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I made a script that configures Ubuntu (mainly its GNOME) the way I like it. I also made it work in Debian and Fedora. (github.com)
submitted 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) by tsugu@slrpnk.net to c/linux@lemmy.ml
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It doesn't do any crazy ricing, as I mostly focused on usability tweaks and automatic installation of my must-have extensions. (Tiling, clipboard manager, dash to dock, desktop icons)

Most notable tweaks include:

  • clicking on a running app minimizes it
  • clicking on a group of apps brings up their previews
  • adds minimize, maximize buttons to windows
  • installs flatpak, adds flathub
  • install flatpak and snap plugins into gnome-software (doesn't work on Fedora)
  • installs snap
  • installs mtp-tools and gvfs-backends on Debian to be able to transfer files from a connected phone
  • adds right click > New File
  • Super + Shift + S brings up the area screenshot
  • Super + E opens the file manager
  • Ctrl + Alt + T opens the terminal

(Those already configured on Ubuntu don't get configured again, obviously.)

I also recorded a short showcase to prove that it works without errors https://youtu.be/xf739ivb9hg

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[–] tsugu@slrpnk.net 15 points 1 month ago (1 children)

inb4 snap bad, they are bash scripts. Anyone can delete any command they don't like.

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 7 points 1 month ago (2 children)

On Ubuntu, do you also remove the Snap store and install gnome-software?

Do you add the PPAs for updated flatpak version and dependencies like bubblewrap?

[–] tsugu@slrpnk.net 6 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Nope, I don't touch the snap-store on Ubuntus (to be fair I don't install any snap plugins for gnome software center on Debian/Fedora either). As for flatpak, it's installed via apt from the regular repos. I didn't even know there was an up to date PPA.

I know about this but that's meant for 18.04 and earlier.

Edit: these are good suggestions tho. Something to work on to improve it even more.

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago

I am not sure what distros those PPAs are for, may really just be for old versions.

[–] tsugu@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I added sudo apt install gnome-software-plugin-snap gnome-software-plugin-flatpak gnome-software Looks like Fedora does not have gnome-software-plugin-snap or gnome-software-plugin-flatpak in its repos.

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

On Fedora is is likely just named differently ;) it for sure has at least Flatpak support.

Background is that flatpak is used directly, not through packagekit.

Have a look at packages.fedoraproject.org

[–] tsugu@slrpnk.net 2 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

I checked and Fedora dropped support for the snap plugin. https://discussion.fedoraproject.org/t/enable-snap-in-gnome-software/76134

These are also the only packages related to gnome-software:

Related Packages

    gnome-software-devel
    gnome-software-fedora-langpacks
    gnome-software-rpm-ostree

From what I remember, their gnome-software already has flatpak support. So all that will be missing is the GUI snap support. Could've been worse.

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Interesting, thanks for the research!

Snaps are unsandboxed on Systems without AppArmor so they are not a useful cross platform technology anyways.

[–] tsugu@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Yeah, that sucks. I would still want it if I were to use Fedora, as an option.

[–] boredsquirrel@slrpnk.net 1 points 1 month ago

Yup but people dont care to maintain it. It was barely maintained for a longer time