Setting up a new machine:

Before installing on a new machine, need to sync an ssh key with github. Paste the following:

# 1. We need to create an ssh key, so that Github lets us clone this repo.
echo -e "\n\nGenerate an ssh key:"
# may have to set hostname manually!
ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C key-thor-$(hostname) 
ssh-add ~/.ssh/

# 2. Install github communication and keychain CLIs. Tell github about the ssh key.
sudo apt install -y gh hub keychain
echo "will open a browser and authenticate with Github."
gh auth login
gh ssh-key add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub
echo "confirm our new key is listed."
echo "is the comment set correctly to key-thor-HOSTNAME?"
gh ssh-key list

# 3. Install stuff.
git clone git@github.com:thor314/.setup.git

Then work through the parts.

Comforting security blanket slash reminder to self about script vs syncing from snapshot

This setup script is slow and Not Fun, but does reduce reproducibility issues down the line.

Todo:

• 2024-01-26 next major update: separate the high-interactive parts from the not-so-interactive parts, so we can parallelize them.
• eg. logging into all the GUIs annoying and have few dependencies, do that while apt/cargo etc. install themselves.
• 2024-12-24 refactored keybind set script. Test the refactored keybind script more on next install.
  • known issue: will not unbind system keybinds, have to do that manually.

Settings to include early that make life good

Figure out where to include these in the install script:

## these settings have not been tested
# set caps lock to ctrl
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options "['caps:ctrl_modifier']"
# revert: gsettings reset org.gnome.desktop.input-sources xkb-options
# or mannualy: Open Gnome Tweaks to map Capslock to Ctrl
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.peripherals.touchpad natural-scroll true
gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.keybindings minimize "['<Super>h']"
git config --global user.name "Thor Kampefner"
git config --global user.email "$EMAIL"

Pending recurring issue

If issues with system keyboard not-dvorak persist:

# localectl list-x11-keymap-variants # see list of keymap options
sudo localectl set-x11-keymap dvorak
sudo update-initramfs -u # update initial ramdisk to apply changes at boot time

changelog

• 2024-01-26 - I should have a changelog