CANONICAL_BASIS_REPO

This repo is a collection of useful/convinient files for a quick setup of a new device.

Gnome Extensions

• system-monitor: display system information in GNOME Shell status bar, such as CPU and memory usage, and network rates

• workspace-matrix: arrange workspaces in a two dimensional grid with workspace thumbnails.

Bashrc Appendix

Run the append_bashrc.py script to add all commands from the .bashrc_appendix file to your .bashrc file.

python append_bashrc.py

Or copy-paste your favorite sections by hand.

Terminal Customization

Color Palette

Use pywal to customize your terminal based on your desktop wallpaper. Install pywal:

pip3 install pywal

then run:

wal -i <path_to_wallpaper_file>

to make the change persistent after closing and opening a terminal add the following line to your .bashrc script:

(cat ~/.cache/wal/sequences &)

to make the changes also persisent after a reboot open "Startup Applications Preferences" and add the new command:

wal -R

Show git Branch

Add the .bash_profile file to your root directoy, here:

~/.bash_profile

and then source it from your .bashrc file:

source ~/.bash_profile