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Alice

The Alice project is my continuously evolving set of dotfiles for a completely customized, (mostly) keyboard-driven linux experience. It stands for Advanced Linux Interface for Control & Efficiency.

  • Is it a really forced acronym made up after the fact? Yes.
  • Is it really called Alice because of my infatuation with the children's tale? Yes.
  • Is it accurate and fitting, though? Also yes.

Setup

  • Back up previous system

    • don't forget to bring over ssh keys and vpn configs from the old install, if applicable
  • Install a fresh Ubuntu in "Minimal" mode

    • allocate the following partitions, if it's gonna be a standalone OS:

      • boot (~1GB)
      • swap (~size of RAM)
      • root (~50GB)
      • home (rest)
    • otherwise, install Windows first

      • after disabling secure BOOT at the BIOS level
      • also, don't forget to disable hibernation so that it can't mess with dual boot: powercfg -h off in an admin PowerShell
      • then shrink about 60-80GB for Ubuntu, and install there, automatically "next to" Windows
    • allow the sudo group to sudo without a password

      • sudo visudo
      • modify the corresponding line: %sudo ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL
    • customize grub, if applicable

      • sudo apt install grub-customizer
      • make sure that the default entry is the "previously booted entry" so we can change it temporarily
      • also, to not depend on exact names, make sure that Ubuntu is first in the list and Windows is second
    • install basic dependencies: sudo apt install curl git nodejs npm vim htop maim bluez x11-xserver-utils xclip baobab unrar

    • check ssh keys and permissions, as the ssh agent will refuse keys that are "too accessible"

      chmod 700 ~/.ssh
      chmod 600 ~/.ssh/*
      
    • upgrade node

      sudo npm install -g n
      sudo n latest
  • Initialize dotfiles (inspired by this guide):

    • clone repo

      cd
      git clone --bare [email protected]:mrzealot/alice.git .alice
      alias alice='/usr/bin/git --git-dir=$HOME/.alice/ --work-tree=$HOME'
    • checkout contents to home dir

      mkdir -p .config-backup
      alice checkout
      if [[ $? != 0 ]]; then
          echo "Checked out alice config.";
      else
          echo "Backing up pre-existing dot files.";
          alice checkout 2>&1 | egrep "\s+\." | awk {'print $1'} | xargs -I{} mv {} .config-backup/{}
      fi;
      alice checkout
    • ignore untracked files: alice config status.showUntrackedFiles no

    • make all tracked scripts executable: alice ls-tree -r master --name-only | grep .sh$ | xargs chmod +x

  • Setup WM-related stuff:

    • sudo apt install i3 i3lock feh compton rofi redshift playerctl tty-clock at xbacklight

    • adjust X11 to be able to control backlight:

      sudo cp .config/i3/xorg.conf.tpl /etc/X11/xorg.conf
    • disable graphical login manager: sudo systemctl set-default multi-user.target

      • (reversible with sudo systemctl set-default graphical.target)
    • add an auto login script:

      sudo mkdir -p /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]
      sudo cp .config/i3/autologin.conf /etc/systemd/system/[email protected]/autologin.conf
    • set i3 as the default WM: sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/x-session-manager x-session-manager /usr/bin/i3 60

    • rename user folders:

      mv Asztal .desktop
      mv Letöltések .downloads
      mv Sablonok .templates
      mv Nyilvános .public
      mv Dokumentumok .documents
      mv Zenék .music
      mv Képek .pictures
      mv Videók .videos
  • Setup terminal and shell

    • sudo apt install zsh rxvt-unicode

    • install Oh-my-zsh! by sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

    • install external plugins:

      git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
    • setup conda for python env support

      • install according to this doc
      • activation/hooking script is already in the zsh config
  • Setup browser

  • Setup editor

    • sudo snap install --classic code

    • set as the default editor through the alternatives system, too (xdg mime type associations are handled already through .config/mimeapps.list):

      sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/editor editor /snap/bin/code 60
      sudo update-alternatives --install /usr/bin/gnome-text-editor gnome-text-editor /snap/bin/code 60
    • install extensions (needs zsh)

      code_exts=(
          Asuka.insertnumbers
          ban.spellright
          James-Yu.latex-workshop
          jsynowiec.vscode-insertdatestring
          kirozen.wordcounter
          mhutchie.git-graph
          ms-python.python
          earshinov.permute-lines
      )
      for ext in $code_exts; code --install-extension $ext
    • set up correct spell check by giving spellright the system hunspell dictionaries: ln -s /usr/share/hunspell ~/.config/Code/Dictionaries

  • Setup my own bins

    • coin

      git clone [email protected]:mrzealot/coin.git .coin
      cd .coin && npm install && sudo npm link; cd
    • whip

      git clone [email protected]:mrzealot/whip.git .whip
      cd .whip && npm install && sudo npm link; cd
  • Setup media/office stuff

    • sudo apt install transmission vlc kolourpaint gimp inkscape audacity libreoffice calibre filezilla librecad ffmpeg handbrake youtube-dl

    • setup scdl SoundCloud downloader by pip3 install git+https://github.com/flyingrub/scdl

      • example command: scdl -l https://soundcloud.com/mrzealot -f --path .music/soundcloud -c --onlymp3 --debug
  • Setup jekyll for blogging

    • install according to this doc
    • environment vars are already in the zsh config

TODO

  • add support for the other XF86 keys

    • XF86Display (F7)
    • XF86WLAN (F8)
    • XF86Tools (F9)
    • XF86Bluetooth (F10)
    • F11 is not standard
    • XF86Favorites (F12)
  • robust-ize notification DPI timeout

    • add a temp file (with a timestamp, e.g.) and check that no other notification is running before resetting the DPI

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