Additional Tweaks - ntpeters/genesis GitHub Wiki

Manual tweaks not included in the automated scripts.

##GTK Theme Tweaks Tweaks for theming GTK.

###Per-Application GTK Themes Execute an application by prepending the command with setting the GTK_THEME environment variable.

For example, to change the theme only for this instance of gedit:

GTK_THEME=Adwaita gedit

This will only reset the GTK_THEME in for this instance, not globally. As such, this approach can be taken to set different themes for applications that may not play well with your default theme.

Source: Running GTK+ Applications | Different Themes Per App

###Fix GTK2 Dark Theme Copy the gtk-2.0 folder from the desired theme to your current theme folder:

mv /usr/local/share/themes/$CUR_THEME/gtk-2.0 /usr/local/share/themes/$CUR_THEME/gtk-2.0_backup
cp -r /usr/local/share/themes/$SEL_THEME/gtk-2.0 /usr/local/share/themes/$CUR_THEME

Where CUR_THEME is the current theme in use, and SEL_THEME is your selected theme to use for GTK2.

###GTK2 Dark Themes

Elementary Dark

FlatStudioDark

Boje

OMG_Suite

##Gnome Tweaks Tweaks for the Gnome Shell

###Disable Gnome Animations Open dconf (Desktop Configuration Editor). Set the following key to false: `org.gnome.desktop.interface enable-animations

###Show Application on All Workspaces

  1. Install the Auto move windows shell extension
  2. Open dconf editor and navigate to schema: org.gnome.shell.extensions.auto-move-windows
  3. Add to the key application-list: <path-to-app-desktopfile>:0 (where "path-to-app-desktopfile" is the path to the menu entry .desktop file for the desired application)

OR

wmctrl -r <app-window> -t -1

##Fix Lid Close Suspend In /etc/systemd/logind.conf uncomment/add the following line: HandleLidSwitch=suspend

##Fix Nvidia Graphics Corruption On Wake Alt+F2 => r => Return OR gnome-shell --display=:0 --replace

###Automate Add script to directory: /etc/systemd/system-sleep/

Script Contents: [ “$1” = “post” ] && gnome-shell --display=:0 –replace

Issues: Currently causes gnome-shell to crash. Unsure of the cause.

##Fix Launcher Shortcuts (IntelliJ/Android Studio)

  1. Install Oracle JDK
  2. Set environment variables (also set in .bashrc, regardless of default shell):
export JRE_HOME=/usr/java/latest/jre
export JDK_HOME=/usr/java/latest
export JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/latest
export PATH=$JAVA_HOME/bin:$PATH
export PATH=<intellij-path>/bin:$PATH
export PATH=<android-studio-path>/bin:$PATH
  1. Run IntelliJ/Android Studio => Configure => Create Desktop Entry (current user)
  2. Open the desktop entry file:
~/.local/share/applications/jetbrains-idea.desktop
~/.local/share/applications/jetbrains-android-studio.desktop
  1. Prepend bash -i to the Exec line
  2. Make the desktop entry executable:
chmod +x jetbrains-idea.desktop
chmod +x jetbrains-android-studio.desktop
  1. (Optional) On the Icon line, replace the page with idea or androidstudio to use the current themes icon instead.

##Google Chrome Tweaks Various performance and experience tweaks for Google Chrome

###Flags Open chrome://flags in Chrome, and modify the following settings:

Enable fast tab/window close = Enabled
Smooth Scrolling = Enabled
Overlay Scrollbars = Enabled
Enable SPDY/4 = Enabled
Enable Encrypted Media Extensions = Enabled
Enable Download Resumption = Enabled
Enable the stale-while-revalidate cache directive = Enabled
LCD text antialiasing = Enabled
Maximum tiles for interest area = 512
Enable TCP Fast Open = Enabled
Enable the new avatar menu = Enabled
Enable Google profile name and icon = Enabled
Enable out of process PDF = Enabled
Enable tab audio muting UI control = Enabled
Enable Plugin Power Save = Enabled

###Extensions This is a list of only extensions that help improve Chrome performance:

Adblock Plus - Blocks unnecessary adds on websites.
FlashControl - Blocks all Flash content on a webpage. Elements can be re-activated upon click.
The Great Suspender - Suspends unused tabs in the background to free resources.

###Launcher Parameters Parameters to pass to Chrome when launched:

--process-per-site - Combines multiple loaded pages from the same website under a single thread.

###Omnibox Redirects to Google

  1. Settings => Manage Search Engines
  2. Add new search engine with definition: https://www.google.com/search?q=%s

###Unable to Update Chrome (No PGP Key Installed) sudo rpm --import https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub

Bluetooth Headset Support

  1. Install: pulseaudio-module-bluetooth

  2. Update/create /etc/bluetooth/audio.conf:

[General]
Enable=Source,Sink,Headset,Gateway,Control,Media
Disable=Socket
HFP=fals
[A2DP]
SBCSources=1
MPEG12Sources=0

  1. Pair bluetooth device with computer.

  2. Ensure the Avahi Daemon is running: systemctl start avahi-daemon

  3. Restart bluetooth service to reconnect to Avahi: systemctl restart bluetooth

  4. Reconnect bluetooth device to computer.

  5. Find bluetooth device (note the device index for the next step): pactl list cards short

  6. Enable A2DP profile: pactl set-card-profile <device_index> a2dp_sink

  7. Select bluetooth device as sound output device.

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