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Ubuntu Config

Overview

Table of Contents

  1. Setup
    1. Prerequisites
    2. Build
    3. Configure

Setup

Prerequisites

  • Download and install Ubuntu 24.10 either on a physical machine or in a virtual machine if you would like to try it out. Once you have installed Ubuntu 24.10 and rebooted back into the OS you will need to install Git

  • Open the terminal app.

    • To do this either click on the icon in the bottom left of the screen and find the terminal app or press the <leader> key.

  • In the terminal type the following command.

sudo apt install git -y

Type your password when prompted.

  • Now clone the repository to your home directory
git clone https://github.com/jameslinnell/ubuntu_config.git

Build

  • Build the base system and base tools and follow the prompts
./init.sh

Once this is complete you will see a display in ascii art saying, oh my zsh ....is now installed!

  • type
exit (followed by Return/Enter key)

You are now back in the bash terminal.

Configure

  • Now we can do some configuration of fonts, colours, keybindings, default apps etc.
./config.sh
  • Close the terminal and open a better one, I suggest kitty although it doesn't seem to play well on Virtual Machines so also try alacritty

Window Manager

  • Now we have the choice to setup a different Window Manager. Once you have opened a terminal, navigate to...
cd ~/ubuntu_config

i3

i3wm is a tiling window manager if you're not used to a TWM it can be confusing at first, but the effort is worth it.

  • To install type...
./i3wm.sh
  • Once installed. Log out, and on the login screen select i3 and re-login.