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- Install Ubuntu itself
- If you want a separate Home partition consider:
- 500 MiB EFI Partition
- 50-100 GB / (root partition); consider larger partition if using virtual machines or Kasm
- Remainder of disk space for /home
- Swap partition (appears to be optional)
- Create a base backup using the default backup program
- In Software Center
- Update
- Be careful of the snap updates, figure out the best order that works, the order listed gave me an error
- Install Timeshift
- Create a Snapshot with Timeshift
- Install USB Wifi Drivers if necessary
- install “hardinfo” to see system information if wanted
- Instructions at https://fostips.com/realtek-wifi-drivers-ubuntu-linux-mint/
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kelebek333/kablosuz
- sudo apt update
- Install Synaptic Package Manager from Ubuntu Software if you don’t have it.
- In Synapic Package Manager
- Click Origin
- Pick Kelebek list
- From list mark rtl8188gu-dkms to install
- Apply
- Restart Computer
- ls /usr/lib/modules/$(uname -r)/updates/dkms
- sudo modprobe 8188gu
- drivers should be listed under the driver app (reboot if not)
- Pick rtl8822bu in DKMS from rtl8822bu-dkms
- Go to menu and search for Wifi
- Pick the wireless network and sign in
- Install Chrome and Sign in to Get Settings, etc
- Appearance – size large and Zoom 125%
- Accessibility — large text
- Installing Plasma and Other Desktop Options\s
- sudo apt install tasksel
- sudo tasksel
- reboot
- run tasksel
- pick the desktop options such as Plasma, Ubuntu, MX, Mate, Gnome
- reboot
- Click on your sign in name, pick the desktop from the setting icon in lower right corner
- System settings in Plasma
- Appearance – change font size to 14 and Cursors to 36
- Turn KDE Wallet Off (reboot for this to take effect)
- Add widgets
- Right click on menu taskbar and pick widget option
- Add the Analog Clock
- Add the Clipboard
- Edit size and location of the widgets
- VS Code
- Used snap software installer to install VS code
- Sign into code to sync settings and extensions
- git is already installed
- configure git
- git config –global user.name “name you want to use”
- git config –global user.email “email you want to use”
- Clone repositories from Github
- Install chromedriver for current chrome version to use selenium
- Install Syncthing
- https://computingforgeeks.com/how-to-install-and-use-syncthing-on-ubuntu/
- https://idroot.us/install-syncthing-ubuntu-22-04/
- http://localhost:8384
- DB Browser for SQLite
- Download from sqlitebrowser.org
- Or, install from the Snap software installer
- Setting Static IP Address