Current bootstrap process

Initial steps

• Bring SSH keys and GPG on to the new machine

Bootstrap Ubuntu

Install the basic of packages:

sudo apt install \
curl \
copyq \
fd-find \
flameshot \
gnome-tweaks \
guake \
htop \
keepassxc \
myrepos \
neovim \
ripgrep \
solaar \
tig \
tmate \
tmux \
tmuxinator \
vcsh \
virtualbox \
zsh

Snaps

• Bruno
• Keybase
• LibreOffice
• Postman
• Slack
• VS Code
• snap install google-cloud-cli --classic

Still manual installs

• Google Chrome
• oh-my-zsh
• gcloud
• hurl
• go
• fd
• GoLand
• VirtualBox

Get copyq working

https://copyq.readthedocs.io/en/latest/known-issues.html#on-linux-global-shortcuts-pasting-or-clipboard-monitoring-does-not-work

Global shortcut: https://askubuntu.com/questions/1344833/copyq-global-shortcut-not-working-on-ubuntu-21-04

Startup application:

env QT_QPA_PLATFORM=xcb copyq

Disable workspaces

In keyboard settings, disable all shortcuts for workspaces.

Configure Guake

Start at login. Start with full screen. Set keyboard shortcut to Ctrl+Esc.

Remap caps to be escape

There's now an option for this in gnome-tweaks.

Old way:

dconf write "/org/gnome/desktop/input-sources/xkb-options" "['caps:escape']"

# Alternatively, edit the empty value in /etc/default/keyboard
XKBOPTIONS="caps:escape"

Set up dotfiles:

vcsh clone [email protected]:tfnico/config-mr.git mr
mr up