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Linux Desktop Setup

I’ve tried a few flavors of linux, and had issues with each as a desktop.  Recently I got  a new laptop so I decided to try it again.

My favorite distro is Mint, just be cause it doesn’t overload things with a bunch of effects that make it harder to find what you are looking for.  My only issue is, Mint couldn’t see my wifi card.  So.. I used ubuntu, and placed Cinnammon on top.  First, thanks to Marin Todorov, he’s got a great tutorial on how to set this up.  I’m going to put the essence here since I hate it when things disappear from the web.

  1. Install Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
  2. Install Cinnamon (apt install cinnamon)
  3. Install Numix 
    1. add-apt-repository ppa:numix/ppa
    2. apt-get update
    3. apt-get install numix-gtk-theme

    4. apt-get install numix-icon-theme-circle
  4. Install Conky 
    1. apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
    2. apt-get update
    3. apt-get install conky-manager
  5. Install Plank 
    1. add-apt-repository ppa:ricotz/docky
    2. apt-get update
    3. apt-get install plank
    4. Inside the manager I turned on “Gotham, CPU Panel, Network Panel, and Process Panel”
    5. I’m including here my configs I placed in the .conky directory for my settings.
  6. Install Skype following instructions from here 
    1. add-apt-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner"

    2. dpkg --add-architecture i386
    3. apt-get update
    4. apt-get install skype
    5. cp /usr/share/applications/skype.desktop /home/<homedir>/.config/autostart/