Environment setup

Given a fresh Debian/Ubuntu...

utilities

apt install dnsutils resolvconf
apt install alsa-utils pulseaudio-utils pulseaudio
apt install openssh ufw sshfs
apt install iftop htop
apt install unrar unzip

Go here to download some Google Noto fonts. Then follow this to install them. For Arch Linux: the pacakge names are noto-fonts, noto-fonts-cjk and noto-fonts-emoji.

Go here to install Dropbox. Screw Dropbox, use rclone:

> rclone sync --exclude-from ~/Dropbox/.rcloneignore -P --dry-run ~/Dropbox dropbox:/

bases

apt install python3 python3-pip ipython3
apt install chromium-browser git wget
apt install scrot imagemagick

apps

• window manager: i3
• status bar: polybar ori3pystatus
• terminal emulator: rxvt-unicode-256color
• terminal multiplexer: tmux
• text editor: vim
• shell: oh-my-zsh: follow this
• emailing: mutt
• pdf viewer: zathura
• network monitor: iftop
• process monitor: htop
• remap-keys: xmodmap
• media player: mpv
• music player: cmus
• downloader: aria2
• IRC client: irssi

btw

This is a nice tutorial for a fresh Arch Linux.