwmon to modules

sudo su
echo "options dell-smm-hwmon restricted=0 force=1" > /etc/modprobe.d/dell-smm-hwmon.conf
echo "dell-smm-hwmon" > /etc/modules
exit
sudo update-initramfs -u

# Actual

$ cat /etc/modprobe.d/dell-smm-hwmon.conf
# This file must be at /etc/modprobe.d/
options dell-smm-hwmon restricted=0

$ cat /etc/modules
i8k

Control fan via i8kutils

sudo apt install i8kutils
sudo su 
echo "i8k" >> /etc/modules
echo "options i8k force=1" > /etc/modprobe.d/i8k.conf
exit

# Reboot
sudo modprobe i8k force=1

# Config
/etc/i8kmon.conf

Disable Dell BIOS fan control via dell-bios-fan-control

git clone https://github.com/TomFreudenberg/dell-bios-fan-control.git
cd dell-bios-fan-control
make
sudo dell-bios-fan-control 0

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