Installing linux checklist

This is my personal checklist for installing Endeavor OS on a new machine.

Installation

  1. Create new Ventoy usb drive if don't have one
  2. Check if there is new release on the Endeavor OS website
  3. Put the the ISO, avatar.jpg and wallpaper.jpg (and/or other files you might need, like configs) on the drive
  4. Put the drive in the machine, reboot and choose the drive as boot media
  5. Log in into Wi-Fi
  6. Start installer
  7. Pick American English as language
  8. Select Plasma KDE desktop
  9. Reboot into the actual system
  10. Mount the USB drive and copy other files from drive to the disk
  11. Unmount USB and unplug it

Settings / Personalization

  1. Adjust display Scale
  2. Disable Mouse acceleration
  3. Switch Global theme from godawful EndeavourOS to plain Breeze Dark
  4. Enable Night light
  5. Change Region & Language settings to preferred, like Language: American English and norsk bokmål for everything else. You might wanna enable the locale in /etc/locale-gen and run locale-gen, see more on locale page on arch wiki
  6. Reboot after changing language settings
  7. (if it's a laptop) Set charge limits in Power Management > Advanced Power settings
  8. Set profile picture for your profile
  9. Set wallpaper in Login screen (SDDM)
  10. Set wallpaper everywhere else by right-clicking the file
  11. Change cursor size to 36 in Colors & Themes > Global Theme > Cursors
  12. Disable bell in Accessibility > System bell > Audible bell
  13. Enable cursor shake in Accessibility > Shake Cursor and magnification as high as it can go, it's hilarious!
  14. Disable hot corner in Screen Edges
  15. Add desired keyboard layouts (don't forget to change the shortcut)
  16. Enable compose key in Keyboard > Key Bindings
  17. Launch Spectacle and configure saving to clipboard and folder
  18. Change home Wi-Fi firewall group to trusted
  19. Disable "Do not disturb" on fullscreen apps

Taskbar:

  1. Remove margin spacer thing
  2. Add Weather Report plugin on the panel
  3. Set Show temperature in the plugin
  4. Set Show battery percentage on icon (if it's a laptop)
  5. Configure digital clock: ISO date, always show seconds, show week numbers

Configs, tweaks and installs

  1. Install oh-my-zsh:
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
  1. Reboot for it to become default
  2. Install micro:
yay micro
  1. Install wl-clipboard (for copy-pasting in micro):
yay wl-clipboard
  1. Disable Wi-Fi power save:
yay iw
sudo micro /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf

# write this:
[connection]
wifi.powersave = 2
  1. Enable REISUB:
sudo micro /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.con

# write this
kernel.sysrq = 1
  1. Put in .gitconfig:
[user]
	name = Arseny Garelyshev
	email = monstrag@gmail.com
[core]
	editor = micro
[column]
	ui = auto
[tag]
	sort = version:refname
[init]
	defaultBranch = main
[diff]
	algorithm = histogram
	colorMoved = plain
	mnemonicPrefix = true
	renames = true
[push]
	autoSetupRemote = true
	followTags = true
[fetch]
	prune = true
	pruneTags = true
	all = true
[commit]
	verbose = true
  1. Install github-cli:
yay github-cli
  1. Login in gitub cli:
gh auth login
  1. Install jetbrains-toolbox
yay jetbrains-toolbox
  1. Launch it, login, disable run on startup, install IDEs
  2. Install telegram:
yay telegram-desktop
  1. Add compact density in firefox: go to about:config and enable browser.compactmode.show
  2. Login and personalize firefox

Aaaand you're more or less done.