Setting Up a Fresh Ubuntu 21.04 Desktop as Personal Computer

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  • ohmyzsh

    🙃 A delightful community-driven (with 2,300+ contributors) framework for managing your zsh configuration. Includes 300+ optional plugins (rails, git, macOS, hub, docker, homebrew, node, php, python, etc), 140+ themes to spice up your morning, and an auto-update tool so that makes it easy to keep up with the latest updates from the community.

    • Next, I like to set up my terminal and shell. I've been using Terminator for years, I really like to be able to split the screen in multiple ways and Terminator is a lot easier to use than tmux for me. I'm also a big fan of oh-my-zsh and have been using it for many years.

  • fonts

    • The theme I like is called agnoster, and to use that theme you'll need to install Powerline fonts. To install these, you'll need to clone their repo and run the install script:

  • InfluxDB

    Power Real-Time Data Analytics at Scale. Get real-time insights from all types of time series data with InfluxDB. Ingest, query, and analyze billions of data points in real-time with unbounded cardinality.

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  • peek

    Simple animated GIF screen recorder with an easy to use interface

    • Peek - Simple screen recording, records in gif or mp4. Installed via apt.

  • PrusaSlicer

    G-code generator for 3D printers (RepRap, Makerbot, Ultimaker etc.)

    • Prusa Slicer - 3D Printing Software for Slicing Models. Available as AppImage.

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