- Backup your Calibre book library following instructions at: https://blog.calibre-ebook.com/how-to-backup-move-and-export-your-library-in-calibre/
- Complete a backup of the user's entire home directory Note: refer to files under ~/rsync/ for reference
- Firefox
- Backup the configuration of "auto tab discard" firefox extension
- Backup the configuration of "FoxyProxy" firefox extension Note: This is checked into github under files/foxyproxy
- Backup bookmarks and settings using Firefox Sync
- Synchronise Joplin Notes
- Synchronise your Gnome Extensions with Extensions Sync at https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/1486/extensions-sync/
- Check for new versions of any downloaded packages e.g. bluejeans, vpn clients etc.
- Update this playbook with all of the above wherever possible, and check it in
- Install Ansible and git:
sudo dnf install ansible git
Restore your home directory from the remote source via rsync
- Add the SSH key for this machine in Github (probably not needed if reusing SSH key) https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/authenticating-to-github/adding-a-new-ssh-key-to-your-github-account https://github.com/settings/keys
git clone https://github.com/benblasco/fedoralaptop.git
cd fedoralaptop
ansible-playbook -i hosts laptop.yml --ask-become-pass --vault-id @prompt --tags=ssh
ansible-playbook -i hosts laptop.yml --ask-become-pass --vault-id @prompt --tags=cubox
ansible-playbook -i hosts laptop.yml --ask-become-pass --vault-id @prompt --check
# ansible-playbook -i hosts laptop.yml --ask-become-pass --vault-id @prompt --skip-tags=wifi
- Change the remote URL so you can use your SSH key https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/using-git/changing-a-remotes-url#switching-remote-urls-from-https-to-ssh
git remote set-url origin [email protected]:benblasco/fedoralaptop.git
Mouse
- Switch mouse to left handed
- Set mouse speed to maximum
- Keep track pad right handed
Time
- Enable automatic time zone
Displays
- Orient the screens correctly
- Enable night light
Nautilus File Manager
- Sort folders before files
- Show action to permanently delete files and folders
- Switch view to list style
- Arrange by file type
- Allow you to free type another path into the title bar
Power management
- Via Gnome Tweaks, ensure closing lid does not put laptop to sleep
- Blank screen and lock after 15 minutes, rather than 5 (idle delay?)
Restore bookmarks and settings using Firefox Sync Install Firefox extensions
- Firstly, login and sync. It should download the extensions for you
- Open the Multi Account Containers extension and allow it to sync
- Restore the list of auto tab discard exceptions (auto-tab-discard-preferences.json)
- Restore the FoxyProxy configuration
- Log in to your Pocket account
- Click on the extensions icon to show the list of extensions, and then right click on an extension to select "pin to toolbar"
Configure Firefox Hardware Acceleration (which should already be done out of the box nowadays):
Disable ctrl-q shortcut in Firefox as per https://superuser.com/questions/1318336/how-to-disable-ctrlq-shortcut-in-firefox-on-linux
- Go to about:config
- Set
browser.warnOnQuit true - Set
browser.warnOnQuitShortcut trueNote: These appear to be enabled by default now probably due to Firefox sync
Install Gnome extensions Sync:
- https://github.com/oae/gnome-shell-extensions-sync
- Configure the correct Github gist/token (see Joplin Notes or encrypted roles/workstation/vars/gnome_extensions_sync_gist.yml)
- Click to download the extensions
- Reboot or log off to restart Gnome
How to open Gnome looking glass
- Alt+F2
- Then type "lg"
Configure Joplin Notes
- File -> Synchronise: Tell it to use Dropbox and authenticate it
- Change the default date format (Tools -> Options)
- Switch default editor to vi mode (Tools -> Options -> General -> Show Advanced Settings -> Keyboard Mode: Vim)
Configure Dropbox
- Run Dropbox and follow the prompts
- Disable annoying notifications via the following commands as regular user:
- https://discourse.joplinapp.org/t/joplin-i-love-you-but-this-is-driving-me-nuts-dropbox/10842/13
- https://help.dropbox.com/sync/ignored-files
$ attr -s com.dropbox.ignore -V 1 /home/bblasco/Dropbox/Apps/Joplin/.sync/ $ attr -s com.dropbox.ignore -V 1 /home/bblasco/Dropbox/Apps/Joplin/locks/- Also note that accessing the dropbox GUI depends on legacy tray icon support in Gnome: https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/615/appindicator-support/
Grab your VSCode extensions and settings
Install and restore Calibre E-Book library