Graphical terminal on Proxmox machine based on debian, X11, gnome, synergy, grid screen, auto tiling
forge-ext/forge: Forge - Tiling and Window Manager for Gnome-Shell Forge is a GNOME Shell extension that provides tiling/window management.
# X11
make test-x
# Wayland
make test-wayland
# Formatting, when you do npm install,
# husky gets installed should force prettier formatting during commit
npm run format
apt-get install gnome
Update your repository and system by running:
apt-get update && apt-get dist-upgrade
I choose xfce4 desktop as this a lightweight desktop environment. If you prefer another one, just replace xfce4 with lxde, gnome, icewm, kde, …
apt-get install xfce4 chromium lightdm
Before starting the x-windows, create a normal user with:
adduser newusername
Start the login manager:
systemctl start lightdm
sudo apt install node-typescript make git
get the Pop Shell code from GitHub, build and install it for the current user on your GNOME 3.36, 3.38 or 40 desktop using:
git clone https://github.com/pop-os/shell
cd shell
make local-install
For Ubuntu / Debian, you can either download the Pop Shell Shortcuts DEB from here (it has no dependencies), or build it yourself as follows.
Install the Pop Shell Shortcuts dependencies:
sudo apt install cargo rustc libgtk-3-dev
clone the Pop Shell Shortcuts git repository, build and install it:
git clone https://github.com/pop-os/shell-shortcuts
cd shell-shortcuts
make
sudo make install
Material Shell - A new desktop experience
Hotkeys
Some hotkeys might already be used by GNOME Shell - please check your keybindings first.
Desktop navigation
Super+WNavigate to the upper workspace.Super+SNavigate to the lower workspace.Super+AFocus the window at the left of the current window.Super+DFocus the window at the right of the current window.Super+1,Super+2…Super+0Navigate to specific workspaceWindow manipulation
Super+QKill the current window focused.Super+[MouseDrag]Move window around.Super+Shift+AMove the current window to the left.Super+Shift+DMove the current window to the right.Super+Shift+WMove the current window to the upper workspace.Super+Shift+SMove the current window to the lower workspace.Extra Hotkeys
Super+SpaceCycle the tiling layout of the current workspace.Super+EscapeToggle the UI of Material-shell, like a Zen mode.
apt install flatpak
# Install the Software Flatpak plugin
apt install gnome-software-plugin-flatpak
# Add the Flathub repository
flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
reboot
the usermod command with the -a (append) and -G (group name) options to add users to sudoers. The -G option allows us to name the group we’d like to add the user to, and the -a option tells usermod to add the new group to the list of existing groups this user is already in. make sure you’ve included the -a option.
sudo usermod -aG sudo tom
We need to edit the sudoers file.
sudo visudo
Add these lines below that section
# user tom can install software
tom ALL=(root) /usr/bin/apt
pwr-Solaar/Solaar: Linux device manager for Logitech devices
| [Manual Installation | Solaar](https://pwr-solaar.github.io/Solaar/installation) |
# An easy way to install the most recent release version of Solaar is from the PyPI repository. First install pip, and then run
pip install --user 'solaar[report-descriptor,git-commit]'
# This will not install the Solaar udev rule, which you will need to install manually by copying
~/.local/share/solaar/udev-rules.d/42-logitech-unify-permissions.rules
# to /etc/udev/rules.d as root.