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Running Linux on the Clevo P750/1DM2-G DTR

Hello, brethren.

This post will detail how to successfully run Linux on the aforementioned notebook, with common traps and exceptions explained.

An overview:

This is an Intel Skylake-based laptop (upgradeable to a Kabylake-grade Desktop processor) with a desktop-class Pascal GPU, the GTX 1070. Switchable graphics (Optimus) is absent, which eliminates a significant burden of running Linux on this machine.

The right way to override any highlighting if you don't want to edit the colorscheme file directly

Generalities first

Suppose you have weird taste and you absolutely want:

your visual selection to always have a green background and black foreground,
your active statusline to always have a white background and red foreground,
your very own deep blue background.

1. Get your IP Address

echo `ifconfig $(netstat -nr | grep -e default -e "^0\.0\.0\.0" | head -1 | awk '{print $NF}') | grep -e "inet " | sed -e 's/.*inet //' -e 's/ .*//' -e 's/.*\://'`

2. Modify your hosts file

Installation of NixOS with encrypted root

These are my notes on instaling NixOS 16.03 on a Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon (4th generation) with an encrypted root file system using UEFI.

Most of this is scrambled from the following pages:

Raspberry Pi Zero OTG Mode

Simple guide for setting up OTG modes on the Raspberry Pi Zero - By Andrew Mulholland (gbaman).

The Raspberry Pi Zero (and model A and A+) support USB On The Go, given the processor is connected directly to the USB port, unlike on the B, B+ or Pi 2 B, which goes via a USB hub.
Because of this, if setup to, the Pi can act as a USB slave instead, providing virtual serial (a terminal), virtual ethernet, virtual mass storage device (pendrive) or even other virtual devices like HID, MIDI, or act as a virtual webcam!
It is important to note that, although the model A and A+ can support being a USB slave, they are missing the ID pin (is tied to ground internally) so are unable to dynamically switch between USB master/slave mode. As such, they default to USB master mode. There is no easy way to change this right now.
It is also important to note, that a USB to UART serial adapter is not needed for any of these guides, as may be documented elsewhere across the int

Lesson 2 - Editing files

By default, LinuxBBQ comes with the GNU nano editor. It is good enough for most of the tasks, quick enough for most of the users, and powerful enough to make even editing of multiple files possible.

Let's edit the configuration file of wmii.

Open up a terminal, and type:

nano ~/.wmii/wmiirc_local

	Hi All!

	I've recently launched a tool that wraps many of the commands here with a user interface. This desktop application is currently available for macOS. There's a roadmap outlining planned features for the near future.
	Feel free to request any features you'd like to see, and I'll prioritize them accordingly.
	One of the most important aspects of this application is that every command executed behind the scenes is displayed in a special log section. This allows you to see exactly what’s happening and learn from it.

	Here's the link to the repository: https://github.com/Pulimet/ADBugger

	App Description:
	ADBugger is a desktop tool designed for debugging and QA of Android devices and emulators. It simplifies testing, debugging, and performance analysis by offering device management, automated testing, log analysis, and remote control capabilities. This ensures smooth app performance across various setups.

	Install i3-gaps on Ubuntu 16

	apt-get install libxcb1-dev libxcb-keysyms1-dev libpango1.0-dev libxcb-util0-dev libxcb-icccm4-dev libyajl-dev libstartup-notification0-dev libxcb-randr0-dev libev-dev libxcb-cursor-dev libxcb-xinerama0-dev libxcb-xkb-dev libxkbcommon-dev libxkbcommon-x11-dev autoconf xutils-dev dh-autoreconf

	git clone --recursive https://github.com/Airblader/xcb-util-xrm.git
	cd xcb-util-xrm/
	./autogen.sh
	make
	sudo make install

	#########################################################################
	# $$\ $DEAD$\ $MOUSE\ $$\ EDITION\ $$\ V2\ $$\ #
	# $$ \| $$ ___$$\ $$ ___$$\ $$ \| $$ __$$\ $$ \| $$ \| $$ \| #
	# $$ \| \_/ $$ \|\_/ $$ \|$$$$$$\ $$ \| $$ \|$$ \| $$ \|$$$$$$\ #
	# $$ \| $$$$$ / $$$$$ / \_$$ _\| $$$$$$$ \|$$$$$$$$ \|\_$$ _\| #
	# $$ \| \___$$\ \___$$\ $$ \| $$ __$$< \_____$$ \| $$ \| #
	# $$ \| $$\ $$ \|$$\ $$ \| $$ \|$$\ $$ \| $$ \| $$ \| $$ \|$$\ #
	# $L33tR4t\\$Kali$ \|\$Linux \| \$$$$ \|$$ \| $$ \| $$ \| \$ISO \| #
	# \________\|\______/ \______/ \____/ \__\| \__\| \__\| \____/ #
	#########################################################################

	echo 'export PATH=$HOME/local/bin:$PATH' >> ~/.bashrc
	. ~/.bashrc
	mkdir ~/local
	mkdir ~/node-latest-install
	cd ~/node-latest-install
	curl http://nodejs.org/dist/node-latest.tar.gz \| tar xz --strip-components=1
	./configure --prefix=~/local
	make install # ok, fine, this step probably takes more than 30 seconds...
	curl https://www.npmjs.org/install.sh \| sh