I version control my home diretory to make it easier to set up & reproduce my preferred Linux environment.

For the parts of my environment that can't simply be checked into this repo, the kinstall/ dir has some scripts and files. Specialized versions of the environment can be made by creating parallel directories under kinstall.$(hostname).

Last tested with Xubuntu 22.04 running on a ThinkPad (amd64).

• New ThinkPad? Switch Fn and Ctrl from the boot menu.

• Download Xubuntu, plug in a flash drive, and run:

  umount /dev/<FLASH_DRIVE_DEVICE_ID>
  dd status=progress bs=1m if=xubuntu2204.iso of=/dev/<FLASH_DRIVE_DEVICE_ID>

• Eject it, reboot to flash drive. Choose minimal installation with full-disk encryption (under "Advanced").

• Boot into Xubuntu. Open a terminal, and run:

  cd ~
  sudo apt install -y git
  git init -b master
  git remote add origin https://github.com/kdmccormick/home
  git fetch
  git switch master -f
  sudo kinstall/system.sh "$USER"
  vi ~/.profile_private

• Fill in ~/.profile_private and save.

• Run:

  . ~/.profile
  ensure-ssh-key | xcopy
  open "https://github.com/settings/ssh/new"

• Log into GitHub, paste in the public ssh key, name it $(hostname), and save.

• Load in private GPG key for pass and place it at ~/kdmc.key

• Run:

  kinstall/user.sh
  reboot

• This all tries to be username-agnostic, but unfortunately many of the app-managed dotfiles hardcode '/home/kyle/...' into configuration.