Dot Files

My collection of dotfiles + a bootstrapping script

• Cross Platform - Meant to work on Linux (Mint) and Windows
• Linking - Symlinks over copying
• Public - Private keys and licenses are separate (for now... keeping an eye on git-crypt)
• Automatic - python bootstrap.py sets up everything. --verify-only only verifies, and is run every time I open a terminal
• Multi-environment - All configs have defaults, though special configs with suffix ##XXX can be chosen with priority using --environment=XXX flag

Supports:

as well as asdf, Z, flameshot, Discord, ffmpeg, Insomnia, Krita, OBS, Seafile, Promnesia, and a ton more,,,

Installation

Linux Installation

cd ~
sudo apt update && sudo apt install git
git clone https://github.com/Cobertos/dotfiles.git
cd dotfiles
git submodule init
git submodule update # For ASDF and Z
python3 bootstrap.py # Make sure to use the right --environment=XXX
# https://github.com/danhper/asdf-python
# https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv/wiki/Common-build-problems
asdf plugin add python
sudo apt-get install -y build-essential libssl-dev zlib1g-dev libbz2-dev libreadline-dev libsqlite3-dev wget curl llvm libncurses5-dev libncursesw5-dev xz-utils tk-dev libffi-dev liblzma-dev python-openssl git
asdf install python latest:3.8
asdf global python 3.8.7
# https://github.com/asdf-vm/asdf-nodejs
asdf plugin add nodejs
bash -c '${ASDF_DATA_DIR:=$HOME/.asdf}/plugins/nodejs/bin/import-release-team-keyring'
asdf install nodejs lts
asdf global nodejs 14.15.4
pip install requests
python bootstrap.py # To get all node and python dependencies

# TODO: If you have no system python in your OS, you will probably want to get one
# or install asdf manually (source the correct file into your terminal first)

Windows Native Installation using Git Bash

This no longer works, but should I go back to Windows I'll have to update. The steps to get this to work on Windows will be something like

• Find a replacement for asdf on Windows
  • The current code will work with plain old pyenv and nvm, so you could always install those manually first
• Fix all issues with \ and / paths
• Find comparable packages in chocolatey, or use Ninite or something

The old installation:

• Install chocolatey
  • I would like to automate this but there's a lot of overhead with Python)
• choco install ./packages.config
• Install pyenv by downloading and extracting at the correct location and setting up variables
• Install Python 3.6+
• python bootstrap.py
  • Make sure to use the right --environment=XXX!
• You will need to manually install nvm for Windows for nodejs stuff

Installation Part 2 (everything that I have yet to automate)

• Install Firefox
  • Login to Firefox
  • Disable DNS over HTTPS (or figure out a way to get hosts file working without it)
  • Setup the search engine aliases for @google, @gh switch to Startpage for default engine
  • Login to InoReader
  • Login to Mangools
  • Migrate any Tampermonkey scripts (or put them in here or something)
• Sublime
  • Install package control to recognize symlinked packages
  • Install license and license for FTP
  • Setup TabNine (TabNine::Config then paste key for TabNine Local)
• Spotify
  • Toggle download playlists
• Install Unity Hub
• Blender is installed separately (managing multiple Blender versions)
• Setup OBS to record into Seafile (save these prefs)
• Setup Unity defaults (External editor and stuff) (would be nice to capture these prefs)
• Hide excess folders in explorer/nemo, like Picture, Videos, etc
• Docker (removal of old and getting new)
• Migrate from old computer
  • Insomnia configs (all the sqlite databases in Insomnia's home directory)
  • .aws keys
  • .ssh keys
  • .npmrc keys
  • Any environment variables holding keys
  • Firefox/Chrome/wherever history
• Setup filesystem favorites

Linux specific manually

• Configure Linux Mint Desktop
  • Change the theme to Dark (for Window borders, controls, and desktop)
  • Change wallpapers/backgrouns to the folder that has them all in it
  • Add a panel to every monitor, without grouped list applet merging and with window titles
  • Change the Linux Mint start menu icon
• Install NVIDIA and eGPU drivers and all the work that goes into that
  • sudo apt install nvidia-driver-460
  • Disable secure boot and thunderbolt security
  • Add the XOrg configuration, and double check the PCIe Bus IDs
  • Consider working on HotPlug support https://jpamills.wordpress.com/2017/03/18/hotplug-support-for-egpu-on-linux/

Windows specific manually

• Windows settings
  • Lockscreen picture
  • Uninstall unwanted default apps
  • Connect phone to My Phone
  • Login to other Microsoft related products (Office)
  • Install office
  • Set surface pen pressure to like 8-9?
  • Configure taskbar preferences (non grouping etc)
  • Remove certain pins from the taskbar
  • Make backspace faster/proper speed
  • Remove OneDrive
  • Rename computer
  • Install Windows App Store apps (including Paint.NET and Spotify)

Future Support

• Voicemeeter Banana (Linux / Ubuntu equivalent?)
• Setup correct file associations (for .xml, .html, etc...)
• VLC Plugins
• Audacity and configurations
• Make sure that Chrome/Firefox syncs settings for refined GitHub (looks like it worked)
• /etc/hosts and C:\Windows\System32\drivers\etc\hosts or wherever it is in Windows
• Seafile notifications disabling?
• Configure keybindings (like for flameshot)
• Add a little indicator to PS1 when dotfiles is out of date
• Make findcode better/nicer. Can we have some sort of indexing search?
• Put Userscripts for Tampermonkey in here (or maybe submodule? would be nice to use their WebDAV interface)
• Switch pip over to use the --user flag, or make it an option? Not sure what pipx needs?

Won't Support

• Pulling in z's config, as it should honeslty be separate per-machine, due to file path differences, and it can contain things I don't want public

Windows TODOs

• Re-evaluate if ConEmu needs to be used at all
• Installing chocolatey packages
• A separate packages.config for different workflows
• Readd all the windows registry, theme stuff, and paint.NET
  • The ansible branch had some extras for screen rotation disable and removing Python execution aliases on Windows
  • The ansible branch also solves choco git install flags better, and by default asks for WSL to be installed (which IMO is smarter)
• Windows PowerTools?
• Consider removing WavesMaxxAudio to stop popup and background processing
  • https://github.com/GrzegorzKozub/xps
  • https://github.com/kevinshroff/KSMRD-Modded-Realtek-Audio-Drivers
• Consider applying filter keys faster repeats fix
  • https://superuser.com/questions/1058474/increase-keyboard-repeat-rate-beyond-control-panel-limits-in-windows-10
  • This seems to be a Windows 10/Dell Latitude issue. I dont have this issue on this computer in Linux Mint...
• Disable Intel AMT