Linux Post Install tasks

These tips are for void linux as that is the distro I am using nowadays.

• mate tricks: change background from cli
  • dconf write /org/mate/desktop/background/picture-filename "'PATH-TO-JPEG'"
• web page to check if your browser is html5 compliant:
  • https://www.youtube.com/html5

HotKeys

• Install xbindkeys
• Add to startup? $HOME/.xprofile
• Create default config with xbindkeys -d > $HOME/.xbindkeysrc
• Lookup key combinations:
  • xbindkeys --multikey or
  • xbindkeys --key
• update bindings xbindkeys --poll-rc
• rofi
  • A good addition to this is rofi. Which is a dynamic menu.
  • Create a xbindkey shortcut to run rofi with:
  • rofi -show-icons -modi drun,window -show drun

Additional software

• Additional software (Tested on void linux):
  • Tip: use sed -e 's/#.*$//' to strip comments!

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