dotfiles

Hey, these are my dotfiles. You probably shouldn’t use them, but you’re very welcome to try. Just be careful, since they might not do what you expect. And this website? It’s documentation for those dotfiles, and more generally how I setup my machines. It’s all a bit excessive, but maybe you’ll find it as useful as I do.

By the way, the source of this project is on GitHub.

Features

I use these dotfiles on multiple machines, work and personal. Some things aren’t exactly the same across different systems, but there is a lot of standardization. Here are the highlights:

Name	macOS 12	Ubuntu	Purpose
android-file-transfer	✔ P		Transfer files to and from Android devices.
apt-transport-https		✔
argo	✔
audacity	✔		Record audio.
balenaetcher	✔ P		Flash SD cards and USB drives.
bash	✔
bat	✔		View files with syntax highlighting (alternative to cat).
brave-browser	✔		Web browser.
brew	✔		Package manager.
build-essential		✔
ca-certificates		✔
colordiff	✔		Diff files with syntax highlighting (alternative to diff).
cookiecutter	✔		Create Python projects from templates.
croc	✔		Securely transfer files between computers.
curl	✔	✔
docker	✔		Container engine (installed as Docker Desktop on macOS).
fd	✔	✔	Find files (alternative to find).
ffmpeg	✔		Convert audio and video.
fx	✔		View JSON.
fzf	✔	✔	Fuzzy find files (required for fzf.vim plugin).
g++		✔
gcc		✔
gh	✔		Work with GitHub from command line.
git	✔	✔	Version projects.
git-lfs	✔		Version large files.
gnupg		✔
gnupg-agent		✔
google-chrome	✔ W		Web browser.
helm	✔		Kubernetes package manager.
htop	✔		Interactive process viewer (alternative to top).
iterm2	✔		Terminal emulator (alternative to Terminal).
jq	✔	✔	JSON processor.
less		✔
libffi-dev		✔	Pager.
libssl-dev		✔
libssl1.1		✔
lulu	✔ P		Firewall unknown outgoing connections.
mactex	✔ P		TeX distribution for processing LaTeX.
make	✔	✔	Automate builds.
microsoft-teams	✔ W		Chat and video call.
ncdu	✔		Perform disk utilities (alternative to du).
pandoc	✔		Convert between markup formats.
private-internet-access	✔ P		VPN client.
pyenv	✔	✔	Manage multiple Python versions.
pyenv-virtualenv	✔		Virtual environment plugin for pyenv.
python	✔
r	✔
ripgrep	✔	✔	Search tool (alternative to grep).
ruby	✔
shellcheck	✔	✔	Static analysis of shell scripts.
slack	✔ W
software-properties-common		✔
spotify	✔		Music streaming.
sudo		✔
tmux	✔	✔	Terminal multiplexing.
transmission	✔ P		BitTorrent client.
vim	✔	✔	Text editor.
vlc	✔		Multimedia player.
zlib1g-dev		✔
zlibc		✔
zoom	✔		Video call.
zsh	✔	✔	Shell.

Next Steps

Want to go deeper? Check out the sidenav for loads of extra information on how to install software, link dotfiles, or even setup a new machine from scratch. ✌️