Ubuntu Desktop personal setup

This is how I customize a clean Ubuntu install.

Essentials

First we install the essentials.

sudo apt install curl vim fish tmux

SSH keys

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "user@domain.com"

Copy public key to paste as needed:

xclip -sel clip < ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub

Folder structure

Update the folder structure. Basically changing the defaults locations of folders like ~/Downloads and ~/Desktop.

Create new folders.

cd ~
mkdir work dl docs media tpl pub \
  media/{music,books,pics,vids,screens,torrents}

Make Ubuntu use our new folders. Edit ~/.config/user-dirs.dir and update the file so it looks like this:

XDG_DESKTOP_DIR="$HOME/desk"
XDG_DOWNLOADS_DIR="$HOME/dl"
XDG_TEMPLATES_DIR="$HOME/tpl"
XDG_PUBLICSHARE_DIR="$HOME/pub"
XDG_DOCUMENTS_DIR="$HOME/docs"
XDG_MUSIC_DIR="$HOME/media/music"
XDG_PICTURES_DIR="$HOME/media/pics"
XDG_VIDEOS_DIR="$HOME/media/vids"

Fish configuration

Make fish the default shell

Install Fisher.

Install z:

fisher install jethrokuan/z

Ubuntu configuration

Add Spanish:

Settings
- Region & Language
- Input Sources
- Add Spanish
Appearance
- Dark
- Dock
  - Auto-hide the Dock: On
  - Position on screen: Bottom

Install GNOME tweaks

sudo apt install gnome-tweaks

With GNOME Tweaks activate:

Top Bar
- Activities Overview Hot Corner
- Battery Percentage
- Weekday
Workspaces
- Static Workspaces
  - Number of Workspaces: 5
  - Workspaces span displays

GNOME Terminal configuration

Download and install the Dracula theme for GNOME Terminal.

Restart your terminal to reflect the changes.

Tmux configuration

Install tpm.
Download and install the Dracula theme for Tmux.

Update ./config/tmux/tmux.conf:

set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tpm'
set -g @plugin 'dracula/tmux'
set -g @dracula-plugins 'git, network-ping, attached-clients, network-vpn, weather, time'
set -g @dracula-show-left-icon 'uwu'

run -b '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'

Install Node

Install n:

curl -L https://git.io/n-install | bash

Install Python

Install pyenv using pyenv-installer.

Be sure to install the build environment dependencies:

https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/wiki#suggested-build-environment

Install poetry.