1. edit /etc/default/grub, set grub_timeout to 0. Run update-grub so the change sticks.

This removes the ticking 5s timer at bootup. I never use the other boot entries anyway, and if the system fails to boot, I troubleshoot from a live system.

  1. Create ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini and add:
    [Settings]
    gtk-primary-button-warps-slider = false

This makes it so when you click on a scrollbar below or above the slider, it moves down or up by one page, not to where you clicked.

  1. edit /etc/environment (it’s empty), add a line with: MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1

This forces firefox to use Wayland, which makes scrolling much smoother and text look better.

There’s a bunch more, but these are the first I always do so I don’t get mad. What are yours?

  • unix_joe@lemmy.sdf.org
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    1 year ago

    I install tmux, doas, neofetch, flatpak, pip, IBM Plex fonts, Plymouth and Linux firmware.

    Set grub timeout to 0.

    Add my user to the sudo group.

    Remove kdepim*, libreoffice*, Firefox, Thunderbird, okular, dragonplayer, gimp.

    Install those apps plus everything else I run from Flathub.

    Add the repo for Signal and Chrome and install those apps as well.

    Get rid of the dumb stuff KDE does like single click in the file manager, popup notifications for everything, slow animations. I set up sloppy focus, and install a proper taskbar.

    Go to work.