Before you do anything after installing mint, update the system:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get full-upgradeTweaks
Turn on firewall
Desktop, Customise, Auto-arrange, Off
Desktop, Show desktop icons on all monitors (Computer, Home, Trash)
File manager, Edit, Preferences, View New Folders in List View
Behaviours, Click twice to Rename, Double-Click to Open
View Executable Files by default (don’t prompt)
List Columns, Add Created Date etc
Toolbar, Add Home button, New Folder button and Refresh button
Time and Date Settings, Left-click Time, Left-click Settings, add/remove seconds etc
Context Menus, Add “Make Link”, remove unused items.
Add Nemo Context Menu Refresh Action
sudo apt-get install xdotool
sudo vi /usr/share/nemo/actions/refresh-nemo-action
[Nemo Action]
Name=Refresh
Name[tr]=Tazele
Comment=Nemo
Refresh Exec=xdotool key ctrl+r
Selection=None
Extensions=any;
Icon-Name=view-refresh
Dependencies=xdotool; Window, Behaviour, Location of newly opened windows, Centre
Disks, Automount at Startup
Add Media File info to File Properties
Enable TimeShift snapshots.
Font hinting set to Full
Scale up the Panel height to increase icon size on Start bar. Move Start bar to top of screen.
Cinnamon dynamic wallpaper extension and tiling window manager extension
Use nala instead of apt-get (sudo apt-get install nala ;; sudo nala install <package>)
install ubuntu-restricted-extras
In software manager install redshift and redshit-manager to configure night light
sudo fstrim -v / #If supported, run the next two commands to optimise SSD speed and lifespan
sudo systemctl enable fstrim.timer
sudo systemctl start fstrim.timer
Enable hot corners, assign actions to moving cursor to screen corners
Enable gestures for touchpad
Enable hardware GPU rendering for web browsers:
Firefox Tweaks:
about:config
layers.acceleration.force-enabled
gfx.webrender.all
Enable GPU Rendering in Brave Browser
1. Check if hardware acceleration is already enabled:
- Open the Brave browser.
- Click the three-line menu (≡) at the top right and select Settings.
- Scroll down and select System from the left-hand menu (or type “System” in the search bar).
- Find the “Use hardware acceleration when available” setting.
- Toggle it on if it’s disabled.
- Restart Brave for the changes to take effect.
2. Force GPU acceleration via Brave’s flags (optional):
Brave also provides access to experimental features via “flags” similar to Chrome. Here’s how you can force GPU rendering:
- In the address bar, type
brave://flagsand press Enter. - In the search bar, type “hardware-accelerated”.
- Find the option called “Override software rendering list” and enable it.
- Restart Brave for changes to apply.
3. Check GPU acceleration status:
- To verify if GPU rendering is active, go to
brave://gpuin the address bar. - This page will show detailed information about GPU acceleration. Look for the status of different graphical features (like “Video Decode”, “Rasterization”, and “WebGL”) to confirm that they are hardware-accelerated.
If your GPU supports it and hardware acceleration is correctly enabled, Brave will use the GPU for rendering, similar to how Firefox does it with its own hardware acceleration settings.
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