Debian 8 GNOME Installation and Configuration

Debian 8 (codenamed "Jessie") you're done. I had no idea of ​​the news, and after informing myself thoroughly I was completely amazed. I tried Debian only once, specifically 7 ("Wheezy"), and it didn't give me a single problem. Not one. The dilemma was that their software seemed too outdated (GNOME 3.4) to me, so I gave up using Debian because I didn't have enough experience… Let's call it "modern".

But now it has changed. Much. I found out that the new stable version of Debian uses GNOME 3.14, Linux 3.16, PostgreSQL 9.4, etc. Also, the most modern closed NVIDIA driver they have is the 340, just the one I need. Fantastic! With all that software I can perfectly endure the years until the next version, so I sell myself to the stability and robustness of Debian: P.

Well, apart from my personal case, if you want to install and configure Debian 8 with GNOME 3.14, you are in the right place! I hope you find it useful ;).

Installation

The first thing is to get the .iso file from Debian installation disc. Usually it is a hassle to find the one we are looking for, since Debian offers a large number of different versions. Generally, when we focus on the same architecture (32 bits for example), we have on the one hand the "small" file, on the other the "complete" one and on the other one for each desktop environment other than GNOME (XFCE, KDE, LXDE, etc).

The normal thing in these times is to use the "netinstall", which is the small file. With it we would download everything from the Internet. However, my approach is as follows: If we are going to burn a disc (no, I can't use USB on my PC), what difference does it make if it takes up 200MB or 700MB? That is why in my case I prefer the "complete" one. If we go to the download page, we will see that there are several: CD-1, CD-2, CD-3… This is so that those users without an Internet connection can download the complete repositories and install the software from there.

We will simply download the CD-1; Everything that does not already have the disc will be downloaded from the Internet. So that we don't get lost in the huge Debian database, here are two buttons to download the 32-bit and 64-bit disks respectively:

We record the .iso on a CD and finish. Everything is ready! Let's do it. We turn on the PC with the installation disc inside (make sure to configure the BIOS to first load the disc, the USB or whatever you use). When it loads it will show us a screen like this:

We select «Graphical install» and press Intro. The graphical installer will load in a few seconds (surprised? It's Debian, what did you expect!). We teach Spanish. From here, everything is a piece of cake, since the installer guides us in an exceptional way through all the steps.

Then he will play the partitioned from our hard drive; do it as you want. I start from an empty hard disk, since I am going to use Debian only and exclusively, so I select the first option: "Guided - use the whole disk". We choose the hard disk (some PCs have more than one; make sure you choose the right one), since I am using a virtual machine to do the guide, I get the one I created of 50 GB. Then we choose "All files in a partition" and "Finish partitioning and write changes to disk" (we confirm later with "Yes"). Debian 8 will install automatically.

Since Debian gives you the option to install all packages from physical disks, it asks us if we are going to load another one. We say no, since we will do it online. On the next screen we say yes. Then we configure APT (We will not use proxy, so leave that option blank). When he is finished he will ask us if we want to participate in the package survey. In my case, as I want to help, I choose yes.

When it asks us for the programs to install, we mark GNOME and we click "Continue". It will take a long time, as it will download approximately 1500 packages from the Internet. Then it will ask us if we want to install GRUB, we will say yes and select the hard drive where we install Debian. And that's it! It will tell us that we are done. Clicking on "Continue" will restart.

I leave you here screenshots of the entire installation process, so you can see it more clearly:

After the restart, we must make sure that we do not have the installation disc inside the disc reader. Nice job!

Post installation

After entering our Debian 8 for the first time, we will expand the repositories that we use by executing the following in a terminal:

su

gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

A text file will open with the following content:

Our goal is to delete the two lines of cdrom and add "contrib" and "nonfree" to all debs, so that it looks like this:

Then we give our normal user the ability to use sudo. We execute (in the same terminal; substitute "lajto" for your user):

apt update && apt upgrade

apt install sudo

gpasswd -a lajto sudo

reboot

Our PC will restart. We enter again and, when we are in GNOME, we open the terminal.

We install essential tools:

sudo apt install preload wget nano git mercurial make pulseaudio libcanberra-pulse mpg123 libldap-2.4-2 libpulse0 libxml2 giflib-tools libpng3 libc6 gtk2-engines gcc gcc-multilib g++ g++-multilib cmake gtk+2.0 gtk+3.0 lm-sensors hddtemp

We install tools compression y decompression:

sudo apt install rar unrar p7zip p7zip-full p7zip-rar unace zip unzip bzip2 arj lhasa lzip xz-utils

We install codecs:

sudo apt install ffmpeg2theora ffmpegthumbnailer gstreamer0.10-plugins-base gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 gstreamer0.10-alsa gstreamer0.10-pulseaudio gstreamer1.0-clutter gstreamer1.0-plugins-base gstreamer1.0-nice gstreamer1.0-plugins-good gstreamer1.0-plugins-bad gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly gstreamer1.0-fluendo-mp3 gstreamer1.0-alsa gstreamer1.0-pulseaudio gstreamer1.0-libav gstreamer1.0-vaapi libmatroska6

We install DVD support:

sudo apt install lsdvd libdvbpsi9 libdvdread4 libdvdnav4

We install additional fonts:

sudo apt install fonts-cantarell fonts-liberation fonts-noto ttf-mscorefonts-installer ttf-dejavu fonts-stix otf-stix fonts-oflb-asana-math fonts-mathjax

wget https://github.com/adobe-fonts/source-code-pro/archive/1.017R.zip && unzip 1.017R.zip && sudo mv source-code-pro-1.017R/OTF/*.otf /usr/local/share/fonts/ && fc-cache -f -v && rm 1.017R.zip && rm -Rf source-code-pro-1.017R

We install 32-bit packets (Do this only for those who use 64-bit systems):

sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386

sudo apt update

sudo apt install binutils-multiarch libstdc++6:i386 libgcc1:i386 zlib1g:i386 libncurses5:i386 libcanberra-pulse:i386 libldap-2.4-2:i386 libpulse0:i386 libxml2:i386 libpng3:i386

It is not necessary, but we reboot.

Graphics card drivers

Now we go with the drivers for the graphics card. It will be easy, don't worry.

If you use Intel o ATI / AMD the free drivers that come by default will be more than enough (in the case of Intel they are the only ones that exist). Specifically, there are some AMD graphics that work better with the proprietary driver; find out about your model and what you have to do then.

As an extra we can install more packages to improve / expand its operation:

sudo apt install mesa-utils mesa-utils-extra libegl1-mesa libegl1-mesa-drivers libgl1-mesa-dri libglapi-mesa libgles1-mesa libgles2-mesa libglu1-mesa libopenvg1-mesa mesa-vdpau-drivers libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0 libtxc-dxtn-s2tc-bin uuid-runtime

Also, if you use 64-bit, it wouldn't hurt to install the 32-bit packages:

sudo apt install libegl1-mesa:i386 libegl1-mesa-drivers:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libglapi-mesa:i386 libgles1-mesa:i386 libgles2-mesa:i386 libglu1-mesa:i386 libopenvg1-mesa:i386 mesa-vdpau-drivers:i386 libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0:i386

To apply the changes, we reboot.

The case of NVIDIA, as always, is special. The default free (open) driver, Nouveau, does not work well on all graphics. In most cases the proprietary (closed) NVIDIA driver will give us a much higher performance. However, this closed driver has been abandoning support for different models over time, so depending on the model we have, we will need one driver or another.

By default the closed driver that Debian offers is the 340, which is the highest version that we will find. In some more modern distros, such as Fedora or Arch, this driver is considered "old", since there are later versions. As Debian is the highest version, all modern graphics plus those supported by the 340 (including mine: NVIDIA GeForce 9800 GT) will work. If you bought your graphic in the last years, be sure that you need this driver, but if you have more time, check that your model is in the "Supported products" section of this page.

For cards very old we have the drivers that are mentioned in the debian wiki (304, 173…). Note that mine, which works with the 340, I bought about 7 years ago. It has to be very, very old for you to need a version prior to 340, so it is highly likely that the 340 will serve you perfectly.

If you want to use the 340 driver, which will work in the vast majority of cases, run the following commands (if you are in 32 bits, the packages "libgl1-nvidia-glx-i386" and "libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0: i386" should not be installed):

sudo apt update

sudo apt remove xserver-xorg-video-nouveau

sudo apt install linux-headers-$(uname -r|sed 's,[^-]*-[^-]*-,,') nvidia-kernel-dkms nvidia-glx nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-xconfig nvidia-settings nvidia-vdpau-driver libgl1-nvidia-glx libgl1-nvidia-glx-i386 libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0 libtxc-dxtn-s2tc-bin libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0:i386 nvidia-cg-toolkit uuid-runtime

sudo nvidia-xconfig

To apply the changes, we reboot.

Technology NVIDIA Optimus It combines two graphics cards, initially an Intel for light duty and an NVIDIA for heavy duty. It is often difficult to get both cards to work under a GNU / Linux system, but here we will do it very easily! We simply open a terminal and execute (the packages «: i386» should not be installed on 32-bit systems):

sudo apt update

sudo apt remove xserver-xorg-video-nouveau xserver-xorg-video-intel

sudo apt install bumblebee-nvidia primus primus-libs:i386 xserver-xorg-video-intel libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0 libtxc-dxtn-s2tc-bin libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0:i386 nvidia-cg-toolkit mesa-utils mesa-utils-extra libegl1-mesa libegl1-mesa-drivers libgl1-mesa-dri libglapi-mesa libgles1-mesa libgles2-mesa libglu1-mesa libopenvg1-mesa mesa-vdpau-drivers libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0 libtxc-dxtn-s2tc-bin uuid-runtime libegl1-mesa:i386 libegl1-mesa-drivers:i386 libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 libglapi-mesa:i386 libgles1-mesa:i386 libgles2-mesa:i386 libglu1-mesa:i386 libopenvg1-mesa:i386 mesa-vdpau-drivers:i386 libtxc-dxtn-s2tc0:i386

To apply the changes, we reboot. Intel will be used by default; to use NVIDIA we will have to run the program by putting "optirun" before. For example, if we wanted to open Blender using NVIDIA, we would run "optirun blender". If you have trouble doing it, see this page; surely doing what you are told will solve your problem.

When we have the drivers for whatever our graphics card is, we will configure the temperature sensors with this command (we will respond to all «yes»):

sudo sensors-detect

Uninstall and install programs

The first is the first. We uninstall all the programs that Debian brings by default and we will not use or that have higher quality alternatives (feel free not to uninstall the ones that you do use). Then we will install extra programs to form a complete environment (the same: omit the ones you want):

sudo apt remove gnome-chess cheese aisleriot five-or-more four-in-a-row gnome-documents gnome-mahjongg gnome-mines gnome-music gnome-nibbles gnome-photos gnome-robots gnome-sudoku gnome-tetravex lightsoff polari quadrapassel xboard empathy bijiben swell-foop tali vinagre vino hitori iagno gnome-klotski totem totem-common gnome-dictionary gnome-menus gnome-disk-utility xterm gnome-orca gnome-getting-started-docs gnome-user-guide hamster-applet goobox synaptic seahorse tracker

sudo apt install xinit xorg gnome-shell gnome-shell-extensions gdm3 file-roller gedit gedit-plugins eog eog-plugins gnome-calculator gnome-clocks gnome-color-manager gnome-font-viewer gnome-logs gnome-maps gnome-nettool gnome-screenshot gnome-sound-recorder gnome-system-log gnome-system-monitor gnome-tweak-tool dconf-editor rhythmbox rhythmbox-plugins simple-scan transmission-gtk gimp inkscape vlc mypaint pinta krita rawtherapee blender synfigstudio audacity ardour3 pitivi easytag filezilla brasero brasero-cdrkit gparted virtualbox virtualbox-dkms flashplugin-nonfree openjdk-7-jdk openjdk-7-jre icedtea-7-plugin evolution gnome-contacts soundconverter libreoffice libreoffice-avmedia-backend-gstreamer libreoffice-calc libreoffice-draw libreoffice-evolution libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-gtk libreoffice-impress libreoffice-report-builder-bin pepperflashplugin-nonfree gksu mpv && sudo apt remove libuim-data libuim-custom2 libuim-scm0

wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -

sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list'

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

sudo apt install google-chrome-stable && sudo apt remove iceweasel

We make sure that everything is in en_ES.UTF-8 (or your language):

sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales

sudo gedit /etc/inputrc

If the line "set convert-meta off" has a "#" in front of it, we delete it.

sudo gedit /etc/environment

The file will be empty. We put the following content (if you are not from Spain, put your code):

es_ES.UTF-8
LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=es_ES
LC_ALL=es_ES
LC_TYPE=es_ES
export LANG
export LANGUAGE
export LC_ALL
export LC_TYPE

sudo gedit /etc/profile

We add the following at the end of the file (if you are not from Spain, put your code):

es_ES.UTF-8
LANG=es_ES.UTF-8
LANGUAGE=es_ES
LC_ALL=es_ES
LC_TYPE=es_ES
export LANG
export LANGUAGE
export LC_ALL
export LC_TYPE

Now we are going to make Skype (or any similar program) not censor the audio of the rest of the programs:

sudo gedit /etc/pulse/default.pa

We look for a line at the end that says "load-module module-role-cork" and we comment it so that it looks like this:

#load-module module-role-cork

To use an efficient font rendering we follow the steps of this article.

We continue:

sudo apt install haskell-platform postgresql

cabal update

cabal install stylish-haskell

cabal install ghc-mod

We downloaded Atom from here and we install it by right clicking on the file and opening it with «Install package». Then, to put a quality design on it, we execute:

apm install seti-ui seti-syntax

We continue executing commands:

wget -O telegram.tar.xz https://tdesktop.com/linux && tar Jxvf telegram.tar.xz && rm telegram.tar.xz && mv Telegram .telegram-folder && echo "fontconfig" >> $HOME/.hidden && $HOME/.telegram-folder/Telegram

We connect to Telegram and close. A launcher will be created for us to use whenever we want.

We make Adobe Flash Player work in tune with the graphics card:

sudo mkdir /etc/adobe/

su

echo "EnableLinuxHWVideoDecode=1" >> /etc/adobe/mms.cfg

echo "OverrideGPUValidation=1" >> /etc/adobe/mms.cfg

exit

We download Skype from here and we install it by right clicking on the file and opening it with "Install package".

Finally, we clean:

sudo apt-get autoremove && sudo apt-get clean

We reboot : P.

[EXTRA (optional)] Warcraft 3 and WoW

If you play Warcraft 3 I World of WarcraftDon't worry, following these steps will make it work perfectly on your Debian 8! In my case, the version of WoW I play is 3.3.5a, so I have not been able to test how it works in later versions; Anyway it should work perfectly, so you carry out the steps indicated here;).

In order to play we need Wine, so we install it:

sudo apt install wine:i386 libwine:i386 winetricks:i386 wine32:i386 libwine-gecko-2.24:i386 libwine-gl:i386 libwine-alsa:i386

Then we configure it to work with 32 bits (a window will open, we install everything it asks for and we click "OK" to close it):

WINEARCH=win32 winecfg

We install typical program dependencies with Wine (when windows open, we accept everything and continue):

winetricks corefonts fontfix vcrun2005sp1 vcrun2008 vcrun6

Good. Now we put the Warcraft 3 folder and the World of Warcraft folder in our personal folder. We will rename them to .warcraft3-folder and .wow-folder respectively; doing so the folders will become hidden (Ctrl + H for when you want to see them). Make sure "wow.exe" is in lowercase. Then we execute the following commands ...

mkdir $HOME/.local/share/icons/

For World of Warcraft:

wget -O wow-icon.svg http://images.wikia.com/wowwiki/images/d/d3/Wow-icon-scalable.svg && mv wow-icon.svg $HOME/.local/share/icons/ && gedit $HOME/.local/share/applications/wow.desktop

We put in its content (replace "lajto" with your username):

#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8
Name=World of Warcraft
Name[hr]=World of Warcraft
Exec=sh -c "WINEDEBUG=-all wine /home/lajto/.wow-folder/wow.exe -opengl"
Icon=wow-icon.svg
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Game;
StartupNotify=false

In case you use an NVIDIA graphics card (alone, no NVIDIA Optimus), the Exec command should be like this to increase performance:

sh -c "WINEDEBUG=-all __GL_THREADED_OPTIMIZATIONS=1 wine /home/lajto/.wow-folder/wow.exe -opengl"

For Warcraft 3:

wget -O warcraft3-icon.png http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/3xhumed/mega-games-pack-18/256/Warcraft-3-Reign-of-Chaos-3-icon.png && mv warcraft3-icon.png $HOME/.local/share/icons/ && gedit $HOME/.local/share/applications/warcraft3.desktop

We put in its content (replace "lajto" with your username):

#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Warcraft 3
Name[hr]=Warcraft 3
Exec=wine "/home/lajto/.warcraft3-folder/Warcraft III.exe" -opengl
Icon=warcraft3-icon.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Game;
StartupNotify=false

For Warcraft 3FT:

wget -O warcraft3ft-icon.png http://icons.iconarchive.com/icons/3xhumed/mega-games-pack-18/256/Warcraft-3-Frozen-Throne-1-icon.png && mv warcraft3ft-icon.png $HOME/.local/share/icons/ && gedit $HOME/.local/share/applications/warcraft3ft.desktop

We put in its content (replace "lajto" with your username):

#!/usr/bin/env xdg-open
[Desktop Entry] Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne
Name[hr]=Warcraft 3 Frozen Throne
Exec=wine "/home/lajto/.warcraft3-folder/Frozen Throne.exe" -opengl
Icon=warcraft3ft-icon.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;Game;
StartupNotify=false

¡We reboot and ready! Now you can access these three games in a comfortable, simple and optimized way from your activities panel;).

Configuration of all programs

For my taste, many of the most used programs come with awkward default settings. Here I offer you diagrams and screenshots of the changes that I recommend for some of them. Let's start with GNOME:

• Search> We deactivate absolutely everything (at least I prefer it that way)
• Online accounts> In my case, I connect to my Google account and leave only "Mail", "Calendar" and "Contacts" activated
• Background> I have taken the trouble to design this background for fans of black
• Notifications> We deactivate Rhythmbox
• Privacy> We leave everything in "Off"
• Region and language> We put everything in Spanish and remove «English» from the input source
• Power> Screen off: Never
• Keyboard> Shortcuts>
• • Write> Compose key: Right Ctrl
  • Custom combination> We create "Open terminal" with the command "gnome-terminal" and the key combination Ctrl + Alt + T
• Details> Default apps>
• • Website: Google Chrome
  • Mail: Evolution
  • Calendar: Evolution
  • Music: VLC Media Player
  • Video: mpv Media Player
  • Photos: Image Viewer
• Date and time> We activate «Automatic date and time» and «Automatic time zone»
• Users> We put on the avatar we want

configuration Touch-up tool:

• Appearance> Activate «Global dark theme»
• Top bar> Activate «Show the date»
• Keyboard and mouse> We deactivate «Paste when pressed with the central button»
• Extensions> Activate «User themes»
• Fonts>
• • Window Titles: Noto Sans Regular 11
  • Interface: Noto Sans Regular 11
  • Documents: Noto Sans Regular 11
  • Monospaced: Source Code Pro Regular 11
  • Hinting: Slight
  • Straightening: Rgba
• Work areas>
• • Creation of work areas: Static
  • Number of work areas: 7

Then we install the following Extensions:

• Lock Keys (only if you have a keyboard that does not indicate if you have capital letters activated; if notifications bother you, they can be deactivated in the extension's preferences)
• Media Player Indicator
• System Monitor (we hide Red and show Disk and Thermal with the sensor we want [I recommend the one that is usually hotter])

configuration Nautilus (Archives):

• Views> Activate «Place folders before files»
• Behavior> We activate «Ask every time»

configuration GNOMETerminal:

• We deactivate «Show the menu bar in new terminals by default»
• We activate «Use the dark variant of the theme»

configuration EasyTAG:

• Confirmation> Activate «Confirm folder change when there are changes without saving»

configuration Dconf editor (we put the following inside folder-children by double clicking):

['Utilities', 'Games']

Then we execute in a terminal:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.app-folders.folder:/org/gnome/desktop/app-folders/folders/Utilities/ categories "['Utility']"

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.app-folders.folder:/org/gnome/desktop/app-folders/folders/Utilities/ name "Utilidades"

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.app-folders.folder:/org/gnome/desktop/app-folders/folders/Utilities/ apps "['eog.desktop', 'evince.desktop', 'gnome-terminal.desktop', 'simple-scan.desktop', 'vlc.desktop', 'qjackctl.desktop', 'reportbug.desktop', 'openjdk-7-policytool.desktop', 'gnome-tweak-tool.desktop', 'gnome-control-center.desktop', 'gnome-system-log.desktop', 'gnome-system-monitor.desktop', 'org.gnome.SoundRecorder.desktop', 'system-config-printer.desktop', 'display-im6.desktop', 'display-im6.q16.desktop', 'ca.desrt.dconf-editor.desktop', 'flash-player-properties.desktop', 'nm-connection-editor.desktop', 'itweb-settings.desktop', 'im-config.desktop', 'uim.desktop', 'nvidia-settings.desktop', 'monodoc.desktop', 'soundconverter.desktop', 'gksu.desktop']"

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.app-folders.folder:/org/gnome/desktop/app-folders/folders/Utilities/ excluded-apps "['atom.desktop', 'virtualbox.desktop', 'org.gnome.Nautilus.desktop', 'org.gnome.Contacts.desktop', 'org.gnome.clocks.desktop', 'org.gnome.gedit.desktop', 'org.gnome.Maps.desktop']"

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.app-folders.folder:/org/gnome/desktop/app-folders/folders/Games/ categories "['Game']"

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.app-folders.folder:/org/gnome/desktop/app-folders/folders/Games/ name "Videojuegos"

configuration Gedit:

• See>
• • Activate «Show line numbers»
  • Activate «Show right margin in column: 80»
  • Activate «Highlight the current line»
  • Activate «Highlight pairs of brackets»
• Editor>
• • Tab width: 4
  • Activate «Insert spaces instead of tabs»
  • We activate «Activate automatic indentation»
• Fonts and colors> Select "Solar dark" (Solarized dark)
• Accessories> As we like it the most

We connect with our Google account at Google Chrome, we install the theme GNOME 3 Adwaita Dark and we install the extensions:

• Yet another flag
• BetaFish Adblocker

To configure GIMP we go to «Windows» and activate «Single window mode». Then we maximize and adjust the width of the side panels as desired.

configuration Rhythmbox:

• Preferences>
• • General> Activate «Genres, artists and albums»
  • Music> Activate «Watch my music library for new files»
• Complements> We must have activated only:
• • MediaServer2 D-Bus interface
  • MPRIS D-Bus interface
  • Portable Players - iPod
  • Portable Players - MTP

configuration Skype or Whatsapp (after connecting):

• General> Save files to: Downloads
• Instant messaging> We deactivate «Show emoticons»
• Sound Devices> We deactivate "Allow Skype to automatically adjust my mixing levels"

configuration Telegram Desktop (after connecting):

• We deactivate «Show message preview»
• We deactivate «Replace emojis»
• Choose background from gallery
• Change language (we put Spanish)

We configure Go (put your data):

git config --global user.name "Nombredeusuario"

git config --global user.email "direccion@detuemail.com"

configuration Transmission:

• Downloads> Save to Location: Downloads / Torrents
• Desktop> Activate «Inhibit hibernation when there are active torrents»

configuration Atom:

• View> Toggle Menu Bar (when you want to show it, press Alt)
• Edit> Preferences>
• • Settings>
  • • Font family: Source Code Pro
    • Fontsize: 15
    • We activate "Scroll Past End"
    • We activate "Soft Wrap"
    • Tab Length: 4
  • Themes>
  • • UI Theme: Set
    • Syntax Theme: Seti

We close Atom. To install packages that expand their capabilities we execute:

apm install minimap color-picker save-session highlight-selected project-manager tasks language-haskell autocomplete-plus ide-haskell language-shakespeare language-pgsql linter linter-htmlhint linter-csslint linter-jshint linter-coffeelint atom-html-preview autoclose-html

We execute "gedit ~ / .atom / config.cson" and add this at the end (indentations are 2, 4 and 4 spaces respectively; substitute "lajto" for your username):

"ide-haskell":
ghcModPath: "/home/lajto/.cabal/bin/ghc-mod"
stylishHaskellPath: "/home/lajto/.cabal/bin/stylish-haskell"

Use "optirun" automatically

Bumblebee allows us to be able to use NVIDIA Optimus technology (NVIDIA + Intel) on GNU / Linux, isn't that great? The problem with this is that we have to run the programs with "optirun" to use NVIDIA instead of Intel. It's tedious, I know. However ... What if we modify the launchers of the "heavy" programs and add optirun in the command that is executed when pressing them? So we won't have to do it anymore!

To use NVIDIA with the program we want, we have to modify its .desktop and add "optirun" at the beginning of the "Exec =" command. For example, for Blender we would have to open your .desktop with Gedit:

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/blender.desktop

By default we have it in "Exec = blender". We would have to change it to "Exec = optirun blender" and that's it;).

Another program that also needs a lot of power is Synfig studio. To open your .desktop:

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/synfigstudio.desktop

Just change your "Exec = synfigstudio% F" to "Exec = optirun synfigstudio% F".

Also, if you installed the WoW By following this guide, you can use NVIDIA as follows:

sudo gedit $HOME/.local/share/applications/wow.desktop

We should have 'sh -c "WINEDEBUG = -all wine /home/lajto/.wow-folder/wow.exe -opengl"', so if we want to run it with NVIDIA we would put:

Exec=sh -c "WINEDEBUG=-all optirun wine /home/lajto/.wow-folder/wow.exe -opengl"

In addition to the three programs already mentioned, if you consider that there is a program that requires such power, feel free to modify its .desktop. Personally, I think that unless it is a video game with very advanced graphics, using NVIDIA in other programs is silly. After all, you already have an Intel for that, right?

¡We reboot for it to take effect!

[EXTRA (optional)] Debian 100% Numix

First we activate the theme and the icons from the Retouching Tool; the only thing we will leave by default is the mouse.

We add 3 new icons (PPSSPP, Warcraft 3 and Warcraft 3 FT) made by a friend:

cd /usr/share/icons/Numix-Square/scalable/apps/ && sudo wget -O ppsspp.svg https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Lajto/numix-icons-not-created-yet/master/ppsspp-numix-icon-by-kaero.svg && sudo wget -O warcraft3.svg https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Lajto/numix-icons-not-created-yet/master/warcraft3-numix-icon-by-kaero.svg && sudo wget -O warcraft3ft.svg https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Lajto/numix-icons-not-created-yet/master/warcraft3ft-numix-icon-by-kaero.svg && cd $HOME

We modify the Icon of Ardor to put it as "Icon = ardor":

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/ardour3.desktop

We modify the Icon of reportbug to set it as "Icon = debian":

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/reportbug.desktop

We modify the Icon of Imagemagick to put it as "Icon = imagemagick":

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/display-im6.desktop

We modify the Icon of ImageMagick (Q16 display) to put it as "Icon = imagemagick":

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/display-im6.q16.desktop

We modify the Icon of Telegram Desktop to put it as "Icon = telegram":

sudo gedit $HOME/.local/share/applications/telegramdesktop.desktop

We modify the Icon of World of Warcraft (if we install it) to put it as "Icon = WoW":

sudo gedit $HOME/.local/share/applications/wow.desktop

We modify the Icon of Warcraft 3 (if we install it) to put it as "Icon = warcraft3":

sudo gedit $HOME/.local/share/applications/warcraft3.desktop

We modify the Icon of Warcraft 3FT (if we install it) to put it as "Icon = warcraft3ft":

sudo gedit $HOME/.local/share/applications/warcraft3ft.desktop

Tras Reiniciar, our GNOME will be 100% Numix :). Here is the final result:

Guide completed

We have already finished! You cannot imagine the effort that I have put into this guide, seriously. Tried it all on a virtual machine, tested it all on my PC as soon as the release came out, and tested it all on a laptop running NVIDIA Optimus. Everything works perfect! I can only say that I hope you enjoy and take advantage of this guide as much as I will.

A greeting! 😀