This page would define setup of basic installation with my bare minimum to get further the installation to either a server or desktop usecase

DotFiles⚓︎

Create Useful Directories⚓︎

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mkdir -pv ~/Bench/Mount $SYNCFILES

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mkdir -pv ~/Downloads

Syncthing⚓︎

• Install Syncthing
• Sync $SYNCFILES folder with following ignore patterns

  Bash
  1 2 3 4 5 6 7	.git dotsPr/ssh/.ssh/known_hosts dotsPr/ssh/.ssh/known_hosts.old db configBak/authelia configBak/authelia-cloud configBak/fenrus

• Sync PC-Walls with Desktops

Symlink dotfiles⚓︎

dots⚓︎

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stow -vt ~ debSvMisc/ bpytop/ htop/ neofetch/ nvim/ templates/ vim/ zsh/

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stow -vt ~ alacritty/ awesome/ bpytop/ compton/ htop/ kitty/ neofetch/ nitrogen/ nvim/ pcMisc/ pcVol/ rofi/ templates/ theming/ vim/ zsh/

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stow -vt ~ bpytop/ htop/ neofetch/ nvim/ templates/ piMisc/ vim/ zsh/

dotsPr⚓︎

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stow -vt ~ debSvHome/ env/ git/ ssh/

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stow -vt ~ env/ git/ pcHome/ redshift/ ssh/

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stow -vt ~ env/ git/ piHome/ ssh/

Vim Plug⚓︎

• Install Plug

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curl -fLo ~/.vim/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim

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sh -c 'curl -fLo "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/nvim/site/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
    https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim'

• Install Plugins specified in config files

DNS⚓︎

systemd-resolved⚓︎

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sudo systemctl enable systemd-resolved.service --now

NTP⚓︎

• Symlink /etc/localtime

  Bash
  1	ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Asia/Kolkata /etc/localtime

• Enable timesync service

  Bash
  1	sudo systemctl enable systemd-timesyncd.service --now

• Check status

  Bash
  1	timedatectl

Shell⚓︎

Sh symlink⚓︎

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paru -S dashbinsh --noconfirm

Starship Prompt⚓︎

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sudo pacman -S starship --noconfirm

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curl -sS https://starship.rs/install.sh | sh

User Shell to ZSH⚓︎

• To change shell to zsh

  Run as user whose shell you want to change, NOT ROOT OR SUDO
  1	chsh -s $(which zsh)

Zram-Swap and Swappiness⚓︎

Installation⚓︎

Swappiness value⚓︎

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sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.d/99-swappiness.conf > /dev/null <<EOT
vm.swappiness=10
EOT

Mkdocs Material⚓︎

• Install python and pip

  ArchDebian/Ubuntu

  Bash
  1	sudo pacman -Sy python python-pip --noconfirm

  Bash
  1	sudo apt update && sudo apt install python3 python3-pip -y

• CD into mkdocs folder

  Bash
  1	cd $SYNCFILES/hudater.github.io

• Install requirements from file

  Bash
  1	pip3 install -r docs/requirements.txt

Not necessary but might be useful⚓︎

SSH⚓︎

Fix SSH permissions after stow⚓︎

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sudo chmod 755 /home/$USER && \
sudo chmod 755 /home/$USER/GitIt -R && \
sudo chmod 700 /home/$USER/GitIt/SyncFiles/dotsPr/ssh/.ssh && \
sudo chmod 600 /home/$USER/GitIt/SyncFiles/dotsPr/ssh/.ssh/*

SELinux⚓︎

If SELinux is enforcing, allow SSH policy

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restorecon -R -v /home/$USER/.ssh

Sudo setup as your root user⚓︎

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@includedir /etc/sudoers.d #(1)
Defaults        insults
Defaults        env_reset,timestamp_timeout=60 #(2)
%wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL #(3)
ALL ALL=NOPASSWD: /sbin/poweroff,/sbin/reboot,/sbin/shutdown

1. Move this line to top for passwordless commands to work
2. This CAN BE a security risk. Not suggested to use
3. Change wheel group to sudo if required

User Setup⚓︎

Create user⚓︎

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sudo useradd -m -u 1000 -G sudo,plugdev,video,adm userName

Change Username with home and group⚓︎

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usermod -l newUserName -d /home/newUserName -m oldUserName
groupmod -n newUserName oldUserName