configs/Fresh_install_apps_config.md

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Configuration notes for GUI apps after a fresh installation

KDE itself

  • Quick settings/ Send user feedback: basic system information
  • Workspace behaviour
  • Appearance: Breeze dark
    • Font: make fixed width bigger?
  • Shortcuts
  • Startup and shutdown: when logging in, start with an empty setting (reconsider?)
  • User
  • Regional settings/ Formats:
    • Region: Canada - Canadian English (en_CA)
    • Detailed settings, Time: Nederland - Nederlands (nl_NL)
  • Connections/ Wi-Fi (per network): IPv4, Automatic (Only addresses), DNS Servers: 9.9.9.9,149.112.112.112
  • Input devices/ Touchpad: Tapping
  • Display and Monitor
    • Display Configuration (Use X11), Global scale 118.75%
    • Night color enable
  • Printers
  • Fokus plasma widget
  • Mediaplayer plasma widget on panel
  • panon plasma widget (if it works)
  • Workspace Behaviour, Desktop Effects
    • Track mouse
    • Zoom
    • Translucency?
    • Magic lamp?
    • Dim screen for administrator mode

Calibre

~/.config/calibre

Firefox

  • Sign in
  • Default search engine
  • Pinned tabs
  • about:config: layout.css.devPixelsPerPx -> 1.15 (if needed)

Nextcloud

  • /home/earne/Nextcloud (default): select Ebooks folder
  • /home/earne/Documents: Documents (selective)
  • /home/earne/Photos: Photos (selective)
  • /home/earne/Videos: Videos (selective)

OBS Studio

Seahorse (Passwords and Keys)

  • "Default keyring": set as default

Thunderbird

  • Enable threading view if not
  • Account settings
    • Name/ Signature
    • Copies and folders
    • Composition and addressing
      • Uncheck compose messages in HTML
      • Quote: start reply below
      • Include signature for forwards
    • Synchronization & Storage
  • General
    • Bump font settings up, maybe uncheck use fixed font for plain text messages
    • Incoming Mails
    • Mark as read after displaying for 2 seconds
  • Extensions
    • *cloud
    • ImportExportToolsNG
    • Manually sort folders
    • Remove Duplicate Messages
    • Simple Mail Redirection
    • ThunderHTMLedit
  • Consider:
    • Quicktext, DKIM Verifier, Display Mail User Agent T, Sieve extensions?
    • mail.compose.other.header: X-Sourcehut-Patchset-Update
    • privacy.resistFingerprinting: true

qBittorrent

  • Do not delete .torrent files after