Devices#

PC Master Race

  • OS: CachyOS GNOME
  • CPU: AMD Ryzen 5 3600
  • GPU: AMD Radeon RX 6800 16 GB
  • RAM: 32 GB (4 x Geil Super Luce 8 GB DDR4 3200MHz)
  • NVMe: 1 TB (2 x Adata XPG Spectrix S40G 512 GB)
  • Motherboard: ASUS TUF Gaming X570-PRO (Wi-Fi)
  • Mouse: Logitech G305
  • Keyboard: HyperX Alloy Origins Core (with Razer Pink PBT keycaps)
  • Headphones: Audio-Technica ATH-M50x (with a FiiO BTA10) and Sony Inzone H9

Raspberry Pi 4 Model B

Apple MacBook Air M1 2020

Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra

BIOS config#

  • Restore defaults
  • Set RAM to 3200MHz
  • Enable Resizable Bar
  • Enable virtualization
  • Enable Secure Boot
  • Disable CSM
  • Customize fans speed to maximize silence

Linux stuff#

CachyOS GNOME / rEFInd / AMD GPU#

  • Add BlackArch repo:

https://www.blackarch.org/downloads.html#install-repo

  • Install AI SDK:
sudo chwd --ai_sdk -i pci rocm-ai-sdk
  • Install apps:
sudo pacman -Syu --needed android-tools apparmor aria2 audacious audacity bleachbit blender brave-bin btop burpsuite cachyos-gaming-meta cachyos-gnome-settings cachyos-snapper-support cachyos-zsh-config calf calibre clipgrab cmatrix curl dconf-editor ddcutil distrobox docker easyeffects extension-manager fastfetch file-roller flatpak fuse2 gimp gnome-break-timer gnome-calendar gnome-characters gnome-chess gnome-clocks gnome-connections gnome-contacts gnome-dictionary gnome-epub-thumbnailer gnome-font-viewer gnome-logs gnome-maps gnome-mines gnome-multi-writer gnome-nettool gnome-nibbles gnome-remote-desktop gnome-shell-extension-pop-shell-git gnome-sudoku gnome-user-share gnome-weather gnuchess gparted gufw gvfs-smb handbrake htop john jre21-openjdk kimageformats5 kitty krita krita-plugin-gmic kseexpr libheif libjxl libmypaint libreoffice-fresh lrzip lsp-plugins-lv2 mda.lv2 mpv mutter-cachyos nautilus-image-converter neovim net-tools nmap obs-studio obs-vaapi obs-vkcapture octopi ollama-rocm p7zip pamac-aur paru polkit-gnome poppler-qt5 proton-cachyos protontricks python-pyqt5 qbittorrent qemu-full rocm-smi-lib ryujinx scummvm shotcut shotwell sqlmap squashfs-tools stremio sushi tmux tree ttf-ubuntu-font-family unace unrar ventoy-bin virt-manager vlc wget wireshark-qt yelp yt-dlp zam-plugins-lv2
  • Enable AppArmor:
sudo nvim /boot/refind_linux.conf

Add kernel params

lsm=landlock,lockdown,yama,integrity,apparmor,bpf

sudo systemctl enable apparmor.service

Reboot and check

aa-enabled
  • Install VSCode and Yaru from AUR:
paru -S --needed visual-studio-code-bin yaru-gnome-shell-theme yaru-gtk-theme yaru-icon-theme yaru-sound-theme
  • Enable Ollama service:
sudo systemctl enable ollama.service
  • Config Alpaca to use:
http://localhost:11434

Fedora GNOME#

  • Add RPM Fusion repo:

https://rpmfusion.org/Configuration

  • Config codecs:

https://rpmfusion.org/Howto/Multimedia

  • Install apps:
sudo dnf install android-tools aria2 audacious audacity bleachbit blender btop btrfs-assistant calibre cmatrix curl dconf-editor ddcutil distrobox easyeffects file-roller firewall-config flatpak fuse fuse-libs gimp gnome-calendar gnome-multi-writer gnome-tweaks gnome-weather gparted htop libreoffice lutris mpv fastfetch neovim net-tools nmap obs-studio obs-studio-plugin-vkcapture openssl protontricks qbittorrent scummvm shotwell simple-scan steam sushi tmux tor torbrowser-launcher torsocks tree util-linux virt-manager vlc wget yaru-theme yt-dlp
  • Install Brave:

https://brave.com/linux/

  • Install VSCode:

https://code.visualstudio.com/docs/setup/linux#_rhel-fedora-and-centos-based-distributions

  • Install Docker:

https://developer.fedoraproject.org/tools/docker/docker-installation.html

  • Ubuntu fonts:

https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/atim/ubuntu-fonts/

  • CachyOS Kernel:

https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/bieszczaders/kernel-cachyos

Flatpaks#

flatpak install flathub com.github.k4zmu2a.spacecadetpinball com.github.tchx84.Flatseal com.jeffser.Alpaca com.vysp3r.ProtonPlus dev.vencord.Vesktop io.github.flattool.Warehouse it.mijorus.gearlever org.signal.Signal org.telegram.desktop

Speedy encryption on NVMe Devices#

sudo dmsetup table

sudo cryptsetup --perf-no_read_workqueue --perf-no_write_workqueue --persistent refresh luks-blablabla

GNOME VRR and fractional scaling#

gsettings set org.gnome.mutter experimental-features "['variable-refresh-rate','scale-monitor-framebuffer']"

GNOME extensions#

Kitty#

nvim ~/.config/kitty/kitty.conf

linux_display_server x11
map cmd+t new_tab_with_cwd
font_family      UbuntuMono
bold_font        auto
italic_font      auto
bold_italic_font auto
font_size 14

Zsh#

nvim ~/.zshrc

alias astrofetch="fastfetch -l arch -c neofetch"
alias mikufetch="fastfetch --logo ~/Pictures/img_MIKU_us.png --logo-height 30"
alias update="paru; flatpak update"

Steam tweaks#

  • Enable Steam Play in Steam settings
  • Set launch options (per game) to:
gamemoderun %command%

or in CachyOS:

game-performance %command%

CS2#

  • Launch options:
-vulkan -novid -fullscreen

Sonic Adventure#

https://gamebanana.com/tuts/16934

GTA IV#

https://github.com/ThirteenAG/GTAIV.EFLC.FusionFix

  • Launch options:
WINEDLLOVERRIDES="dinput8=n,b" %command%

Git#

git config --global color.ui true

git config --global user.name "astrovm"

git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "[email protected]"

cat ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

git config --global user.signingkey CC39C6D77BDF0053

git config --global commit.gpgsign true

NetworkManager randomize#

sudo nvim /etc/NetworkManager/conf.d/99-randomize-mac-address.conf

[device-mac-randomization]
wifi.scan-rand-mac-address=yes

[connection-mac-randomization]
ethernet.cloned-mac-address=random
wifi.cloned-mac-address=random

sudo systemctl restart NetworkManager

Bluetooth restart#

sudo rfkill unblock all
sudo rmmod btusb
sudo modprobe btusb

Brave extensions#