• Ubuntu ¹⁾
• Desktop ²⁾
• 22.04.1 LTS

• https://ubuntu.com/download/desktop

• https://github.com/StevenBlack/hosts/
• Unified hosts + fakenews + gambling

• Only run this once as it overwrites /etc/hosts-bak on subsequential runs

wget -O '/tmp/hosts-tmp' 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts' && sudo cp '/etc/hosts' '/etc/hosts-bak' && sudo mv '/tmp/hosts-tmp' '/etc/hosts' && sync

wget -O '/tmp/hosts-tmp' 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts' && sudo mv '/tmp/hosts-tmp' '/etc/hosts' && sync

cat '/etc/hosts' | grep 'Date:'

sudo -e '/etc/hosts'

sudo cp '/etc/hosts-bak' '/etc/hosts' && sync

• https://launchpad.net/~oibaf/+archive/ubuntu/graphics-drivers

sudo add-apt-repository 'ppa:oibaf/graphics-drivers'

• https://keybase.io/
• https://prerelease.keybase.io/
• This is only the signing key, see Keybase for client installation

wget -O '/tmp/code_signing_key.asc' 'https://keybase.io/docs/server_security/code_signing_key.asc' && sudo mv '/tmp/code_signing_key.asc' '/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/keybase.asc' && sync

• https://www.winehq.org/
• https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu
• https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/

wget -O '/tmp/winehq.key' 'https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/winehq.key' && sudo mv '/tmp/winehq.key' '/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/winehq.asc' && echo 'deb https://dl.winehq.org/wine-builds/ubuntu/ kinetic main' | sudo tee '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/winehq.list' > '/dev/null' && sync

• https://liquorix.net/

sudo add-apt-repository 'ppa:damentz/liquorix'

• https://xanmod.org/

wget -O '/tmp/xanmod.key' 'https://dl.xanmod.org/gpg.key' && sudo mv '/tmp/xanmod.key' '/etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/xanmod.asc' && echo 'deb http://deb.xanmod.org releases main' | sudo tee '/etc/apt/sources.list.d/xanmod.list' > '/dev/null' && sync

sudo apt update && sudo apt full-upgrade -y && sudo apt autoremove -y && sudo apt clean && sync

sudo fwupdmgr refresh --force && sudo fwupdmgr update --verbose && sync

sudo snap refresh && sync

sudo apt install --install-recommends 7zip aria2 chrome-gnome-shell evolution filezilla gimp keepassxc libreoffice libsecret-tools lm-sensors mesa-utils mpv rhythmbox transmission-gtk unar youtube-dl 

• https://github.com/ckb-next/ckb-next

ckb-next

• https://wiki.winehq.org/Ubuntu

winehq-staging winbind winetricks libgl1-mesa-dri:i386 mesa-vulkan-drivers mesa-vulkan-drivers:i386 libgl1:i386

linux-image-liquorix-amd64 linux-headers-liquorix-amd64

linux-xanmod-x64v3

• https://github.com/intel/media-driver#components-and-features

intel-media-va-driver-non-free

• https://keybase.io
• This needs ran as a separate command and not combined with the above package installations
• On Fedora, Keybase used GPU in the background, and crashed amdgpu (see #25070); TODO: See if this still happens

rm -Rf '/tmp/keybase_amd64.deb' && wget -O '/tmp/keybase_amd64.deb' 'https://prerelease.keybase.io/keybase_amd64.deb' && sudo apt install '/tmp/keybase_amd64.deb' && rm '/tmp/keybase_amd64.deb' && sync && run_keybase

torbrowser-launcher

• TODO: This may need updated to run with apt instead of dpkg

wget -O '/tmp/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb' 'https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb' && sudo dpkg --install '/tmp/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb' || sudo apt install -f && rm '/tmp/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb' && sync

• See game_performance for Game.sh script

bash -c "secret-tool lookup 'keepass' 'default' | keepassxc --pw-stdin ~/'Documents/keepass.kdbx'"

gnome-terminal --command "sudo sh -c 'apt update && apt full-upgrade -y && apt clean && apt autoremove -y && sync && snap refresh && wget -O '/etc/hosts' 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/StevenBlack/hosts/master/alternates/fakenews-gambling/hosts' && sync && fstrim --all --verbose && sync && sleep '5''"

gnome-terminal -- sh -c ~/'.local/scripts/Game.sh'

• Listed respectively to above

• Ctrl + Alt + Z
• Pause
• F6

• http://localhost:631/admin

• Internet Printing Protocol (ipps) → HP → IPP Everywhere ™
• Color Mode: Device Gray
• Administration → Set As Server Default

ipps://192.168.1.164/ipp/print

• 4 Tab width
• Insert Spaces for Tab mode

• https://quad9.net/
• See DNS servers for other DNS servers

9.9.9.9,149.112.112.112

2620:fe::fe,2620:fe::9

• Sort Folders Before Files

• See Internet Radio

• 10-notch Transparency

• https://github.com/gautamramk/FQ-PIE-for-Linux-Kernel

echo 'net.core.default_qdisc = fq_pie' | sudo tee '/etc/sysctl.d/99-fq-pie.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/sysctl.d/99-fq-pie.conf'

tc qdisc show | grep 'fq_pie'

• https://wiki.archlinux.org/title/intel_graphics#Enable_performance_support
• TODO: See what else besides DXVK is affected by this
• TODO: See if this is appropriate for Ubuntu as this is copy/pasted from Fedora notes

echo 'dev.i915.perf_stream_paranoid = 0' | sudo tee '/etc/sysctl.d/99-i915-perf.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/sysctl.d/99-i915-perf.conf'

echo 'vm.swappiness = 0' | sudo tee '/etc/sysctl.d/99-swappiness.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/sysctl.d/99-swappiness.conf'

• More Kernel Parameters
• Add options in GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT=

sudo -e '/etc/default/grub' && sudo update-grub

pci=pcie_bus_perf

processor.ignore_ppc=1

• Allows use of Overdrive options for overclocking and increasing the Power Limit

amdgpu.ppfeaturemask=0xffffffff

cat '/sys/module/amdgpu/parameters/ppfeaturemask' | grep '0xffffffff'

• This enables Framebuffer compression, Panel self-refresh, and i915 Fastboot
• This also enables GuC and HuC firmware loading if supported by the hardware

i915.enable_fbc=1 i915.enable_psr=1 i915.fastboot=1 i915.enable_guc=3

• Disable color calibration for the monitor in GNOME Settings ³⁾

• https://extensions.gnome.org/extension/545/hide-top-bar/

• This copies the configured monitor settings from the current user to gdm and also applies it to the log-in screen
• Notably useful for setting a laptop's built-in screen as disabled for the log-in screen
• TODO: Test on Ubuntu

sudo cp ~/'.config/monitors.xml' ~gdm/'.config/monitors.xml' && sudo chown 'gdm':'gdm' ~gdm/'.config/monitors.xml'

sudo rm ~gdm/'.config/monitors.xml' && sync

• ckb-next auto light shutoff requires Xorg
• GPU scaling for resolution requires Xorg
• Steam and various games through Wine work better through Xorg
• Xorg can be selected at log-in ⁴⁾

• Why Ubuntu 22.04 is so fast (and how to make it faster)

echo 'MUTTER_DEBUG_FORCE_KMS_MODE=simple' | sudo tee '/etc/environment.d/99-mutter-tweaks.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/environment.d/99-mutter-tweaks.conf'

echo 'CLUTTER_PAINT=disable-dynamic-max-render-time=1' | sudo tee '/etc/environment.d/99-clutter-tweaks.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/environment.d/99-clutter-tweaks.conf'

• Last updated: 2022/06/08

gsettings reset 'org.gnome.shell' 'app-picker-layout' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.interface' 'enable-animations' 'true' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'send-events' 'disabled-on-external-mouse' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'natural-scroll' 'false' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.mouse' 'accel-profile' 'flat' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'tap-to-click' 'false' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'tap-and-drag' 'false' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'disable-while-typing' 'false' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'click-method' 'areas' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.interface' 'clock-show-date' 'true' && gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.interface' 'clock-show-weekday' 'true'

• Last updated: 2022/06/08

gsettings reset 'org.gnome.shell' 'app-picker-layout'

gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.interface' 'enable-animations' 'true'

gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'send-events' 'disabled-on-external-mouse'

gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'natural-scroll' 'false'

gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.mouse' 'accel-profile' 'flat'

gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'tap-to-click' 'false'

gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'tap-and-drag' 'false'

gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'disable-while-typing' 'false'

gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad' 'click-method' 'areas'

gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.interface' 'clock-show-date' 'true'

gsettings set 'org.gnome.desktop.interface' 'clock-show-weekday' 'true'

• General → [ ] Load previous databases on startup
• Security → [x] Use DuckDuckGo service to download website icons

secret-tool store --label='KeePass' 'keepass' 'default'

• --auto can be used here, but if modules need to be added to /etc/modules, not using -auto will allow sensors to do it

sudo sensors-detect

• ArchWiki mpv High quality configurations

mkdir -p ~/'.config/mpv' && nano ~/'.config/mpv/mpv.conf'

profile=gpu-hq
scale=ewa_lanczossharp
cscale=ewa_lanczossharp
video-sync=display-resample
interpolation
tscale=oversample

• See Laptop Power Management

• See Client notes to generate/restore public key

• See ufw for more notes

sudo ufw reset && sudo ufw default deny && sudo ufw logging off && sudo ufw enable && sudo systemctl enable 'ufw'

sudo ufw allow 'ssh'

sudo systemctl enable 'fstrim.timer' --now && sudo systemctl start 'fstrim' && sync && sudo systemctl status 'fstrim' -l

• XFS - ArchWiki
• This is only necessary if XFS is being used on any persistent drives such as a NAS, and requires xfsprogs to be installed

sudo apt install 'xfsprogs'

sudo systemctl enable 'xfs_scrub_all.timer' --now && sudo systemctl start 'xfs_scrub_all' && sync && sudo systemctl status 'xfs_scrub_all' -l

• System time - ArchWiki
• Set RTC to UTC
• Needed if Windows is installed first
• Windows should also be set to UTC

sudo timedatectl set-local-rtc '0'

timedatectl | grep local

• See Wine

• TODO: Some hint about how to get EDID
• Ubuntu doesn't need an initramfs regen

sudo install -Dm644 ~/'Downloads/S271HL-75Hz-RB2/S271HL-75Hz-RB2.bin' '/usr/lib/firmware/edid/S271HL-75Hz-RB2.bin'

ls '/usr/lib/firmware/edid'

drm.edid_firmware=edid/S271HL-75Hz-RB2.bin

sudo dmesg | grep 'edid'

• This sets RGB Full on HDMI, and the content type to Game on HDMI for low-latency
• TODO: How this was figured out, and where to put it
• TODO: Verify dri/card number or wildcard it; was 1 on Fedora, but 0 on Ubuntu

proptest -M 'i915' -D '/dev/dri/card1' '103' 'connector' '98' '1'

proptest -M 'i915' -D '/dev/dri/card1' '103' 'connector' '107' '4'

• See xorg.conf Snippets
• Do not force a Xorg DDX driver ⁵⁾

• Run Xorg as Root
• This is required to allow overclocking and fan control
• TODO: See if this is needed on Ubuntu

echo 'needs_root_rights = yes' | sudo tee --append '/etc/X11/Xwrapper.config' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/X11/Xwrapper.config'

• See Firefox if old configuration is needed, otherwise use Firefox Sync

• Allows Firefox to use Wayland
• Enables smooth-scrolling

echo 'MOZ_ENABLE_WAYLAND=1' | sudo tee '/etc/environment.d/99-firefox-wayland.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/environment.d/99-firefox-wayland.conf'

echo 'MOZ_USE_XINPUT2=1' | sudo tee '/etc/environment.d/99-firefox-xinput2.conf' > '/dev/null' && cat '/etc/environment.d/99-firefox-xinput2.conf'

• Quad9

https://dns.quad9.net/dns-query

• For workstations that run servers as a secondary directive
• For headless servers, use Ubuntu Server

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/ubuntu-up.service'

[Service]
Type=oneshot
ExecStartPre='/usr/bin/apt' clean
ExecStart='/usr/bin/apt' update
ExecStart='/usr/bin/apt' full-upgrade -y
ExecStart='/usr/bin/apt' autoremove -y
ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/sync'
ExecStartPost='/usr/bin/systemctl' reboot

• 03:00 Oak

sudo -e '/etc/systemd/system/ubuntu-up.timer' && sudo systemctl daemon-reload && sudo systemctl enable 'ubuntu-up.timer' --now

[Unit]
Description=Software Package Maintenance and Updater
After=network-online.target
Wants=network-online.target

[Timer]
OnCalendar=*-*-* 03:00:00
Persistent=true

[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target

• D is the destination you want the extracted files to go
• x is the ISO you want to extract files from
• No space after the -o flag is intentional
• This is primarily useful for copying Windows ISO images to a FAT32 flash drive

7z x -o'D' -y x

7z x -o'/run/media/espionage724/LTSC 2019' -y '/home/espionage724/Downloads/en_windows_10_enterprise_ltsc_2019_x64_dvd_be3c8ffb.iso' && sync && sync

• https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp

rm -f '/tmp/yt-dlp' && wget -O '/tmp/yt-dlp' 'https://github.com/yt-dlp/yt-dlp/releases/latest/download/yt-dlp' && chmod +x '/tmp/yt-dlp'

• Change x to a URL

'/tmp/yt-dlp' --list-formats x

• Change x to a URL
• bestaudio can be changed to bestvideo for just video, or best for best video with audio

'/tmp/yt-dlp' --extract-audio --format 'bestaudio' x

• Ideally for if iOS devices will be involved

'/tmp/yt-dlp' --extract-audio --format 'bestaudio' --audio-format 'm4a' x

'/tmp/yt-dlp' --extract-audio --format 'bestaudio' --audio-format 'mp3' x

/usr/share/applications

~/.local/share/applications

/usr/share/icons/hicolor

~/.local/share/icons/hicolor

gio open '/etc/yum.repos.d'

sudo dnf history

• Change x to a transaction ID found above

sudo dnf history undo x

rpm -q gpg-pubkey --qf '%{NAME}-%{VERSION}-%{RELEASE}\t%{SUMMARY}\n'

sudo rpm -e x

• Change x to schema or omit it to show all settings

gsettings list-recursively 'x'

rm -f ~/'.config/monitors.xml' ~/'.config/monitors.xml~'

rm -f ~/'.config/pulse/'*

journalctl -e _COMM='gdm-x-session'

gio open ~/'.local/share/xorg/Xorg.0.log'

• https://www.geeks3d.com/gputest/

• 1280×720

wget -O '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64.zip' 'http://www.ozone3d.net/gputest/dl/GpuTest_Linux_x64_0.7.0.zip' && unzip '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64.zip' -d '/tmp' && cd '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64_'* && ./GpuTest /test='fur' /width='1280' /height='720'

cd '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64_'* && ./GpuTest /test='fur' /width='1280' /height='720'

/fullscreen /benchmark /benchmark_duration_ms='15000'

• 1920×1080

wget -O '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64.zip' 'http://www.ozone3d.net/gputest/dl/GpuTest_Linux_x64_0.7.0.zip' && unzip '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64.zip' -d '/tmp' && cd '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64_'* && ./GpuTest /test='fur' /width='1920' /height='1080'

cd '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64_'* && ./GpuTest /test='fur' /width='1920' /height='1080'

/fullscreen /benchmark /benchmark_duration_ms='15000'

• 3840×2160

wget -O '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64.zip' 'http://www.ozone3d.net/gputest/dl/GpuTest_Linux_x64_0.7.0.zip' && unzip '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64.zip' -d '/tmp' && cd '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64_'* && ./GpuTest /test='fur' /width='3840' /height='2160'

cd '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_x64_'* && ./GpuTest /test='fur' /width='3840' /height='2160'

/fullscreen /benchmark /benchmark_duration_ms='15000'

rm -Rf '/tmp/GpuTest_Linux_'* && cd ~ && sync

sudo apt install 'lm-sensors' -y && sudo sensors-detect --auto && sudo watch --interval '0.5' sensors

grep 'MHz' '/proc/cpuinfo'

watch --interval '0.5' grep \'cpu MHz\' '/proc/cpuinfo'

openssl ciphers -v | awk '{print $2}' | sort | uniq

• Both commands present the same information

df -hT

df --human-readable --print-type

sudo cryptsetup -v status '/dev/dm-0'

• See Drive Wipe notes

• This can be used to get the Oprom version for Intel RST

sudo mdadm --detail-platform

• Came from old notes; I assume this worked at some point, but in any case, the syntax looks nice :p

sudo mdadm --create '/dev/md0' --name='RAID' --level='0' --raid-devices='3' '/dev/sda' '/dev/sdb' '/dev/sdc' --verbose

• https://nouveau.freedesktop.org/wiki/Optimus

sudo cat '/sys/kernel/debug/vgaswitcheroo/switch'

• In dsdt.dsl, look for _OSI values, along with Windows and Linux

sudo apt install 'acpica-tools'

sudo cp --force '/sys/firmware/acpi/tables/DSDT' ~/'dsdt.dat'

cd ~ && iasl -d ~/'dsdt.dat'

gio open ~/'dsdt.dsl'

sudo apt autoremove --purge 'acpica-tools' && sync

• The following commands with an asterisk expect only one backlight controller at /sys/class/backlight
• This was only tested on one laptop with intel_backlight
• See Power Management notes on how to add backlight changes to a udev script
• See backlight for more details

ls '/sys/class/backlight'

cat '/sys/class/backlight/'*'/brightness'

cat '/sys/class/backlight/'*'/max_brightness'

• Change 376 to desired brightness
• Desired brightness must be under max_brightness value

echo "376" | sudo tee '/sys/class/backlight/'*'/brightness' > '/dev/null'

echo "$(cat '/sys/class/backlight/'*'/max_brightness')" | sudo tee '/sys/class/backlight/'*'/brightness' > '/dev/null'

sudo cat '/sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/i915_guc_info'

sudo cat '/sys/kernel/debug/dri/0/i915_guc_load_status'

grep -e "processor" -e "core id" -e "^$" /proc/cpuinfo

gcc -v -E -x c -march=native -mtune=native - < /dev/null 2>&1 | grep cc1 | perl -pe 's/ -mno-\S+//g; s/^.* - //g;'

history -cw

• Change 7ZIPNAME in 7ZIPNAME.7z to the desired archive name
• Change PASS in -pPASS to the desired password
• Change x to the file or folder to add to the archive

7za a '7ZIPNAME.7z' -p'PASS' 'x'

7za a 'x.7z' -p'x' 'x'

• x is a secret without &digits=6

sudo apt install 'oathtool'

oathtool --totp -b 'x'

sudo apt install 'libimage-exiftool-perl'

exiftool -all= *.* -overwrite_original