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Use the tools that work for you!
Git
Git is installed by default on some systems. Others may need it. Be sure to grab it:
sudo apt install git
Then you can clone this repository:
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/charlesbrandt/public
If you forgot to get submodules:
cd public
git submodule update --init --recursive
Password Managers
See also Password Managers
sudo apt-get install keepassxc
Emacs
which emacs
To install it:
sudo apt-get install emacs
Then configure it with:
cd
ln -s public/system/editors/emacs/.emacs .emacs
ln -s public/system/editors/emacs/.emacs.d/ .emacs.d
emacs &
see also editors/emacs/emacs.md
Or more generally text editors
Python
sudo apt-get install python-is-python3
Go ahead and grab pip here so it's available for things like autopep8 for vscode.
sudo apt-get install python3-pip
Utilities
sudo apt-get install ffmpeg
sudo apt-get install curl
KVM
Docker
Recorder
OBS
Audio / Video / Broadcast / Stream
All in one.
sudo apt-get install obs-studio
VLC
VLC is usually installed with OBS
sudo apt-get install vlc
Open VLC Tools -> Preferences Uncheck:
- Integrate video in interface
- Use only one instance when started from file manager
- Show Systray Icon
- Change "Continue where left off" from Ask to Never
View -> Playlist Close browser tree in playlist view. (drag panel closed via middle)
View -> Advanced Controls (check / enable)
(Doesn't seem to have any effect, messages still appear:) Gnome3 -> Settings -> Applications -> VLC media player -> Notifcations -> Off can just go 'do not distrub'
VS Code
Browsers
Chromium
This method installs the snap version.
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
If you want to pull from the canonical repository, do this first. (No longer required with Ubuntu 20.04)
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:canonical-chromium-builds/stage
sudo apt update