.configurations

Today I will share with you the Configurations (also known as Dotfiles) that I use for Windows and Ubuntu.

Saving your configurations is crucial for several reasons. It preserves customizations, ensures portability and consistency across environments, facilitates recovery from system failures, and saves time on new installations.

Best practices include backing up your dotfiles in a Git repository to track changes over time. On your system, centralize them in a single directory and use symlinks to point to the correct locations. Additionally, automate their installation to easily reinstall an environment from scratch.

You can find my configuration repository here

Windows configurations

My configurations for setting up a fresh Windows environment are straightforward:

• Activate Dark Mode
• Install the QWERTY International Keyboard
• Install and customize WSL2 with Ubuntu, Windows Terminal, and VSCode

For more information in the specific steps, refer to this readme

Ubuntu configurations

My configurations for a fresh Ubuntu environment involves several steps to ensure everything runs smoothly and efficiently:

• Utilities: Install git, jq and xclip
• Font: Install a Nerd Font for improved terminal aesthetics.
• Shell: Install zsh and set it as the default shell.
• Tools: Install additional cool tools like starship, eza, fzf and lazygit
• Configurations: Implement various configuration settings.

For a more detailled list, refer to this readme

Configuration Directory Structure

All configurations are centralized in a single directory named .config in my home directory. Here’s the structure:

├── .config
│  ├── git
│  │  ├── .gitconfig
│  │  ├── .gitconfig.perso
│  │  └── .gitconfig.pro
│  ├── starship.toml
│  └── zsh
│     ├── .zaliases
│     ├── .zhistory
│     ├── .zplugins
│     ├── .zprofile
│     ├── .zshrc
│     └── plugins
├── README.md
├── scripts
└── setup.sh

Git Configurations

The git folder contains all Git-related configurations, including aliases, email, and username settings. The .gitconfig file dynamically includes either .gitconfig.perso or .gitconfig.pro based on the context. A detailed blog post on this setup will be published in the future.

Zsh configurations

The zsh folder is organized into multiple configuration files:

• .zaliases: Defines all aliases.
• .zhistory: Manages command history settings.
• .zplugins: Points to plugins located in the plugins folder.
• .zprofile: Contains configurations for tools like Docker.
• .zshrc: The main configuration file for zsh.

Again, a future blog post will delve deeper into zsh configurations.

Starship configurations

Starship offers extensive customization for your shell prompt. Here’s how my prompt looks:

You can explore all the configurations and presets here

Scripts

The scripts folder includes scripts frequently used and intended for installation in a fresh environment.

Setup

The setup.sh script automates the installation of all configurations in an Ubuntu environment. For example, the following lines create symbolic links to point to configurations in the .config folder:

export XDG_CONFIG_HOME=$HOME/.config
ln -sf $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/git/.gitconfig $HOME/.gitconfig
ln -sf $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/zsh/.zshrc $HOME/.zshrc

You can visualize the full script here