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===NetworkManager===
 
===NetworkManager===
  
Networkmanager is a bad idea, just disable it and use /etc/network/interfaces to configure your network.
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NetworkManager is a bad idea, just disable it and use <code>/etc/network/[[Networking#Interfaces|interfaces]]</code> to configure your network. You may need to install ifupdown and disable the netplan thing to achieve this.
  
<syntaxhighlight lang=bash>
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===Settings GUI===
apt-get purge network-manager
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vi /etc/network/interfaces
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One day I could not start the settings GUI anymore.
auto <interface>
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Removing the unity-control-center fixed the problem one time. On another install it didn't.
iface <interface> inet dhcp
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    wpa-ssid <ssid>
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<code>sudo apt-get remove unity-control-center</code>
    wpa-psk <password>
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</syntaxhighlight>
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===Display===
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When I connect a monitor to my laptop on HDMI automatically a 3<sup>rd</sup> VGA display is found.
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;xrandr --listactivemonitors
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:Show all active monitors
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;xrandr --output VGA-1-2 --off
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:Turn off the VGA display. The name may differ on other configurations.
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==Add applications==
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To add an application to the 'Open with' list edit /usr/share/applications/newapp.desktop.
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For opening jupyter notebooks I added jupyter.desktop that looks like below.
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I don't think everything is needed but it works.
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[Desktop Entry]
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Type=Application
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Version=1.0
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Name=Jupyter
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GenericName=Jupyter notebook
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Comment=Prototyping and documentation
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Exec=jupyter notebook %F
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Icon=jupyter
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Terminal=false
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Categories=GTK;Development;IDE;
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MimeType=text/plain;text/x-python;
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StartupNotify=true
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Keywords=Python;Editor;

Revision as of 23:16, 15 November 2019

Ubuntu is a linux distribution derived from debian. It's a very nice plug&play OS with all features I need.

cat /etc/os-release
cat /etc/lsb-release
lsb_release -a
Show the currently installed version. os-release has most information.

Modfications made

The few things I needed to tweak are listed here.

NetworkManager

NetworkManager is a bad idea, just disable it and use /etc/network/interfaces to configure your network. You may need to install ifupdown and disable the netplan thing to achieve this.

Settings GUI

One day I could not start the settings GUI anymore. Removing the unity-control-center fixed the problem one time. On another install it didn't.

sudo apt-get remove unity-control-center

Display

When I connect a monitor to my laptop on HDMI automatically a 3rd VGA display is found.

xrandr --listactivemonitors
Show all active monitors
xrandr --output VGA-1-2 --off
Turn off the VGA display. The name may differ on other configurations.

Add applications

To add an application to the 'Open with' list edit /usr/share/applications/newapp.desktop.

For opening jupyter notebooks I added jupyter.desktop that looks like below. I don't think everything is needed but it works.

[Desktop Entry]
Type=Application
Version=1.0
Name=Jupyter
GenericName=Jupyter notebook
Comment=Prototyping and documentation 
Exec=jupyter notebook %F
Icon=jupyter
Terminal=false
Categories=GTK;Development;IDE;
MimeType=text/plain;text/x-python;
StartupNotify=true
Keywords=Python;Editor;