Xah Linux Setup

This page is my personal Linux setup. I write them down here so i can follow them on new box.

LXDE Desktop and User Interface Tweak

Install lxde desktop. [see Linux: How to Switch to LXDE, Xfce]

Keyboard

• Set Dvorak Keyboard Layout [see Linux: Add Dvorak Keyboard Layout]
• Set key repeat speed. [see Linux: Set Key Repeat Rate]

• Disable the menu access key in terminal (i.e. stop Alt+f from popping-up a menu). Also, stop F10 from showing menu. (In terminal preference.)
• Disable Alt+Space from popping-up menu. [see Linux: Keyboard Software Guide]
• Set terminal scroll back to 9000 lines or infinite.
• Turn off Workspace (set it to just 1). Turn off all ~31 keys related to Workspace. (Linux: Xfce Keyboard Shortcuts) (i need it for Emacs)

• Linux: LXDE/Openbox, Change Keyboard Shortcuts
• Linux: LXDE Keyboard Shortcuts

Mouse

• Linux: Mouse Hover to Raise Window
• Linux: Swap Mouse Buttons

Firefox

• Firefox: Set Mouse Wheel Scroll Speed
• Set Firefox custom hotkeys. Firefox: How to Add/Change Keyboard Shortcuts.

Window Theme Preference

To set up lxde theme

1. in terminal, run obconf, pick what you like, suppose the theme name is xyz.
2. open /usr/share/themes/xyz/openbox-3/themerc, edit it. (backup the file first). Or, make a copy of the whole directory, name it as a new theme.
3. In obconf, use arrow key to switch to the theme to see update right away. (relaunch obconf if you created your own.)

• Simple.
• Have border around window.
• Front window must stand out by color.
• No color gradient.
• No transparancies.

[see User Interface Design Criterions]

Font

• Install Unicode font for math symbols and emoticon. [see Download Free Unicode Fonts]

Install Software

sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install ssh
sudo apt-get install vim
sudo apt-get install tmux

• How to Build Emacs on Linux
• Ubuntu Linux. vim Location and Versions
• Linux: tmux Tutorial

sudo apt-get install git
sudo apt-get install subversion
sudo apt-get install curl
sudo apt-get install unison
sudo apt-get install htop

• Git: Basics
• svn Tutorial
• Linux: wget (Download Web Page)
• Unison Tutorial (Sync Files)
• Linux: Monitor Processes, htop

• Python 3 Tutorial
• JavaScript in Depth
• ImageMagick Tutorial
• Perl Tutorial
• PHP Tutorial

# maybe. some are outdated

sudo apt-get install imagemagick
sudo apt-get install optipng

sudo apt-get install tree
sudo apt-get install bash-doc
sudo apt-get install lynx
sudo apt-get install colordiff

# key
sudo apt-get install wmctrl

# music player
sudo apt-get install moc

# image viewer
sudo apt-get install feh

• Optimize png Files, oxipng
• ImageMagick Tutorial

• Linux: View Directory as Tree
• Linux: Bash Manual in Chapters
• Linux: Keyboard Software Guide

• Linux: Music Players
• Linux: Image Viewers

Bash Setup

Linux: Bash Prompt Setup

Emacs Setup

How to Build Emacs on Linux

other optional install

sudo apt-get install ruby
sudo apt-get install ocaml
sudo apt-get install scsh
sudo apt-get install clisp

• Ruby: What's RVM, Gem, Rake, Bundler, RDoc, ri, irb?
• OCaml Tutorial

2013 thanks to Fuqiao Xue (xfq) https://github.com/xfq/