Fresh Linux install

This is just the bootstrap installation and default configuration for most machines. The tutorial was written on the tailend of 2024 for Ubuntu Desktop - Thinkpad.

Install common packages

I want to tryout fish as a shell as it's got a good vim mode unlike zsh

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install htop xclip git vim i3 tmux polybar rofi kitty zsh fish curl ripgrep arandr make cmake ninja-build gettext unzip build-essential nodejs taskwarrior

Install chrome

Don't forget to install vimium https://chromewebstore.google.com/detail/vimium/dbepggeogbaibhgnhhndojpepiihcmeb

sudo dpkg ./chrome.deb
sudo apt-get install ./chrome.deb

Install Obsidian

# DO not install via the appimage
# https://obsidian.md/download
sudo dpkg -i ./blah.deb
sudo apt-get install ./blah.deb

Generate SSH keys

Don't forget to add it your GitHub account

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "[email protected]"
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519
cat id_ed25519.pub | xclip -sel clip

Configure Git

git config --global user.name "luke-goddard"
git config --global user.email "[email protected]"

Download Dotfiles

https://github.com/luke-goddard/dotfiles

cd $HOME/Documents
mkdir programing
cd programing
git clone [email protected]:luke-goddard/dotfiles.git
cd dotfiles

Configure TMUX

cp /home/luke/Documents/dotfiles/tmux/.tmux.conf $HOME/.tmux.conf

Install i3

At this point i3 should've been installed. You just need to boot into it. Note that the default mod key is the linux modifer, but on some keyboards it makes more sense for alt to be the key https://faq.i3wm.org/question/2569/set-mod-key-only-as-left-mod-key.1.html

Removing caps lock

IMPORTANT: Xmodmap does not work with Gnome Note: Xmod map should already be installed Depends on the system that you're installing for, so check the dot files readme

xmodmap xmodmap-config
xbindkeys

Xmodmap at startup

There is lots of faf online about this, but honestly just set it as a cron job

#/bin/bash
export KEYBOARD_CONF_DIR=/home/luke/Documents/programming/dotfiles/keyboard/thinkpad

/bin/bash $KEYBOARD_CONF_DIR/remap-exta-buttons.sh
/usr/bin/xmodmap $KEYBOARD_CONF_DIR/xmodmap-thinkpad
/usr/bin/xbindkeys

Then make sure the script is executable and create a cron job with. crontab -e

@reboot /home/luke/cron-startup.sh

I don't think that cron has access to $HOME, so use a full path

Optional: Configure Fish

Don't forget to set the mode to vim and check the install path

curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/oh-my-fish/oh-my-fish/master/bin/install | fish

fish_hybrid_key_bindings

echo /usr/bin/fish | sudo tee -a /etc/shell1s
chsh -s /usr/bin/fish

Installing NeoVim

cd /tmp
git clone https://github.com/neovim/neovim.git
cd neovim
make CMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=RelWithDebInfo
sudo make install

Configuring NeoVim

mkdir ~/.config/nvim
cp -r dotfiles/nvim ~/.config/nvim

Run neovim again and let Mason do it's thing. Once that has been done you can enable copilot with :Copilot auth

Installing Rust

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Once complete let's add it to our shell

# ~/.config/fish/config.fish
source "$HOME/.cargo/env.fish"  # For fish

Taskwarrior terminal interface

# Build it
git clone https://github.com/kdheepak/taskwarrior-tui.git
cd taskwarrior-tui
cargo build --release

# Install it
cargo install --path .

Finished 🎊