linux-fun-setup

Settings up Linux and remembering everything can be an hassle for me, this will try to keep track of everything with it.

Initial setup

• SSD on "/"
• HDD on "/HDD"

Specifics for HDD

mkdir -p /HDD/home/etienne
mkdir -p /HDD/SteamLibrary
chmod -R 755 /HDD
chown etienne:etienne /HDD/home/etienne
chown etienne:etienne /HDD/SteamLibrary

Symbolics links on HDD

mkdir -p /HDD/home/etienne/Desktop; ln -s /HDD/home/etienne/Desktop /home/etienne
mkdir -p /HDD/home/etienne/Documents; ln -s /HDD/home/etienne/Documents /home/etienne
mkdir -p /HDD/home/etienne/Downloads; ln -s /HDD/home/etienne/Downloads /home/etienne
mkdir -p /HDD/home/etienne/Music; ln -s /HDD/home/etienne/Music /home/etienne
mkdir -p /HDD/home/etienne/Pictures; ln -s /HDD/home/etienne/Pictures /home/etienne
mkdir -p /HDD/home/etienne/Public; ln -s /HDD/home/etienne/Public /home/etienne
mkdir -p /HDD/home/etienne/Template; ln -s /HDD/home/etienne/Template /home/etienne
mkdir -p /HDD/home/etienne/Videos; ln -s /HDD/home/etienne/Videos /home/etienne

Fixed Login screen on external monitor

Considering the initial monitors setup is done in user-session.

`sudo cp ~/.config/monitors.xml ~gdm/.config/monitors.xml`

Installed extensions

• Dash to panel

Installed software

• Spotify
• Steam
• Edge
• Discord
• Lutris
• vim

Spotify

Disable "Show desktop notifications when the song changes" in settings

Steam

Setup an alternative download location to /HDD/SteamLibrary

Lutris

Overwatch

Add the follow game env variable : VK_ICD_FILENAMES=/usr/share/vulkan/icd.d/nvidia_icd.json

Edge

Fonts

• Standard font: Serif
• Serif font: DejaVu Serif
• Sans-serif font: DejaVu Sans
• Fixed-width font: DejaVu Sans Mono

Configs files

~/.bashrc

alias ulogout='/usr/bin/gnome-session-quit --no-prompt'

TROUBLESHOOT

Laptop screen going black

sudo rm /etc/X11/xorg.conf