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 \
guake \
htop \
keepassxc \
myrepos \
neovim \
ripgrep \
tig \
tmate \
tmux \
tmuxinator \
vcsh \
zsh

Add snaps bin to environment

See here.

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

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 git@github.com:tfnico/config-mr.git mr
mr up

Still manual installs

• Google Chrome
• Keybase
• oh-my-zsh
• VS Code (the snap has broken keyboard shortcuts)