I just recently migrated from Linux Mint to Pop OS, do you have any tips/extensions on what I should do with my desktop?

  • mr_robot@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 年前

    Click the windowing mode icon (far left of the icons in the top right) and switch that bad boy to tiled windowing mode. Tiled windows will feel odd for a couple of days, but once you switch back to free-floating windows you’ll realize why I’m recommending tiled.

    Look up the PopOS keyboard shortcuts for moving tiled windows around the desktop and workspaces. It’s a game-changing way to use your computer.

    PopOS has been my daily driver for a year. Hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

  • BOMBS@lemmy.world
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    2 年前

    install lolcat and make bash commands so that update and upgrade come out in rainbow.

  • UnculturedSwine@lemmy.world
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    2 年前

    I really don’t get some of these comments. I’ve been using popos on and off since it came out. I would check out gnome extensions to see if anything sticks out to you as being useful for your use case. I would also go into your settings and update your recovery partition. This is also the place to refresh your PC if you need in the future which has been a must-have for me.

    • Crafted@lemmy.mlOPEnglish
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      2 年前

      I don’t get any of these comments either, I guess this is how it is posting on Lemmy compared to Hexbear lmao Thank you for the tips though and I’ll gladly do so!

  • EleventhHour@lemmy.worldBanned from community
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    2 年前

    I’ve installed Pop!_OS on many machines over the years, and my standard process is:

    • Install PopOS
      • rare for PopOS, but, depending on specialized hardware (some legacy Nvidia cards), a little driver rejiggering might be called for. Or a weird network printer setup that CUPS doesn’t like.
    • sudo apt update && sudo apt install -y apt-fast && sudo apt -y upgrade
      • pee, smoke weed, feed kitty…
    • set up my custom zsh/bash profile for the terminal
    • enable firewall
    • configure SSH and whichever remote management tools I need (I happen to deploy remote machines frequently)
    • sudo apt install gnome-tweaks & a few other UI tweaking tools (obviously, this step will no longer exist soon)
    • tweak UI/UX
    • search through gnome extensions website for extension I want to install. There’s usually a Top 10 or Top 20 gnome extensions list you can google (eg: “best gnome extensions 2024”)
    • make sure I have all appropriate media codecs installed and updated.
    • set up pip-/pip3-installer.

    After that, it’s setting up/configuring whatever software that particular machine needs.

    Edit: there’s probably a lot that I’ve skipped/missed, and a lot that others will do along their way through these steps. This is just a basic outline of some of my post-install processes (developed over time), and I hope this answers your question.

    Also, you can google for post-install guides for Ubuntu and they’ll largely be applicable to PopOS since it’s based on Ubuntu.

  • secretlyaddictedtolinux@lemmy.worldBanned
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    2 年前

    There’s a song by Gucci Mane called Pop Music

    I would play that really loudly using Pop! OS, like noise violation loud, and then just spin in a chair until dizzy while listening

    (also enable TimeShift)