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. Switch Global theme from godawful EndeavourOS to plain Breeze Dark
3. Enable Night light
4. 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
5. Reboot after changing language settings
6. (if it's a laptop) Set charge limits in Power Management > Advanced Power settings
7. Set profile picture for your profile
8. Set wallpaper in Login screen (SDDM)
9. Set wallpaper everywhere else by right-clicking the file
10. Change cursor size to 36 in Colors & Themes > Global Theme > Cursors
11. Disable bell in Accessibility > System bell > Audible bell
12. Enable cursor shake in Accessibility > Shake Cursor and magnification as high as it can go, it's hilarious!
13. Disable hot corner in Screen Edges
14. Add desired keyboard layouts (don't forget to change the shortcut)
15. Enable compose key in Keyboard > Key Bindings
16. Launch Spectacle and configure saving to clipboard and folder
17. Change home Wi-Fi firewall group to trusted
18. Disable "Do not disturb" on fullscreen apps
19. Disable "Middle click: Pastes selected text" in General Behavior (requires restart)

Taskbar

1. Remove margin spacer thing
2. Add Weather Report plugin on the panel
3. Set Show temperature in the plugin
4. (if it's a laptop) Set Show battery percentage on icon
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)"

2. Reboot for it to become default
3. Install micro:

   yay micro

4. Install wl-clipboard (for copy-pasting in micro):

   yay wl-clipboard

5. Disable Wi-Fi power save:

   yay iwsudo micro /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/default-wifi-powersave-on.conf

   Write this:

   [connection]wifi.powersave = 2

6. Enable REISUB:

   sudo micro /etc/sysctl.d/99-sysctl.con

   Write this

   kernel.sysrq = 1

7. Put in .gitconfig:

   [user]
   	name = Your Name
   	email = yourname@email.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
   

8. Install jetbrains-toolbox

   yay jetbrains-toolbox

9. Launch it, login, disable run on startup, install IDEs
10. Install telegram:

    yay telegram-desktop

11. Add compact density in firefox: go to about:config and enable browser.compactmode.show
12. Login and personalize firefox
13. Switch zsh updates into reminder mode:

    Uncomment this line in .zshrc file in your home directory

    zstyle ':omz:update' mode reminder

Aaaand you're more or less done.