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Mike Lippert edited this page Sep 1, 2023 · 1 revision

Configuring HP Laptop as Developer Machine

Steps

  • Create the bootable USB drive w/ Kubuntu 22.04
  • Put the USB drive in the USB port on the right side of the HP Laptop
  • I'd recommend going into the BIOS Setup Configuration and setting Action Keys Mode to Disabled
  • Start the computer and get into the boot device menu
  • Select to boot from the USB Hard Drive (UEFI)
  • Select Try or Install Kubuntu
  • In dialog select Try Kubuntu
  • Click on the wifi/network icon in the tray in the lower right
  • Connect to your wifi (enter password as needed) (this is not 100% necessary at this stage)
  • Double click on Install Kubuntu in the top left
  • Set language (continue for English)
  • Set keyboard (continue for English US)
  • Wireless if you already did it the step is skipped
  • Software - Normal installation, (Download updates, if your wifi is connected)
  • Check Configure Secure Boot and give it a simple password, you will need this when you reboot after installing
  • Disk Setup _Guided - use entire disk and set up encrypted LVM, we should use a common password for Esme dev machines, ask on Slack
  • Click Install Now
  • Set timezone
  • Set user info
    • use your full name
    • pick a username you like
    • pick a password you like
    • pick a computer name you like
    • Require my password to log in
  • When installation is complete, select continue testing
  • Running KDE Partition Manager will show these logical volumes in vgkubuntu
  • Open a Konsole and run the following commands to shrink the root lv (display the lvs before and afterwards)
sudo lvs
sudo e2fsck -fy /dev/vgkubuntu/root
sudo resize2fs /dev/vgkubuntu/root 50G
sudo lvreduce -L 50G /dev/vgkubuntu/root
sudo lvs
  • Next in the console run the following commands to create the userdata, project and var logical volumes
sudo lvcreate -L 20G -n userdata vgkubuntu
sudo lvcreate -L 30G -n projects vgkubuntu
sudo lvcreate -L 30G -n var vgkubuntu
sudo mkfs.ext4 -L userdata /dev/mapper/vgkubuntu-userdata
sudo mkfs.ext4 -L projects /dev/mapper/vgkubuntu-projects
sudo mkfs.ext4 -L var /dev/mapper/vgkubuntu-var
  • Update the fstab in the new root partition so it mounts the userdata, projects and var partitions
mkdir root var
sudo mount /dev/mapper/vgkubuntu-root root
sudo mount /dev/mapper/vgkubuntu-var var
# copy the existing contents of var to the new var partition
sudo rsync -av root/var/ var/
# remove the existing contents of var (because we're going to mount the var partition on top of it)
sudo rm -r root/var/*
# create userdata and projects mount points
sudo mkdir root/userdata root/home/<user>/Projects
# edit fstab and add entries to mount var, userdata and projects
kate root/etc/fstab &

fstab should look something like this:

# /etc/fstab: static file system information.
#
# Use 'blkid' to print the universally unique identifier for a
# device; this may be used with UUID= as a more robust way to name devices
# that works even if disks are added and removed. See fstab(5).
#
# <file system>                 <mount point>       <type>  <options>         <dump>  <pass>
/dev/mapper/vgkubuntu-root      /                   ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
# /boot was on /dev/nvme0n1p2 during installation
UUID=32729611-d5e0-4f13-84be-2b864e4ca75c /boot     ext4    defaults          0       2
# /boot/efi was on /dev/nvme0n1p1 during installation
UUID=A340-E58F                  /boot/efi           vfat    umask=0077        0       1
/dev/mapper/vgkubuntu-swap_1    none                swap    sw                0       0
/dev/mapper/vgkubuntu-var       /var                ext4    defaults          0       2
/dev/mapper/vgkubuntu-userdata  /userdata           ext4    defaults          0       2
/dev/mapper/vgkubuntu-projects  /home/mjl/Projects  ext4    defaults          0       2

  • Reboot

  • remove the usb drive

  • Perform MOK management (secure boot)

    • Enroll MOK
    • Continue
    • Enroll the key(s)? Yes
    • Password is the one you created during install for secure boot (it doesn't display anything when I typed it)
    • Reboot

  • Unlock disk nvme0n1p3_crypt (it may take 10-30 seconds before it accepts typing)

  • Log in w/ your user/password

  • connect to internet (ie set up wifi as before during install)

  • open a konsole

  • upgrade all OS packages by first getting the latest list (update) and then upgrading

sudo apt update && apt list --upgradable
sudo apt upgrade
  • rebooting is frequently needed now, depending on what was upgraded, if you see update-initramfs run, then reboot
  • I have a system tray notification to add language support packages, might as well do that
  • log back in
  • I did most of the KDE customizations below now (although there are more than that so I may have to split the list)

This is where it is worth just looking at the directions in the mlippert/dotfiles/wiki

I started adding steps here that are part of the instructions there.

  • create the userdata directory for your user e.g. mjl
sudo mkdir /userdata/mjl
sudo chown mjl:mjl /userdata/mjl
  • clone the dotfiles repo in /userdata/ 
git clone https://github.com/mlippert/dotfiles.git --recurse-submodules

Helpful Notes

Boot options

Use F10 when booting to get into the boot menu Use Esc and then F9 to select a boot device

Note!!!: The HP does not recognize bootable USB drives in the left USB port only in the right USB port.

Drive Partitions

some LVM commands

The encrypted pv shows in the Partition Manager as luks encrypted, I saw it as nvme0n1p3

Running cryptsetup to ask for the password and create the volume group ? mount point

sudo cryptsetup -v luksOpen /dev/nvme0n1p3 vgkubuntu

Additional things to install after the mlippert dotfiles playbook

Mike L KDE Plasma customizations

  • Right click on Application Menu | Show Alternatives... select Application Menu
  • Add Widgets to bottom panel
    • Quichlaunch next to Application Menu (because I prefer it to apps being pinned to the Task Manager)
      Add these launchers (some may have to be done later once they're installed)
      • Firefox
      • Dolphin (File manager)
      • Konsole
      • Smartgit
    • Lock/Logout to the immediate left of the System Tray
  • Add Widgets to desktop
    • System monitor sensor (Memory Usage, Total CPU Use, Individual Core Usage
    • Network speed
  • Right click on Task Manager | Show Alternatives select Task Manager (instead of Icons-only Task Manager)
  • Configure Task Manager Behavior
    • Show only tasks: Uncheck From current desktop
  • Unpin applications from the Task Manager
  • Start Dolphin
    • Show Menubar
    • Configure Dolphin
      • Sorting mode: Alphabetical, case sensitive (ymmv)
      • turn off Open new folders in tabs
    • Select Details view mode pick a smaller zoom mode so you can see more files in the window
    • Right click on the titles row to select more columns and add
      • Type
      • Permissions
      • Owner
      • User Group
Add a custom footer
Add a custom sidebar
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