Ubuntu fresh installation

Drivers

To auto-detect and install recommanded drivers, run the following command:

sudo ubuntu-drivers autoinstall

Then you may reboot your computer.

Useful packages

Vim

First, you should install Vim:

sudo apt-get install vim

Then, you may copy the provided vimrc to your config files:

cp vim/vimrc ~/.vimrc
cp vim/vimrc_epita ~/.vimrc_epita

In order to correctly configure Vim, you may install Vundle. To install Vundle, type this command:

git clone https://github.com/gmarik/Vundle.vim.git ~/.vim/bundle/Vundle.vim

You may do that before using vim or you'll get an error about missing packages.

Git

You can install git with the following command:

sudo apt-get install git

Then, you may generate a new ssh key and add it to your github account

ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "[email protected]"

Then, add the generated key to the ssh-agent

eval "$(ssh-agent -s)"
ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa

i3 configuration

You may first install a few packages in order to use the provided i3 config file

sudo apt-get install feh
sudo apt-get install compton
sudo apt-get install rofi
sudo apt-get install i3blocks
sudo apt-get install arc-theme
sudo add-apt-repository -u ppa:snwh/ppa
sudo apt-get install moka-icon-theme faba-icon-theme faba-mono-icons
sudo apt install arandr
sudo apt install thunar

Then you may install the FontAwesome font from the GitHub repo. Download the latest DESKTOP version from the official repo. Now, extract and install the new font:

unzip ~/Downloads/fontawesome-[version]
mkdir ~/.fonts
cp fontawesome-[version]/otfs/*.otf ~/.fonts/

You may also install a custom system font to make your i3 look better. For example, you can get the San Francisco font from the official github repo. Then again, unzip the font and add it to your system.

unzip ~/Downloads/YosemiteSanFranciscoFont-master
cp YosemiteSanFranciscoFont-master/*.ttf ~/.fonts/

Now, to apply this font to your entire system, download and install lxappearance:

sudo apt-get install lxappearance

Then launch lxappearance at least once to generate the config file. Now edit the config file and update the default gtk2 font:

vim ~/.gtkrc-2.0
gtk-font-name="Sans 10" // replace this line
gtk-font-name="System San Francisco Display 12" // with this line

Then do the same with the gtk3 config file:

vim ~/.config/gtk-3.0/settings.ini
gtk-font-name="Sans 10" // replace this line
gtk-font-name="System San Francisco Display 12" // with this line

Now you can restart lxappearance and see that the default font has been updated

Useful programs

Atom

First, download atom package from atom.io. Then install it:

sudo dpkg -i ~/Downloads/atom-amd64.deb
sudo apt install atom