Basics
This guide has been set for Ubuntu 20.04 and Debian 10, if you have another distribution use it carefully.
Update apt and upgrade packages
sudo apt update ; sudo apt -y upgrade
Install useful packages
sudo apt install -y zip unzip curl git vim ssh lsb-release ca-certificates apt-transport-https software-properties-common
Install exFAT packages (to use exFAT disks, see wiki)
sudo apt install -y exfat-utils exfat-fuse
Install picture usage packages
sudo apt install -y jpegoptim optipng pngquant optipng gifsicle webp
Vim
Get basic configuration and copy it to user directory
sudo vim /etc/vim/vimrc
set nocompatible
set number
set background=dark
syntax on
set tabstop=4
set smartindent
set autoindent
set backspace=indent,eol,start
set ignorecase
set ruler
set showcmd
set mouse=a
ZSH & Oh my ZSH
ZSH is a powerful command interpreter, better than bash. If you use it, you can improve it with Oh my ZSH which is configuration for ZSH.
Install zsh
sudo apt install -y zsh
Install oh-my-zsh
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
~/.bashrc to enable it.echo 'exec zsh' >> ~/.bashrc
Customize with theme
With Oh my ZSH, you can use themes to have beautiful terminal, check available themes here: github.com/ohmyzsh, I use pmcgee
To install a new theme, just edit .zshrc
vim ~/.zshrc
Search ZSH_THEME at the top of file and update value
-ZSH_THEME="robbyrussell"
+ZSH_THEME="pmcgee"
Update new configuration
source ~/.zshrc
Extras
exa a replacement for ‘ls’
sudo apt install -y exa
Install exa
sudo apt install exa -y
Make alias in your PATH
vim ~/.zshrc
alias ls="exa"
alias ll="exa -al"
source ~/.zshrc
Now you can use exa with ls.
thefuck corrects your command
Magnificent app which corrects your previous console command.
sudo apt update
sudo apt install python3-dev python3-pip python3-setuptools
sudo apt install thefuck -y
vim ~/.zshrc
export PATH=~/.local/bin:$PATH
eval "$(thefuck --alias)"
source ~/.zshrc