Terminal enhancements

Dropdown terminal It seems Guake is an obvious choice for everyone, but Tilix gives terminator features of splitting a window with flavor of Guake. yaourt -S tilix-bin To use tilix as a dropdown terminal, you need to setup a key with tilix -q as action. Install zsh sudo pacman -S zsh Install git sudo pacman -S git Setup oh-my-zsh wget https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/raw/master/tools/install.sh -O - | zsh chsh -s `which zsh` ZSH Theme I am using a custom theme inspired from juanghurtado. ...

April 20, 2018 · 1 min · Sanjeev Kumar Pandit

Arch Linux post installation

Update your system pacman -Syu Install X server, Desktop Environment and Display Manager pacman -S xorg To install GNOME: pacman -S gnome gnome-extra To install Cinnamon: pacman -S cinnamon nemo-fileroller To install XFCE: pacman -S xfce4 xfce4-goodies To install KDE: pacman -S plasma To install MATE: pacman -S mate mate-extra To install a display manager: pacman -S lightdm systemctl enable lightdm.service Add user # Add new user useradd -m -G wheel -s /bin/bash username passwd username # Uncomment wheel group visudo %wheel ALL=(ALL) ALL # Install sudo package pacman -S sudo Install yaourt Add followings to /etc/pacman.conf: ...

April 16, 2018 · 2 min · Sanjeev Kumar Pandit

Install Arch Linux

It’s been a long time since I have been using Arch Linux and loving it since because of its flexibility. In the mean time, I have installed the same OS for many times because I tried new things and crashed a lot of installed things. Literally, thinking about the time to repair, I just re-installed the OS. It just feels quick and easy to clear out all your garbage. However, it’s a pain to setup all those applications and configuration. That’s why I am writing this where I can find the steps I have been following to install and setup my machine my way :). ...

April 14, 2018 · 3 min · Sanjeev Kumar Pandit

Setup XDebug in Ubuntu

Xdebug’s basic functions include the display of stack traces on error conditions, maximum nesting level protection and time tracking. Xdebug is a very powerful tool for finding out the errors and testing the implementation of logics using PHP. You can easily install Xdebug in your machine by following these instructions. Always run sudo apt-get update before installing any application. There are two sources for installation. Ubuntu: This will provide you the application compiled during the building of the OS you are using. Thus, you may get older version of the application and might not get updates frequently. PPA: You will get the latest version of the application and frequent updates on the application. [Optional] Add PPA to your Softwares List. Skip to step #4 if you don’t want to use PPA for installation. But, I recommend to use PPA for frequent updates. Enter these commands in your terminal. ...

May 24, 2016 · 3 min · Sanjeev Kumar Pandit