Hello guys. Today, I installed Ubuntu Asahi on my M2 MacBook Air and today we’re gonna explore it. Change some settings and make this Ubuntu awesome.
Update
Firstly, you should update your system. To do that, open a new terminal and run this command.
This will update your system automatically.
Install Some Apps
You can install apps from Snap or APT.
My recommendation is, if you can find your software in APT, install from there but if you can’t find it install from Snap.
You can use Snap Store to do that. It’s the App Center app in your Ubuntu system.
Change Some Settings
Dock
Firstly, Dock in the left doesn’t look very well. You can change position in Ubuntu Desktop settings in your Settings app. Then, enable Auto-Hide dock and disable Panel mode. It’ll look like a macOS Dock.
Terminal
Default terminal looks like s**t 😳. You can change colorscheme by pressing CTRL+, and selecting a colorscheme. My favourite is Horizon.
Keyboard Shortcuts
Alt+Tab or Super+Tab
I really don’t like switching apps with Alt+Tab, I want Super+Tab. To do that, go to Keyboard settings then Shortcuts here search for Super+Tab. Click it and press Backspace. It will delete that shortcut. Then search for Alt+Tab and click Alt+Tab one and press Super+Tab.
Close Window
I can’t leave my macOS habits so I want to make it Super+q. To do that, search Close window in keyboard shortcuts page and click it. Then, press Super+q and apply it.
Open Terminal
From my old Linux tiling wm habits, I want to open terminal with Super+Enter. Search for Terminal and change it to Super+Enter.
Window Snapping
I just want to snap a window, not choose other app. To disable that feature, go to Ubuntu Desktop settings then disable Tiling Popup.
Wallpaper
Default wallpaper looks so bad. You can download a new wallpaper or use already existing ones. You can set them from Settings.
Display
The default scaling is bad. So, I make it %133 to have more spaces on my 13 inch MacBook screen.
[!WARNING] %133 really causes headache. Try it if you have headache just make it bigger for your health. 😶🌫️
Battery
Enable power saving mode from quick settings (right up corner) and go to Settings => Power and change Power Button Behavior to Suspend and enable Show Battery Percentage.
Installing some utilities
ULauncher
It’s a good launcher like Rofi or Spotlight. To install that, run this command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:agornostal/ulauncher
sudo apt update
sudo apt install ulauncher
Firefox (deb)
Snap is not that bad for my opinion but it lacks hardware acceleration on Asahi which is VERY important. So, I installed that from their repo.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/ppa
sudo apt update
sudo apt install firefox-esr
NOTE: Don’t install firefox package, it’ll install Snap firefox.