Linux workstation setup

Topics: Linux

This note collects workstation setup instructions common to several Linux distributions.

Distribution-specific setup

• Ubuntu workstation setup
• Manjaro workstation setup
• Fedora workstation setup
• Fedora Silverblue workstation setup

Common setup

Install dotfiles

See Chezmoi.

Set up zsh

sudo usermod -s $(which zsh) $USER

Install zplug.

Set up tmux

git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm

In tmux, install the configured plugins by pressing ctrl-a I.

Also install the Smug tmux session manager.

Docker

sudo systemctl enable docker
sudo systemctl start docker
sudo usermod -aG docker $USER

see also Running Podman from a Toolbox container

Javascript

sudo npm install --global yarn neovim

Ruby

For managing Ruby versions, we’ve already installed the rbenv package above.

ruby-build is often available as a package, too, but the packaged version often doesn’t support the most recent Ruby versions yet. We’ll install it from Github instead.

The rbenv-default-gems plugin automatically installs my favourite gems (a list included in my dotfiles repository) with every new Ruby version.

git clone https://github.com/rbenv/ruby-build.git "$(rbenv root)"/plugins/ruby-build

git clone https://github.com/rbenv/rbenv-default-gems.git $(rbenv root)/plugins/rbenv-default-gems

version="3.1.3" && rbenv install "$version" && rbenv shell "$version"