First of all, we need to install Infinality fonts:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:no1wantdthisname/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install fontconfig-infinality

sudo /etc/fonts/infinality/infctl.sh setstyle linux
sudo gedit /etc/profile.d/infinality-settings.sh
# and set
USE_STYLE="UBUNTU"

Installed the patched OpenJDK with fontfix:

sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:no1wantdthisname/openjdk-fontfix
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk

In

$IDEA_HOME/bin/*.vmoptions

-Dawt.useSystemAAFontSettings=lcd
-Dswing.aatext=true
-Dsun.java2d.xrender=true

and in 

~/.profile

export PYCHARM_JDK=/usr/lib/jvm/java-1.7.0-openjdk-amd64"

or whatever the installed java path is.

Reboot.

Start the IDE and enjoy perfect fonts.

However, it grabs font size settings from org.gnome.desktop.interface “font-name” property. To fix this, run the following command:

gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name 'Ubuntu 10'
# or
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface font-name 'Ubuntu 11'
# depending on your preferences

You must restart chrome for this to work.

1. Go to Settings -> Keyboard, then click on Keyboard shortcuts tab

2. Click on Add custom shortcut button, and enter the following command:

   python /usr/lib/cinnamon-screensaver-lock-dialog/cinnamon-screensaver-lock-dialog.py

   example:
   

3. Click Add and then assign it a shortcut.
   For example, the default lock screen shortcut is Ctrl+Alt+L. For the one with prompt, you can assign Ctrl+L.
4. You’re done.
   When you want to lock your screen with a custom “away” message, just press the shortcut you assigned (Ctrl + L)

Skype just released version 4.3 for linux. You can read this article  from OMG Ubuntu! to see what’s new in 4.3

Long story short:

• native notifications
• UI improvements (new toolbar, better login screen, design changes)
• floating widget for Call
• cloud based Group Chat
• support for PulseAudio 3.0 and 4.0

Currently, the AUR “multilib/skype” package is not upgraded to 4.3. If you don’t wish to wait, here’s what you must do:

1. Download Skype -> http://www.skype.com/go/linux (Choose “Dynamic” from distribution dropdown)
2. Extract the archive
   

   cd Downloads
   
   tar -xjf skype-4.3.*

3. Move the contents of the extracted folder to /opt/skype
   

   sudo mkdir /opt/skype
   
   sudo mv skype-4.3.*/* /opt/skype

4. Edit

   /usr/bin/skype

    , and change the

   exec

     command path to

   exec "/opt/skype/skype" "$@"

    
   

   #!/bin/bash
   
   LIBDIR="/usr/lib32"
   
   if [[ -e "$LIBDIR/libv4l/v4l2convert.so" ]]; then
           export LD_PRELOAD="${LD_PRELOAD:+$LD_PRELOAD:}$LIBDIR/libv4l/v4l2convert.so"
   fi
   
   if [[ -e "/usr/share/skype/lib/libQtWebKit.so.4" ]]; then
           export LD_PRELOAD="${LD_PRELOAD:+$LD_PRELOAD:}/usr/share/skype/lib/libQtWebKit.so.4"
   fi
   
   # exec "$LIBDIR/skype/skype" "$@"  # (old one)
   exec "/opt/skype/skype" "$@"

   
   

Here’s how you get the shutdown dialog:

open System Settings -> Keyboard, click on the second tab “Shortcuts“,  and then click on the “+” icon to add a new shortcut.

Give it a name (ex: “Shutdown dialog”) and in the command field enter 

gnome-session-quit --reboot

After creating the shortcut, you need to assign it a keybind. Click on “Disabled” in the right side of the shortcut, then press “Ctrl+Alt+Del”. A conflict dialog will show up. Click on “Reassign”.

Now, when pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del, you will have this dialog shown:

Alternatively, you want to have all the “quit” options in one dialog (lock, suspend, restart, shutdown) you can replace the command with 

gnome-session-quit --power-off

Wine – Diablo 3 via Battle.net launcher error: Please try again after logging on as an administrator

To avoid this error, you must launch Diablo 3 using the following command:

setarch i386 -3 -L -B -R wine '/path/to/Diablo III.exe' -launch -opengl

Alternatively, if you want to create a shortcut, run:

sudo gedit /usr/share/applications/diablo.desktop

and paste the following content (don’t forget to update the path to diablo .exe file, and the icon file)

[Desktop Entry]
Name=Diablo III
Comment=Run Blizzard Diablo III via Wine
Exec=setarch i386 -3 -L -B -R wine '/path/to/Diablo III.exe' -launch -opengl
Icon=/path/to/d3.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Application;

You can download the icon file here: http://simionbaws.ro/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/d3.png , save it somewhere and point the location in diablo.desktop file created previously.

To fix this, install the following:

sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-murrine:i386 gtk2-engines-pixbuf:i386

Before:

After:

It doesn’t really matter why it is not working, because the Ubuntu Software Center itself is slow and heavy.

The workaround given on launchpas is to use “dpkg -i <file.deb>” but the issue with this is that it does not resolve dependencies.

My recommendation is to use “Gdebi” as an alternative. It’s extremly fast and lightweight, and it comes with a command line tool, and a GUI tool.

Once you install Gdebi (

sudo apt-get install gdebi

sudo gedit /usr/share/gnome/applications/defaults.list

find the following lines:

application/x-deb=ubuntu-software-center.desktop
application/x-debian-package=ubuntu-software-center.desktop

and replace with

application/x-deb=gdebi.desktop
application/x-debian-package=gdebi.desktop

But there is an issue with it. If you lock your screen manually (Ctrl + Alt + L) and leave your computer a couple of minutes (untill it locks the screen automatically), when you unlock it, it will ask for your password twice.

Workaround: Go to Settings -> Brightness and Lock -> Lock [OFF] (switch it to off).

Overview on my desktop

So, here’s my current Manjaro KDE desktop look:

Here are the most important things I’ve done after installing Manjaro linux:

Appeareance

Fonts

First thing, and the most important, was to fix fonts. Default KDE fonts aren’t that pretty, so I’ve installed “infinality fonts” and cairo ubuntu.

Here’s my current font configuration:

To achieve this, you must do the following:

yaourt -S freetype2-ubuntu fontconfig-ubuntu cairo-ubuntu

yaourt -S fontconfig-infinality-ultimate

Backup and empty your /etc/fonts directory. Then download and extract this archive to /etc/fonts

Edit the following file, and edit “USE_STYLE” to “WINDOWS7”

gedit /etc/profile.d/infinality-settings.sh

Reboot.

Theme & Icons

1. Go to System Settings -> Workspace Appeareance -> Desktop Theme and click “Gew new themes”.
In the filter, type “opensuse”. Install the first theme in search results.

2. Install Kfaenza Icons

yaourt kfaenza

and enable them from Settings -> Application Appeareance -> Icons

Fix network management applet

The current network management appelt is way too ugly and non-practical. You can install the old and cool one, by running the following command and choosing option 1 from yaourt.

yaourt kdeplasma-applets-networkmanagement

Restart the computer or the xserver to apply the changes and enjoy a cooler network management applet.

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