computer

About

This is computer.

The goal of computer is to create a reproducible and lightweight desktop environment to run on Ubuntu (or Debian) that's tailored to the way I work.

I eventually hope to switch to using Linux on a full-time basis.

Install

Download and install Ubuntu Server (I'm currently using Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet).

1. Clone the computer repo:

git clone https://github.com/rey/computer.git ~/computer

2. Run the following bash command which kick off the install.sh script:

# As always, ensure you understand the script before you run it!
bash ~/computer/install.sh

2. startx will start the X server.

Develop (or test drive) with Vagrant

There's a handy Vagrantfile that I use to put this together (I'm currently using VirtualBox Version 5.0.10 r104061).

vagrant up will pop open a new VirtualBox window running ubuntu/vivid64 from Vagrant Cloud:

1. Log in with username vagrant and password vagrant.
2. mkdir ~/computer && cp -r /vagrant/* ~/computer/. && cd ~/computer && bash install.sh
3. startx will start the X server.

Credits

• Jethro Clunies-Ross for kindly licensing his beautiful photo of Port Salut, Haiti under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License.

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Documentation

This is mainly for my own benefit.

.i3

My $mod key is currently the Alt key.

Restart, reload and exit

Command	Eh?
$mod + Shift + r	Restart
$mod + Shift + w	Reload
$mod + Shift + e	Exit

Moving about

Or use arrow keys ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Command	Eh?
$mod + j	←
$mod + k	↓
$mod + l	↑
$mod + ;	→

## General

Command	Huh?
$mod + d	dmenu
$mod + Return	Open a terminal
$mod + Shift + e	Exit i3
$mod + Shift + q	Quit container
$mod + Shift + Space	Toggle Float mode

Mess about with containers

Command	Wat?
$mod + e	Toggle split
$mod + s	Stack containers
$mod + w	Tab containers

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Lenovo 11e notes

TODO: Find somewhere better to put this.

Wireless networking

# Install drivers for BCM4352 802.11ac Wireless Network Adapter
sudo apt-get install bcmwl-kernel-source

I also found it helpful to install network-manager

# For pointy-and-clicky network selection 
sudo apt-get install network-manager

Suspend when close laptop lid

# Uncomment `#HandleLidSwitch=suspend`
sudo vim /etc/systemd/logind.conf
# Restart `systemd-logind` service
sudo service systemd-logind restart

Allow adjustment of screen brightness

# Add `acpi_osi=` to the `GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT` line
sudo vim /etc/default/grub
# Update grub stuff
sudo update-grub