Overview

GalliumOS is built solely for Chromebooks.

这个 Linux 系统是基于 Ubuntu 18.04 (bionic) 的。

GalliumOS Basics 系统配置

用户权限

Give yourself ‘su’ previlege!

在 Users Settings 中，把 Account Type 改为 Administrator.

不换源的话，language 和 fcitx 安装会出问题。

HiDPI

Most simply way: Go to Settings Manager > Appearance > Fonts > Custom DPI setting and change from 96 to:

  • 144 in you are on external (1080p) display
  • 192 if you are on 2K laptop screen

There is a script to automate this process, I made it simple by hosting a copy here

sh fix-hidpi-in-galliumos-3.1.sh

Next, change the right bottom battery icon: 

vi ~/.config/gtk-3.0/gtk.css

File content:

#xfce4-power-manager-plugin * {
    -gtk-icon-transform: scale(0.38);
}

However, based on my experience, changing /etc/profile.d/gdkscale.sh doesn’t work very properly.

Update March 30, 2022

I found there is additional issues with scaling. Thus this is my conclusion:

  1. 如果是双屏幕，dpi不同，最好的办法就是改分辨率，反正笔记本屏幕也不是主力屏。
    （我将 CB713-1W 的屏幕改成 1400 x 900 ，配合 1080p 的外显使用）
  2. 其实样式可以直接到 Appearance->Fonts 里面，DPI 改成 96 或者 144
  3. 去 Window Manager 里，可改窗口样式。
  4. for more：https://v1.marksolters.com/programming/2016/05/13/pixel-gallium.html

声音

看了很多 Kaby Lake 如何 fix audio 的帖子：

  1. https://www.reddit.com/r/chrultrabook/comments/r6v4j2/audio_on_kaby_lake_device_acer_chromebook_13_cb713/
  2. https://www.reddit.com/r/GalliumOS/comments/gk5bpg/no_sound_with_galliumos_31_kabylake_14da0011dx/
  3. https://github.com/GalliumOS/galliumos-distro/issues/536

最终决定：直接用外接显示器上的声卡吧！

（可插耳机）

换源 Change source

cd /etc/apt/
vi sources.list

The aliyun source:

deb http://mirrors.aliyun.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://mirrors.aliyun.com/ubuntu/ bionic main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://mirrors.aliyun.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://mirrors.aliyun.com/ubuntu/ bionic-security main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://mirrors.aliyun.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://mirrors.aliyun.com/ubuntu/ bionic-updates main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://mirrors.aliyun.com/ubuntu/ bionic-proposed main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://mirrors.aliyun.com/ubuntu/ bionic-proposed main restricted universe multiverse

deb http://mirrors.aliyun.com/ubuntu/ bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse
deb-src http://mirrors.aliyun.com/ubuntu/ bionic-backports main restricted universe multiverse

输入法：fcitx

首先，下载搜狗：

https://pinyin.sogou.com/linux/

Go to “Language Support” 或者“语言支持”，添加“中文”，并且把输入法设置成：fcitx。

然后：

sudo dpkg -i sogoupinyin_2.4.0.3469_amd64.deb

如果缺依赖，就：

sudo apt -f install

这时候仍然可能会失败，报以下错：installing sogoupinyin would break fcitx-ui-qimpanel。这个原因是搜狗拼音安装包中含有fcitx-ui-qimpanel，与系统已有的fcitx-ui-qimpanel产生了冲突，所以，删除 fcitx-ui-qimpanel。

sudo apt-get remove fcitx-ui-qimpanel

后来，再安装sogou，或者先安sogou后安locale包，再重启机器，总之就好了。版本号：搜狗个人版 4.0.0.1605 （2022年3月）。

Install Software

Chrome, VSCode

Just download and install:

  1. https://www.google.cn/chrome/
  2. https://code.visualstudio.com/

Install MySQL Workbench

Workbench 最近版是 Workbench 8.0.28，但是不支持 bionic。

故选择mysql-workbench-community_8.0.22-1ubuntu18.04_amd64.deb

先安依赖：

sudo apt install libzip4
sudo dpkg -i mysql-workbench-community_8.0.22-1ubuntu18.04_amd64.deb

就好了。

Spotify

According to the official tutorial:

curl -sS https://download.spotify.com/debian/pubkey_5E3C45D7B312C643.gpg | sudo apt-key add - 
echo "deb http://repository.spotify.com stable non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list

Then you can install the Spotify client:

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install spotify-client
spotify