General guidelines and philosophy⌗

I’ll try to keep this as simple as possible to increase maintainability and troubleshooting, and minimize unexpected behavior.

Also, if I can keep something in the user space using Flatpaks without affecting usability and security, I’ll prefer that to reduce system clutter and have newer versions.

Devices⌗

PC Master Race

OS: Ubuntu 24.04 LTS
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

OS: Alpine Linux
RAM: 8 GB

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⌗

Ubuntu 24.04 LTS⌗

Remove Snaps:

snap list
sudo snap remove --purge snap-store
sudo snap remove --purge *enter every package*

Install Nala:

sudo apt install nala

Install apps:

sudo nala install 7zip 7zip-rar 7zip-standalone alacritty android-sdk-platform-tools aria2 build-essential corectrl curl dconf-editor deborphan easyeffects file-roller flatpak gdebi git gnome-boxes gnome-browser-connector gnome-calendar gnome-disk-utility gnome-mines gnome-multi-writer gnome-shell-extension-manager gnome-shell-ubuntu-extensions gnome-software gnome-software-plugin-flatpak gnome-sushi gnome-tweaks gnome-weather gparted gufw htop libfuse2t64 libreoffice lm-sensors lutris mpv neofetch neovim net-tools protontricks qbittorrent shotwell simple-scan stacer steam-installer synaptic tmux tor torbrowser-launcher torsocks tree ubuntu-restricted-extras unzip util-linux virt-manager vlc wget yt-dlp zsh

Enable Flathub:

flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo

Flatpaks⌗

flatpak install flathub com.calibre_ebook.calibre com.github.k4zmu2a.spacecadetpinball com.heroicgameslauncher.hgl com.obsproject.Studio com.stremio.Stremio com.usebottles.bottles net.davidotek.pupgui2 net.pcsx2.PCSX2 org.atheme.audacious org.audacityteam.Audacity org.duckstation.DuckStation org.gimp.GIMP org.kde.kdenlive org.scummvm.ScummVM org.signal.Signal org.telegram.desktop

Speedy encryption on NVMe Devices⌗

sudo nvim /etc/crypttab

Add these flags:

discard,no-read-workqueue,no-write-workqueue

sudo dmsetup table

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

XanMod Kernel⌗

https://xanmod.org/

Liquorix Kernel⌗

https://liquorix.net/

Steam tweaks⌗

Enable Steam Play in Steam settings
Set launch options (per game) to:

gamemoderun %command%

Try Proton-GE-Custom with ProtonUp-Qt

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

Paste to https://github.com/settings/ssh

git config --global user.signingkey CC39C6D77BDF0053

git config --global commit.gpgsign true

GNOME extensions⌗

Non Ubuntu:

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

Brave/Chromium extensions⌗

configs