JakeIsMeh's Wiki and Misc Resources

Table of contents

• Handy Commands List

  • Add user to sudo on Debian-based systems
  • Add user to sudo on Alpine-based systems
  • Refresh user groups without relogging-in

• Scripts

  • efibootmgr Entry Generator
  • Alpine Linux Post-Install Script
  • Ubuntu Server 20.04 Debloat Script
  • Post-install script for Debian-based systems running XFCE4.12+

• Miscellaneous Tips

  • Booting Alpine Linux on VMware Workstation

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Handy Commands List

Add user to sudo on Debian-based systems

# Run these as root
usermod -aG sudo [username]
reboot

Add user to sudo on Alpine-based systems

# Run these as root
addgroup sudo
addgroup [username] sudo
sed -i -r 's/\# \%sudo/\%sudo/' /etc/sudoers
# ^ Allows users in the sudo group to use sudo
reboot

Refresh user groups without relogging-in

exec su -l $USER

Credits: Edwards Research Group - Blog, retrieved 2020-06-05

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Scripts

efibootmgr Entry Generator

Ever tried adding a EFIstub entry with efibootmgr by hand? This takes the pain out by automating the grepping and substitutions for you.

GitHub:

# tbh just su into root first
wget -O efibootmgr_entry_generator.bash https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JakeIsMeh/wiki-and-misc-resources/master/res/efibootmgr_entry_generator.bash && chmod +x efibootmgr_entry_generator.bash && bash ./efibootmgr_entry_generator.bash

GitHub:

# tbh just su into root first
wget -O efibootmgr_entry_generator.bash https://gitlab.com/JakeIsMeh/wiki-and-misc-resources/raw/master/res/efibootmgr_entry_generator.bash && chmod +x efibootmgr_entry_generator.bash && bash ./efibootmgr_entry_generator.bash

Alpine Linux Post-Install Script

GitHub:

# Run this as root
wget -O post_inst_alpine.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JakeIsMeh/wiki-and-misc-resources/master/res/post_inst_alpine.sh && chmod +x post_inst_alpine.sh && ./post_inst_alpine.sh

GitLab:

# Run this as root
wget -O post_inst_alpine.sh https://gitlab.com/JakeIsMeh/wiki-and-misc-resources/raw/master/res/post_inst_alpine.sh && chmod +x post_inst_alpine.sh && ./post_inst_alpine.sh

Ubuntu Server 20.04 Debloat Script

GitHub:

# Make sure you are/can be a privileged user
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JakeIsMeh/wiki-and-misc-resources/master/res/ubnt_srv_20_04_debloat.bash | sudo bash

GitHub:

# Make sure you are/can be a privileged user
curl https://gitlab.com/JakeIsMeh/wiki-and-misc-resources/raw/master/res/ubnt_srv_20_04_debloat.bash | sudo bash

Post-install script for Debian-based systems running XFCE4.12+

GitHub:

$ wget -O post_inst_deb_xfce4.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/JakeIsMeh/wiki-and-misc-resources/master/res/post_inst_deb_xfce4.sh && chmod +x post_inst_deb_xfce4.sh && ./post_inst_deb_xfce4.sh 

GitLab:

$ wget -O post_inst_deb_xfce4.sh https://gitlab.com/JakeIsMeh/wiki-and-misc-resources/raw/master/res/post_inst_deb_xfce4.sh && chmod +x post_inst_deb_xfce4.sh && ./post_inst_deb_xfce4.sh

Put background in /usr/share/backgrounds as background.png

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Miscellaneous Tips

Booting Alpine Linux on VMware Workstation

1. Against the developers' advice, use the alpine-standard image.
2. When setting up storage, either don't use SCSI at all, or use Paravirtualized SCSI.
3. After creating the VM, close VMware and edit the .vmx file for the VM as follows:

- mem.hotadd = "TRUE"
+ mem.hotadd = "FALSE"

4. Profit, voila, presto, etc.

Bug tracker on GitLab: alpine/aports #8476