machines/content/posts/flameboi.md

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Setup flameboi (Pop OS)	2022-07-23T08:00:00+05:30	false	true

Stage 0000: Initial setup

Set hostname

sudo hostnamectl set-hostname flameboi

Set timezone

sudo timedatectl set-timezone Asia/Kolkata

Set DNS Server

temp_var=$(nmcli -g name,device connection show | grep "enp" | cut -f1 -d":")
nmcli connection modify "$temp_var" ipv4.dns "1.1.1.2,1.0.0.2"
nmcli connection modify "$temp_var" ipv4.ignore-auto-dns yes

Unmask (and enable) NVIDIA services

sudo systemctl unmask nvidia-suspend nvidia-hibernate nvidia-resume
sudo systemctl enable nvidia-suspend nvidia-hibernate nvidia-resume

# sudo apt autoremove "*nvidia"
# sudo apt install system76-driver-nvidia

Generate SSH keys

cd $HOME/.ssh
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f bluefeds
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f gitea
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f github
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f gitlab
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -f sentinel

Reboot

systemctl reboot

Stage 0001

Upgrade packages

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade

Reboot

systemctl reboot

Stage 0010

Install GNOME extensions

sudo apt install gnome-shell-extensions -y

A few extensions:

• Clipboard Indicator clipboard-indicator@tudmotu.com
• Impatience impatience@gfxmonk.net (Set it to 0.5x)
• Net speed Simplified netspeedsimplified@prateekmedia.extension
• Permanent notifications permanent-notifications@bonzini.gnu.org

Install packages

sudo apt-get install adb alacritty aria2 autoconf barrier bat bc bison bridge-utils btop build-essential cifs-utils cmake cmatrix curl ethtool exfat-fuse fakeroot fastboot fdisk ffmpeg flex fonts-firacode fonts-fork-awesome gdb-multiarch git handbrake hdparm htop imagemagick iotop iperf iperf3 libc6-dev libelf-dev libncurses-dev libncurses5-dev libnotify-bin libpam-google-authenticator libssl-dev libvirt-clients libvirt-daemon-system linux-headers-generic linux-headers-$(uname -r) linux-tools-$(uname -r) linux-tools-common linux-tools-generic locate lsb-release make mediainfo meld mlocate mpv neofetch neovim nethogs nload nvme-cli obs-plugins obs-studio openocd opensbi openssh-client openssh-server python3 python3-pip qemu qemu-efi-aarch64 qemu-efi-arm qemu-kvm qemu-system-arm qemu-system-misc qemu-system-x86 qemu-utils rar ripgrep rsync signify-openbsd smartmontools speedtest-cli tar tmux transmission-cli tree u-boot-qemu unrar unzip valgrind vim virt-manager vlc wakeonlan webp wget wget2 xsel xz-utils yt-dlp zfs-dkms zip zsh zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting

linux-headers-$(uname -r) linux-tools-$(uname -r)

Fancy a window manager?

sudo apt-get install breeze-cursor-theme bspwm dunst feh gtk-chtheme i3lock-fancy jq libnotify-bin lxappearance picom polybar rofi socat sxhkd wmctrl xcursor-themes

echo "gtk-application-prefer-dark-theme=true" | tee $HOME/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini

Temporarily export var DOTFILES_DIR pointing to wherever dotfiles is cloned.

sudo cp -v $DOTFILES_DIR/_OTHER/flameboi/usr/share/xsessions/bspwm.desktop /usr/share/xsessions/

vim-plug (Neovim)

sh -c 'curl -fLo "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/nvim/site/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim'

Open nvim and type :PlugInstall

Rust setup

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

rustup default stable
rustup component add rust-src rust-analyzer
#rustup component add rust-analysis

cargo install cargo-outdated cargo-tree

Flatpak

flatpak install flathub com.bitwarden.desktop com.brave.Browser com.dangeredwolf.ModernDeck com.github.micahflee.torbrowser-launcher com.github.tchx84.Flatseal com.sublimetext.three flathub io.gitlab.librewolf-community org.ksnip.ksnip org.mozilla.firefox org.mozilla.Thunderbird org.telegram.desktop

Virtualization

Add pratham to necessary groups

sudo adduser pratham libvirt
sudo adduser pratham kvm

Edit /etc/libvirt/qemu.conf and modify it as follows:

user = "pratham"
[...]
roup = "pratham"

Restart the libvirtd service

sudo systemctl restart libvirtd

Make alacritty the default terminal

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.default-applications.terminal exec '/usr/bin/alacritty'
sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator

Don't crawl specific directories with updatedb

Add /heathen_disk/personal/media/camera_roll to the PRUNEPATHS value in /etc/updatedb.conf.

Stage 0011: Cron setup

pratham's cron

# empty for now

root's cron

# empty for now

Stage 0100: Enable services

Enable HDD-related services

Temporarily export var DOTFILES_DIR pointing to wherever dotfiles is cloned.

sudo cp -v $DOTFILES_DIR/_OTHER/flameboi/etc/systemd/system/*.service /etc/systemd/system/
sudo systemctl enable hdd-standby-on-boot.service hdd-standby-on-resume.service

Stage 0101: Window Manager (bspwm)

Use $HOME/.xinitrc for starting bspwm from GDM

Edit /usr/share/xsessions/bspwm.desktop

[Desktop Entry]
Name=bspwm
Comment=Binary space partitioning window manager
Exec=/home/shivoham/.xinitrc
Type=Application

Chrome-based browser scaling

Add the following line to /etc/alternatives/brave-browser

[...]
"$HERE/brave" "$@" --force-device-scale-factor=1.25 || true

ADd the following line to /etc/alternatives/google-chrome

[...]
exec -a "$0" "$HERE/chrome" "$@" --force-device-scale-factor=1.25

Stage 0110: Sublime Text 3

Install extensions

• Jedi
• TwoDark

Edit preferences

Preferences > Settings

	"ui_scale": 1.25,
	"font_face": "Fira Code",
	"font_options":["subpixel_antialias"],
	"atomic_save": true,
	"auto_complete_delay": 1,
	"caret_extra_width": 1,
	"color_scheme": "Packages/Theme - TwoDark/TwoDark.tmTheme",
	"draw_shadows": false,
	"ensure_newline_at_eof_on_save": true,
	"fade_fold_buttons": true,
	"highlight_modified_tabs": true,
	"indent_guide_options":["draw_active"],
	"save_on_focus_lost": true,
	"shift_tab_unindent": true,
	"show_encoding": true,
	"show_line_endings": true,
	"theme": "TwoDark.sublime-theme",
	"auto_complete_triggers": [{"selector": "source.python", "characters": ".",}],
	"ignored_packages": ["Vintage"],
	"font_size": 12,

Edit key bindings

Preferences > Key bindings

	{"keys": ["ctrl+tab"], "command": "next_view"},
	{"keys": ["ctrl+shift+tab"], "command": "prev_view"},

Stage 0111: ZFS Setup

Create zpool

sudo zpool create -o ashift=12 bhugol raidz1 /dev/sda /dev/sdb /dev/sdc /dev/sdd

Set global zpool properties

sudo zfs set atime=off bhugol
sudo zfs set checksum=sha512 bhugol
sudo zfs set compression=zstd-19 bhugol
sudo zfs set primarycache=all bhugol
sudo zfs set recordsize=1M bhugol
sudo zfs set snapdir=hidden bhugol
sudo zfs set xattr=sa bhugol

Create ZFS datasets

sudo zfs create bhugol/media
sudo zfs create bhugol/media/camera_roll
sudo zfs create bhugol/media/movies
sudo zfs create bhugol/media/tv_series

sudo zfs create bhugol/backup
sudo zfs create bhugol/backup/barbet
sudo zfs create bhugol/backup/bluefeds
sudo zfs create bhugol/backup/flameboi
sudo zfs create bhugol/backup/ringmaster
sudo zfs create bhugol/backup/sentinel

sudo zpool export bhugol

sudo zpool import	*trial run to get the pool-id*
sudo zpool import -d /dev/disk/by-id <pool-id>

Own your mount points

sudo chown pratham:pratham -vR /bhugol

Add bi-monthly cron job for ZFS scrub

sudo crontab -e

0 0 1,15 * * /usr/sbin/zpool scrub bhugol

Set ZFS parameters

sudoedit /etc/modprobe.d/zfs.conf

options zfs zfs_scan_idle = 0
options zfs zfs_scrub_delay = 0
options zfs zfs_scan_min_time_ms = 5000