Thinkpad T480 setup for my daily use

1. install Linux Mint then update all incuded software to the latest version

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade -y

2. install vim (replace vi) to edit system configuration file

sudo apt install vim

3. change keyboard layout, switch Home button to PgUp button and End button to PgDn button to optimize my typing comfort

sudo vi /usr/share/X11/xkb/keycodes/evdev

// <HOME> = 110;
// <PGUP> = 112;
<HOME> = 112;
<PGUP> = 110;
<DELE> = 119;
// <END> = 115;
// <PGDN> = 117;
<END> = 117;
<PGDN> = 115;

4. install tlp to optimize laptop battery life

sudo apt update
sudo apt install tlp tlp-rdw acpi-call-dkms
sudo systemctl enable tlp
sudo systemctl start tlp
sudo vi /etc/tlp.d/tlp.conf

DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_STARTUP="bluetooth"
DEVICES_TO_DISABLE_ON_BAT="bluetooth"
START_CHARGE_THRESH_BAT0=40
STOP_CHARGE_THRESH_BAT0=80
START_CHARGE_THRESH_BAT1=40
STOP_CHARGE_THRESH_BAT1=80

sudo tlp start
sudo tlp-stat

5. install Orchis Theme
6. install chrome, telegram, etc
7. install Sublime Text and Sublime Merge

wget -qO - https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-pub.gpg | gpg --dearmor | sudo tee /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/sublimehq-archive.gpg > /dev/null
echo "deb https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/stable/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install sublime-text sublime-merge

8. install go

sudo rm -rf /usr/local/go
mkdir -p $HOME/dev/deps/gopath
wget https://go.dev/dl/go1.23.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
sudo tar -C /usr/local -xzf go1.23.4.linux-amd64.tar.gz
vi ~/.profile

export GOROOT=/usr/local/go
export GOPATH=$HOME/dev/deps/gopath
export PATH=$GOPATH/bin:$GOROOT/bin:$PATH

9. install nodejs

curl -o- https://raw.githubusercontent.com/nvm-sh/nvm/v0.40.1/install.sh | bash
nvm install 22
node -v # should print `v22.12.0`
npm -v # should print `10.9.0`

10. install php

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt update
sudo apt install php8.4 ca-certificates apt-transport-https software-properties-common
php -v # should print `PHP 8.4.1`

11. install postgresql
12. install mariadb

curl -LsS https://r.mariadb.com/downloads/mariadb_repo_setup | sudo bash -s -- --os-type=ubuntu --os-version=noble
sudo apt update
sudo apt install mariadb-server mariadb-client mariadb-backup

13. install dbeaver

sudo  wget -O /usr/share/keyrings/dbeaver.gpg.key https://dbeaver.io/debs/dbeaver.gpg.key
echo "deb [signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/dbeaver.gpg.key] https://dbeaver.io/debs/dbeaver-ce /" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/dbeaver.list
sudo apt update
sudo apt install dbeaver-ce

14. install docker

for pkg in docker.io docker-doc docker-compose docker-compose-v2 podman-docker containerd runc; do sudo apt-get remove $pkg; done
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ca-certificates curl
sudo install -m 0755 -d /etc/apt/keyrings
sudo curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg -o /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
sudo chmod a+r /etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc
echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/etc/apt/keyrings/docker.asc] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu noble stable" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/docker.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install docker-ce docker-ce-cli containerd.io docker-buildx-plugin docker-compose-plugin
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER
newgrp docker

15. Install postman

sudo rm -rf /opt/Postman
tar -C /tmp/ -xzf <(curl -L https://dl.pstmn.io/download/latest/linux64) && sudo mv /tmp/Postman /opt/
sudo tee -a /usr/share/applications/postman.desktop << END
[Desktop Entry]
Encoding=UTF-8
Name=Postman
Exec=/opt/Postman/Postman
Icon=/opt/Postman/app/resources/app/assets/icon.png
Terminal=false
Type=Application
Categories=Development;
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