Ubuntu 24.04 Setup

Update and Upgrade

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Install Chrome Browser

1. Download the .deb file from https://www.google.com/intl/en_in/chrome/

2. Install chrome browser with dpkg

sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

Remove Firefox

sudo snap remove --purge firefox

Install Basic Tools

sudo apt install git htop neofetch

Install NVIDIA Graphics Drivers

1. Find your nvidia-driver-xx (Eg: nvidia-driver-535)

nvidia-detector

2. Install the driver

sudo apt install nvidia-driver-535

Setup Ubuntu Pro

Note: If you remove snap from Ubuntu Livepatch won't work

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sudo pro attach <your_token_here>

Install Brave Browser

Follow this guide https://brave.com/linux/

Install VS Code

1. Download the .deb file from https://code.visualstudio.com/download

2. Install vs code with dpkg

sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/code_x.xx.x-xxxxxxxxxx_amd64.deb

Install Docker Engine and Docker Desktop

1. Go to https://docs.docker.com/engine/install/ubuntu/ and follow the instructions to install docker engine

2. After installing docker engine, install docker desktop for better experience. Follow the instructions on https://docs.docker.com/desktop/install/linux/ubuntu/

In Ubuntu 24.04 you need to execute the below command each time before starting Docker. More about this on https://ubuntu.com/blog/ubuntu-23-10-restricted-unprivileged-user-namespaces

sudo sysctl -w kernel.apparmor_restrict_unprivileged_userns=0

Install Discord

1. Download the .deb file from https://discord.com/download

2. Install discord with dpkg

sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/discord-x.x.xx.deb

Install Obsidian

1. Download the .deb file from https://obsidian.md/download

2. Install obsidian with dpkg

sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/obsidian_x.x.xx_amd64.deb

Install Flameshot

sudo apt install flameshot

Install OpenJDK 21

sudo apt install openjdk-21-jdk

Install Flatpak

https://flatpak.org/setup/Ubuntu

1. Install Flatpak and add Flathub repository

sudo apt install flatpak

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

2. After installing flatpak, go to https://flathub.org/ and install the applications you use

Note: Some are official applications and some are community maintained. So do your research before installing any application for security reasons

Install Pyenv (Python Version Manager)

https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv

1. Install the required packages

sudo apt-get install libncurses-dev libreadline-dev libssl-dev libsqlite3-dev tk-dev

2. Install Pyenv with this Automatic Installer

curl https://pyenv.run | bash

Install NVM (Node Version Manager)

https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.7/install.sh | bash

wget -qO- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.39.7/install.sh | bash

Install oh-my-posh

mkdir ~/bin

1. Install oh-my-posh

curl -s https://ohmyposh.dev/install.sh | bash -s -- -d ~/bin

2. Add the executable to path and setup oh-my-posh by adding the following to ~/.bashrc

export PATH=$PATH:/home/ezhil/bin
eval "$(oh-my-posh init bash --config ~/.cache/oh-my-posh/theme_name.omp.json)"

Battery Charging Limit

1. Check the BATx

ls /sys/class/power_supply/

The above command will display the BAT device name (For Eg: BAT0, BAT1) In my case, it was BAT0

2. Check if your battery supports to limit battery charging

ls /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0

If you could see charge_control_start_threshold, then you battery supports it else skip this

3. Creating a service for Battery Charging

sudo nano /etc/systemd/system/battery-charge.service

Paste the following lines Ctrl + Shift + v

[Unit]
Description=Set Battery Charge Maximum Limit
After=multi-user.target
StartLimitBurst=0
 
[Service]
Type=oneshot
Restart=on-failure
ExecStart=/bin/bash -c 'echo 60 > /sys/class/power_supply/BAT0/charge_control_end_threshold'
 
[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

4. Reload the daemon and start the service

systemctl enable battery-charge.service

systemctl daemon-reload

systemctl start battery-charge.service

Install auto-cpufreq

https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq

git clone https://github.com/AdnanHodzic/auto-cpufreq.git
cd auto-cpufreq && sudo ./auto-cpufreq-installer

ROG Machines

1. Physical mute mic button (M3) in ROG doesn't seem to work which can be fixed

sudo nano /etc/udev/hwdb.d/90-nkey.hwdb

2. Paste the following lines Ctrl + Shift + V

evdev:input:b0003v0B05p19B6*
  KEYBOARD_KEY_ff31007c=f20 # x11 mic-mute

3. Update hwdb

sudo systemd-hwdb update

sudo udevadm trigger