Ubuntu Desktop personal setup

This is how I customize a clean Ubuntu install.

Essentials

First we install the essentials.

• curl
• vim
• fish shell
• tmux
• git
• xclip

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.