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   - **GNOME**: See "Ubuntu" above – this UI needs to be put out of its misery. I would rather learn i3 than put up with this shit.   - **GNOME**: See "Ubuntu" above – this UI needs to be put out of its misery. I would rather learn i3 than put up with this shit.
   - **Enlightenment**: This is it, the most jibbering batshit insane environment tested. On first boot, a sequence of incredibly neurotic warnings pop up for things ranging from ACPI stepping revision of your motherboard to the notification that ethernet, in fact, still exists. The launcher icons violently explode continuously at you if you so much as hover over them. Right click menu includes an option ominously labeled "Run everything". I mentioned using it to a friend, and he replied "Oh, you don't know about the Enlightenment guy? He's nuts" and linked me [[https://discord.com/channels/@me/446467085317701662/1197371852696322078|this article]], which states, among many things, that every interaction is based on the casting of void* pointers. I never thought I could look at a GUI and //feel//  the pointer casting, but here, you can.   - **Enlightenment**: This is it, the most jibbering batshit insane environment tested. On first boot, a sequence of incredibly neurotic warnings pop up for things ranging from ACPI stepping revision of your motherboard to the notification that ethernet, in fact, still exists. The launcher icons violently explode continuously at you if you so much as hover over them. Right click menu includes an option ominously labeled "Run everything". I mentioned using it to a friend, and he replied "Oh, you don't know about the Enlightenment guy? He's nuts" and linked me [[https://discord.com/channels/@me/446467085317701662/1197371852696322078|this article]], which states, among many things, that every interaction is based on the casting of void* pointers. I never thought I could look at a GUI and //feel//  the pointer casting, but here, you can.
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 ====== Random setup tips ====== ====== Random setup tips ======
  
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 It's perfect for finding which cryptic tool will help you achieve a given basic thing. It's made a tremendous difference to the morale of attempting to survive a desktop Linux. It's perfect for finding which cryptic tool will help you achieve a given basic thing. It's made a tremendous difference to the morale of attempting to survive a desktop Linux.
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 +===== Mint installer compatibility with modern nVidia cards =====
 +
 +If you have a recent nVidia card, the USB environment may fail to boot properly by default. To install in this case:
 +
 +  - From the Mint USB boot menu, choose compatibility mode
 +  - Install as usual
 +  - On reboot, on grub menu, edit the default entry by adding "nomodeset" to the "linux" line, then boot
 +  - Once booted, use the driver install tool to get proper nVidia drivers.
 +  - Reboot.
  
 ===== Mouse cursor offset bug ===== ===== Mouse cursor offset bug =====
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   * Discord   * Discord
 +      * perhaps replace with Vesktop (appears to be standard client over web minus ads)
   * Spotify   * Spotify
   * Dropbox (use system package!)   * Dropbox (use system package!)
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   * **Zoom**. If you install flatpak via Software Manager, then the authorization click-through to login from the browser won't work. Just google "zoom install linux" and get the company's deb file.   * **Zoom**. If you install flatpak via Software Manager, then the authorization click-through to login from the browser won't work. Just google "zoom install linux" and get the company's deb file.
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 ===== Stuff to install ===== ===== Stuff to install =====
  
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   * WinMerge → meld   * WinMerge → meld
   * VLC → VLC   * VLC → VLC
-  * Notepad++ → xed? vscode? something else? +  * XnView → XnView MP (commercial, [[https://www.xnview.com/en/xnview-mp/|available here]]) 
-  * Greenshot → ? +  * Paint.NET → LazPaint 
-  * WizTree → ?+  * Notepad++ → xed? vscode? something else? (NOT "notepadqq", which crashes constantly) 
 +  * Greenshot → (nothing, just hit shift+printscrn) 
 +  * WizTree → QDirStat 
 +  * WinAmp → qmmp 
 +      * It doesn't do full width shade, but it does classic winamp shade with snap to edges. 
 +      * Enable the "global hotkey" and "gnome hotkey" plugins to make media keys and other shortcuts work
  
 Quick installation command: Quick installation command:
-<code> +<code>sudo apt install meld vlc qdirstat</code>
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-sudo apt install meld vlc +
- +
-</code>+
  
 ===== AutoHotKey-type-stuff ===== ===== AutoHotKey-type-stuff =====
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 For simple button mapping, use ''xbindkeys''  (to bind a key/button to a command) and ''xdotool''  (to simulate a keypress with a command). For simple button mapping, use ''xbindkeys''  (to bind a key/button to a command) and ''xdotool''  (to simulate a keypress with a command).
 <code> <code>
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 sudo apt-get install xbindkeys xdotool sudo apt-get install xbindkeys xdotool
 xbindkeys --defaults> ~/.xbindkeysrc xbindkeys --defaults> ~/.xbindkeysrc
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 </code> </code>
  
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 "xdotool key XF86AudioPlay" "xdotool key XF86AudioPlay"
   b:9   b:9
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 </code> </code>
  
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 <code> <code>
 xev | grep -i button xev | grep -i button
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 </code> </code>
  
 To (re-)run the binder: To (re-)run the binder:
 <code> <code>
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 killall xbindkeys ; xbindkeys killall xbindkeys ; xbindkeys
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 </code> </code>
  
 To ensure it starts on login, run the "Startup applications" program and verify it's in the list; add it if not. To ensure it starts on login, run the "Startup applications" program and verify it's in the list; add it if not.
 +
 +For everything else, just use the built-in keyboard shortcut editor.
  
 ===== Font rendering fix ===== ===== Font rendering fix =====
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 cp -r /usr/share/themes/Mint-Y-Dark-Aqua/ . cp -r /usr/share/themes/Mint-Y-Dark-Aqua/ .
 mv Mint-Y-Dark-Aqua My-Dark-Aqua mv Mint-Y-Dark-Aqua My-Dark-Aqua
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 </code> </code>
  
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   ...   ...
   background-color: rgba(25, 25, 100, 0.99); /* tkb: taskbar color */   background-color: rgba(25, 25, 100, 0.99); /* tkb: taskbar color */
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 </code> </code>
 +
 +===== NFS client info =====
 +
 +Pre-req: ''sudo apt install nfs-common''
 +
 +fstab: ''[IPADDR]:[EXPORT] [MOUNTPOINT] nfs4 rw,_netdev,x-systemd.mount-timeout=500 0 1''
 +
 ====== Fedora nVidia driver procedure ====== ====== Fedora nVidia driver procedure ======
  
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 First: First:
  
-<code>''sudo dnf install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm'' +<code> 
 +sudo dnf install https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm https://mirrors.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
 </code> </code>
  
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