Ubuntu Setup

Install Ubuntu

• Make a bootable drive for Ubuntu
• Boot with the drive
• Install Ubuntu with appropriate configurations

Update The Packages

sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
sudo apt install nala git
sudo nala full-upgrade

Update Snap Store

sudo snap refresh snap-store

• Uninstall snap version of Firefox browser

Install Necessary Packages

sudo nala install curl wget git git-flow build-essential net-tools gnome-tweaks gnome-shell-extension-manager btop gdb ubuntu-restricted-extras vlc libgtop2-dev fzf ripgrep bat fd-find

Install fastfetch

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:zhangsongcui3371/fastfetch
sudo nala update
sudo nala install fastfetch

Install ghostty Terminal

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mkasberg/ghostty-ubuntu/HEAD/install.sh)"

Setup zsh and ohmyzsh

1. Install zsh

   sudo nala install zsh

2. Setup ohmyzsh

   sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

3. Add zsh-syntax-highlighting plugin

   git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

   • Add zsh-syntax-highlighting in plugins list inside .zshrc file

4. Install spaceship-prompt theme for ohmyzsh

   git clone https://github.com/spaceship-prompt/spaceship-prompt.git "$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/spaceship-prompt" --depth=1

   ln -s "$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/spaceship-prompt/spaceship.zsh-theme" "$ZSH_CUSTOM/themes/spaceship.zsh-theme"

   • Set ZSH_THEME="spaceship" in your .zshrc file

Setup Ubuntu's Look and Feel

1. Tweak system settings

2. Gnome extensions

   • Appindicator and KStausNotifierItem Support - [ 3v1n0 ] Disable the default Appindicator First
   • Clipboard Indicator - [ Tudmotu ]
   • System Monitor - [ fmuellner ]
   • Logo Menu - [ Aryan Kausik ]
     • Extension Manager
     • Software Center: snap-store
   • Transparent Top Bar [ Gonzague ]
   • Ubuntu Dock
     • Icon Size: 32
     • Behaviour - { CA: Focus, minimize or show preview, SA: Cycle through windows }
     • Appearance - { Indicator: Dots (Dominant color), Dynamic: 0 to 100 }

Install Web Browsers

• Helium browser (Chromium based)

  • Setup Helium browser
  • Import Bookmarks
  • Extensions
    • React Developer Tools
    • Redux DevTools
    • Wappalyzer
    • WhatFont

• Brave browser (Chromium based) [Optional]

  curl -fsS https://dl.brave.com/install.sh | sh

  • Setup Brave browser
  • Import Bookmarks
  • Extensions
    • React Developer Tools
    • Redux DevTools
    • Wappalyzer
    • WhatFont

• Zen browser (Firefox based) [Optional]

  • Install Zen browser using tarball script

    bash <(curl -s https://updates.zen-browser.app/install.sh)

  • Create a zen-local file inside /etc/apparmor.d directory with the following content if a warning pop us when starting up the browser

    NOTE: Replace {username} with your username, There will also some configurations needed to be done after initial startup.

    # This profile allows everything and only exists to give the
    # application a name instead of having the label "unconfined"
    abi <abi/4.0>,
    include <tunables/global>
    profile zen-local
    /home/{username}/.tarball-installations/zen/{zen,zen-bin,updater}
    flags=(unconfined) {
      userns,
      # Site-specific additions and overrides. See local/README for details.
      include if exists <local/zen>
    }

  • Extensions

    • Zen Mods
      • Floating status bar
    • uBlock Origin
    • Wappalyzer
    • WhatFont

Install GUI Applications

• Spotify Music Player

  curl -sS https://download.spotify.com/debian/pubkey_C85668DF69375001.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor --yes -o /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/spotify.gpg
  echo "deb https://repository.spotify.com stable non-free" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/spotify.list
  sudo nala update
  sudo nala install spotify-client

• OBS Studio

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:obsproject/obs-studio
  sudo nala update
  sudo nala install ffmpeg obs-studio

Install Development Tools

• Setup Git and GitHub

  • Git config

    git config --global user.name "Your Name"

    git config --global user.email "Your Email"

    git config --global init.defaultBranch "main"

  • Setup SSH key for GitHub

    ssh-keygen

    • Copy the public key from .ssh/ directory
    • Go to GitHub > Settings > SSH and GPG Keys then add the generated SSH key
    • Check the connection by ssh -T git@github

• tmux

  sudo nala install tmux
  git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.config/tmux/plugins/tpm

• node

  Note: Its recommended to visit the official Node.js site for latest version of installation command.

• pnpm

  curl -fsSL https://get.pnpm.io/install.sh | sh -

• uv and python [Optional]

  • Install uv

    curl -LsSf https://astral.sh/uv/install.sh | sh

  • Install python

    uv python install