### Scratch text editor configs
* Dont autosave files on change

### File manager configs
* Disable single click
* Dont remember tabs

### Music player (noise) configs
* Dont write metedata to files

### Misc
* Show battery percentage
* Disable all animations

### Disable OS auto updates [source](https://www.hiroom2.com/2016/05/18/ubuntu-16-04-auto-apt-update-and-apt-upgrade/) [more](https://debian-handbook.info/browse/stable/sect.regular-upgrades.html)
* Edit `/etc/apt/apt.conf.d/20auto-upgrades` file and update these lines
```
APT::Periodic::Update-Package-Lists "0";
APT::Periodic::Download-Upgradeable-Packages "0";
APT::Periodic::AutocleanInterval "30";
APT::Periodic::Unattended-Upgrade "0";
```

### Disable App Center running in background 
* Open `gnome-session-properties` from terminal
* Uncheck the "App Center Deamon" entry to disable it

### Disable Guest session
```
sudo sh -c 'printf "[SeatDefaults]\nallow-guest=false\n" > /etc/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-no-guest.conf'
```

### Display hidden auto-start entries
```
sudo sed -i 's/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g' /etc/xdg/autostart/*.desktop
```
Now run `gnome-session-properties` in terminal to see full list
* Disable Onboard, Orca screen reader, Personal File Sharing and Maya Deamon

### Tune swappiness
```
# temporarily
sudo sysctl vm.swappiness=10

# parmanent, require reboot
echo 'vm.swappiness=10' | sudo tee -a /etc/sysctl.conf
```

### Fix time differences between Ubuntu and Windows (Dual Boot) - [Source](http://www.webupd8.org/2014/09/dual-boot-fix-time-differences-between.html)
```
timedatectl set-local-rtc 1
```

### Speed up apt-get update with parallel 
```
# Create a file
sudo nano /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99parallel

# Add these lines and save 
APT::Acquire::Queue-Mode "access";
APT::Acquire::Retries 3;
```

### Remove language related ign from apt-get update - [Source](http://itsfoss.com/speed-up-ubuntu-1310/)
```
echo 'Acquire::Languages "none";' | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/00aptitude
```

### Set file roller compression level to maximum
```
dconf write /org/gnome/file-roller/general/compression-level "'maximum'"
```