DEV Community: Vinod Ponmanadiyil

Pop!_OS 21.04 on Zephyrus G14 (Ryzen 5)

Vinod Ponmanadiyil — Tue, 06 Jul 2021 07:27:04 +0000

Happy to report that - the latest Pop!_OS 21.04 is working without any glitches on G14.

Audio, Video, and Mic are working without glitches
Google Chrome and Firefox browsers work with hardware/GPU video decode support
Screenshare, Video conferencing Apps are working without glitches especially using Chrome
Battery Life is as good as Windows if not a bit more
Graphics mode switching between AMD & NVIDIA is seamless
Gnome 4 is performing without bugs and exceptions - unlike Fedora 34
Trackpad gestures animations aren't smooth.

Fedora 34 on Zephyrus G14

Vinod Ponmanadiyil — Sat, 26 Jun 2021 05:35:05 +0000

Fedora 34 works pretty good on Zephyrus G14. Here are the post installation OS setup I had to do for better experience.

sudo dnf update
  reboot
  sudo dnf update
  sudo nano /etc/dnf/dnf.conf 
  sudo dnf install gnome-tweak-tool
  sudo dnf install tlp tlp-rdw
  sudo tlp-stat -b 
  sudo dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/free/fedora/rpmfusion-free-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm
  sudo dnf install https://download1.rpmfusion.org/nonfree/fedora/rpmfusion-nonfree-release-$(rpm -E %fedora).noarch.rpm   21 
  sudo dnf groupupdate multimedia --setop="install_weak_deps=False" --exclude=PackageKit-gstreamer-plugin
  sudo dnf groupupdate sound-and-video

  sh -c "$(curl -sL https://nextdns.io/install)"
  nextdns activate
  sudo nextdns activate
  flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
  sudo nextdns deactivate
  sudo nextdns activate
  sudo dnf install gnome-shell-extension-dash-to-dock
  flatpak install flathub org.gnome.Extensions
  sudo nextdns deactivate
  flatpak install flathub org.gnome.Extensions
  flatpak remove  flathub org.gnome.Extensions
  flatpak install flathub org.gnome.Extensions
  flatpak remove  flathub org.gnome.Extensions
  flatpak install flathub org.gnome.Extensions
  reboot
  sudo nextdns activate
  flatpak remote-add --if-not-exists flathub https://dl.flathub.org/repo/flathub.flatpakrepo
  flatpak install flathub org.gtk.Gtk3theme.Materia{,-dark,-light}{,-compact}
  mkdir ~/Shades-of-gray-git
  cd ~/Shades-of-gray-git/
  git clone https://github.com/WernerFP/Shades-of-gray-theme.git
  cd Shades-of-gray-theme/
  rm -rf README.md LICENSE .git
  sudo cp -r * /usr/share/themes/
  sudo nextdns deactivate
  nextdns
  sudo nextdns stop
  sudo nextdns deactivate
  sync
  reboot
  curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.38.0/install.sh | bash
  exit
  nvm install
  nvm ls-remote 
  nvm install v16.4.0
  sudo dnf install podman
  alias docker="podman"
  sudo nano ~/.bashrc
  sudo dnf install stacer
  sudo dnf install deluge
  sudo dnf install nano
  sudo dnf install gnome-screenshot
  sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
  sudo sh -c 'echo -e "[code]\nname=Visual Studio Code\nbaseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc" > /etc/yum.repos.d/vscode.repo'
  sudo dnf check-update
  sudo dnf install code
  sudo dnf install peek
  sudo dnf install shutter
  sudo dnf install timeshift
  sudo dnf install mailspring
  sudo dnf install zsh
  sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
  ls
  cd .oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k
  cd ~
  ls
  zsh
  whoami
  echo $SHELL
    sudo usermod -s $(which zsh) vinod
    chsh -s $(which zsh)
    echo $SHELL
    source ~/.zshrc
    zsh
    ls
    exit
    history > history_for_print.txt
sudo nano ~/.zshrc
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k\

sudo nano ~/.zshrc
exit
source ~/.zshrc\
chsh -s $(which zsh)\
sudo usermod -s $(which zsh) vinod
echo $SHELL
sudo rpm -i microsoft-edge-*.rpm 
sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
sudo dnf config-manager --add-repo https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/edge
sudo mv /etc/yum.repos.d/packages.microsoft.com_yumrepos_edge.repo /etc/yum.repos.d/microsoft-edge-dev.repo
sudo dnf install microsoft-edge-dev
sudo dnf copr enable dawid/better_fonts -y\
sudo dnf install fontconfig-font-replacements -y\
sudo dnf install fontconfig-enhanced-defaults -y\
sync
reboot

Extracting Windows Product Key

Vinod Ponmanadiyil — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 17:31:02 +0000

Open command prompt as Administrator. Then issue the following command to obtain the original Windows Product Key.

wmic path softwarelicensingservice get OA3xOriginalProductKey

PostgreSQL GUI Tools

Vinod Ponmanadiyil — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 06:12:05 +0000

SQLManager - https://www.sqlmanager.net/products/postgresql/manager
PostgreSQL VSCode Extension - https://github.com/microsoft/vscode-postgresql
Maestro - https://www.sqlmaestro.com/products/postgresql/maestro/
Microsoft Azure Data Studio for Postgres - https://azure.microsoft.com/en-in/blog/azure-data-studio-an-open-source-gui-editor-for-postgres/
QueryPie - https://www.querypie.com/en
Postico - https://eggerapps.at/postico/
pgModeler - https://pgmodeler.io/
DBeaver - https://dbeaver.com/buy/
Navicat - https://www.navicat.com/en/products/navicat-for-postgresql
Jetbrains Datagrip - https://www.jetbrains.com/datagrip/buy/#commercial?billing=yearly
Omnidb - https://omnidb.org/
ArcType - https://arctype.com/

I dreamt of a folding phone last night

Vinod Ponmanadiyil — Wed, 09 Dec 2020 07:51:25 +0000

Looked mostly like a small booklet that snap shut to make a phone. The thud is still vivid!