nijaru / dotfiles-public Goto Github PK

This needs to be done once per user.

• Go to https://github.com/romkatv/dotfiles-public and click Fork.
• Replace "romkatv" and "[email protected]" in .gitconfig of the newly created fork with your own data. You can do it thrugh the GitHub web UI.

• Go to https://github.com/new and create an empty dotfiles-private repo. Make it private.

• Generate a pair of ssh keys -- rsa_id and rsa_id.pub -- and add rsa_id.pub to github.com. See https://help.github.com/en/articles/connecting-to-github-with-ssh for details. Use a strong passphrase.
• Backup rsa_id in a secure persistent storage system. For example, in your password manager.

This needs to be done once per Windows installation. You don't need to repeat these steps when reinstalling Ubuntu.

• Download these four ttf files:
  • MesloLGS NF Regular.ttf
  • MesloLGS NF Bold.ttf
  • MesloLGS NF Italic.ttf
  • MesloLGS NF Bold Italic.ttf
• Double-click on each file and click "Install". This will make MesloLGS NF font available to all applications on your system.
• Open PowerShell as Administrator and run:

Enable-WindowsOptionalFeature -Online -FeatureName Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux

• Reboot if prompted.
• Install chocolatey from https://chocolatey.org/install.
• Open PowerShell as Administrator and run:

choco.exe install -y microsoft-windows-terminal vcxsrv

• Run Start > XLaunch.
  • Click Next.
  • Click Next.
  • Uncheck Primary Selection. Click Next.
  • Click Save Configuration and save config.xlaunch in your Startup folder at %APPDATA%\Microsoft\Windows\Start Menu\Programs\Startup.
  • Click Finish.

Optional: if disk D: does not exist, make it an alias for C:. If you don't know why you might want this, then you don't need it.

• Open PowerShell as Administrator and run:

if (!(Test-Path -Path "D:\")) {
  New-ItemProperty -Path "HKLM:\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\DOS Devices" -Name "D:" -PropertyType String -Value \DosDevices\C:\ -Force
}

• Reboot.

Follow these steps to remove your Linux distro with all files (applications, settings, home directory, etc.). You can recreate it by following WSL Installation guide below.

• Find out the name of your default distro by running the following command from PowerShell:

wsl.exe --list

• Delete a distro:

wsl.exe --unregister DISTRO

These steps allow you to recreate the whole WSL environment. Before proceeding, delete the current distro if you have it. See WSL Removal.

• Download id_rsa into the Windows Downloads folder. It's OK if it's downloaded as id_rsa.txt.
• Go to https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/p/ubuntu-2004-lts/9n6svws3rx71 and install Ubuntu 20.04 LTS.
• Click Start > Ubuntu. If you get an error, remove Ubuntu via Add or remove programs and install it again. Once Start > Ubuntu is working, create a new user.
• Type this (change the value of GITHUB_USERNAME if it's not the same as your WSL username):

GITHUB_USERNAME=$USER bash -c \
  "$(curl -fsSL 'https://raw.githubusercontent.com/romkatv/dotfiles-public/master/bin/bootstrap-machine.sh')"

• Say Yes when prompted to terminate WSL.
• Run Start > Windows Terminal.
  • Press Ctrl+,.
  • Replace the content of settings.json with this. Change "romkatv" to your WSL username.

• Run Start > Windows Security.
  • Click Virus & threat protection.
  • Click Manage settings under Virus & threat protection settings.
  • Click Add or remove exclusions under Exclusions.
  • Click Add an exclusion > Folder.
  • Select %USERPROFILE%\AppData\Local\Packages\CanonicalGroupLimited.Ubuntu20.04onWindows_79rhkp1fndgsc.

Run this command occasionally.

sync-dotfiles && bash ~/bin/setup-machine.sh && z4h update #maintenance

Pro tip: Copy-paste this whole command including the comment. Next time when you decide to run maintenance tasks, press Ctrl+R and type #maintenance. This is how you can "tag" commands and easily find them later. You can apply more than one "tag". Technically, everything after # is a comment.