Brian's Dotfiles

What Is This?

This repository serves as my way to help me setup and maintain my Ubuntu. It takes the effort out of installing everything manually. Everything which is needed to install my preferred setup is detailed in this readme. Feel free to explore, learn and copy parts for your own dotfiles. Enjoy!

A Fresh Ubuntu Setup

1. Set main download server
   1. Software & updates -> Ubuntu software -> Download from: Main server
2. Restore your secrets/config. Get restore-secrets.run onto the machine — download the dotfiles-restore document from 1Password (install the app + sign in first), or copy it from a USB — then run it:

   bash restore-secrets.run

   This restores your SSH/GPG keys, git config, etc. (see backup/README.md for details).
3. Install git, clone this repo, and run the installer:

   sudo apt install -y git
   git clone git@github.com:brianjohnsen/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
   cd~/.dotfiles && ./install.sh

   All output (every command + result) is saved to ~/.dotfiles/install.log.
4. Restart to finalize: shutdown -r now

Your Ubuntu is now ready to use!

Post-install (manual)

A few things install.sh intentionally does not automate:

• IntelliJ IDEA — launch JetBrains Toolbox (~/.local/share/JetBrains/Toolbox/bin/jetbrains-toolbox), sign in, and install IntelliJ IDEA Ultimate from there.
• Docker without sudo — log out/in (or newgrp docker) after install so the docker group membership takes effect.
• SDKMAN / Java — verify sdk current java; change with sdk default java <version> if needed.

Customize

Further customizations.

1. Disable all annoying keyboard shortcuts
   1. Keyboard -> Shortcuts

Thanks To...

Read the blog post: https://driesvints.com/blog/getting-started-with-dotfiles

License

The MIT License. Please see the license file for more information.