2025 Development Setup

OS (POP)

1. cleanup and update
   • sudo apt remove -purge libreoffice*
   • sudo apt autoremove
   • sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade
2. create timeshift backup
   • sudo apt install timeshift
3. install/setup firefox
   • sync firefox account
   • log in bitwarden
   • log in raindrop
4. install telegram
   • Telegram Desktop
5. install AppImageLauncher
   • Release Release build (v2.2.0) · TheAssassin/AppImageLauncher · GitHub
6. install outline client
   • Installing Outline Client on Linux - Outline Help by Jigsaw
   • wget -O ./outline-client.deb https://s3.amazonaws.com/outline-      releases/client/linux/stable/outline-client_amd64.deb
   • sudo apt install ./outline-client.deb
7. create timeshift backup
8. install dropbox
   • install using pop shop
   • import backup config from dropbox (optional)
9. install obsidian
   • https://obsidian.md/download
10. setup zsh, ohmyzsh, nerdfonts, starship
    • Installing ZSH · ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh Wiki · GitHub
    • GitHub - theborowski/pop-setup: a set of instructions to follow whenever setting up a new Pop!_OS installation
    • https://www.nerdfonts.com/font-downloads
    • cp fonts to /.local/share/fonts/
    • https://starship.rs/guide
    • curl -sS https://starship.rs/install.sh | sh
11. create timeshift backup
12. install php
    • sudo apt install software-properties-common
    • sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ondrej/php
    • sudo apt update
    • sudo apt install php8.2 php8.2-cli php8.2-curl php8.2-mbstring php8.2-xml php8.2-zip php8.2-posix
13. install composer
    • curl -sS https://getcomposer.org/installer -o /tmp/composer-setup.php
    • sudo php /tmp/composer-setup.php --install-dir=/usr/local/bin --filename=composer
    • update .zshrc with following
    • export PATH="$PATH:$HOME/.config/composer/vendor/bin"
14. install valet linux plus
    • sudo apt install curl libnss3-tools jq xsel openssl ca-certificates
    • composer global require genesisweb/valet-linux-plus
    • valet install
    • https://github.com/valet-linux-plus/valet-linux-plus/issues/152
15. install n
    • curl -L https://bit.ly/n-install | bash
16. setup ssh keys and ssh config
    • chmod 700 ~/.ssh
    • chmod 600 ~/.ssh/*
    • https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/257590/ssh-key-permissions-chmod-settings
17. install vscode
    • Documentation for Visual Studio Code
    • use terminal to install sudo dpkg -i vscode.deb
18. install utilities apps
    • install restricted codec
    • sudo apt install flameshot
    • sudo apt install peek (out of date)
    • flatpak install flathub io.github.seadve.Kooha (have issues)
    • https://github.com/diodon-dev/diodon
    • https://github.com/henrywoo/kazam (need pip/python)
    • install simplescreenrecorder
19. install publii (optional)
    • https://getpublii.com/docs/install-publii.html
20. install sublime text (optional)
    • wget -qO - https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-pub.gpg | sudo tee /etc/apt/keyrings/sublimehq-pub.asc > /dev/null
    • echo -e 'Types: deb\nURIs: https://download.sublimetext.com/\nSuites: apt/stable/\nSigned-By: /etc/apt/keyrings/sublimehq-pub.asc' | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.sources
    • sudo apt update && sudo apt install sublime-text
    • https://www.sublimetext.com/docs/linux_repositories.html