Windows Terminal + Fonts + WSL2 Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS + Oh-my-Zsh(Plugins) + Powerlevel10k + Tmux (Dracula) + EXA + KIND (Kubernetes)

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Getting Started

Prerequisites

Windows WSL2: --> https://docs.microsoft.com/es-es/windows/wsl/install-win10

After enable Windows Subsystem, go to Microsoft Store and install Windows Terminal & Ubuntu

Ubuntu 22.04.2 LTS:

Windows Terminal:

Installing

To get this configuration in your local environment you must follow this guide:

Install Nerd Fonts

Go to fonts folder in this repo and double click to install in Windows:

• MesloLGS NF Regular.ttf
• MesloLGS NF Italic.ttf
• MesloLGS NF Bold.ttf
• MesloLGS NF Bold Italic.ttf

If you don't trust me and don't want to use the fonts in the folder, you can download the original files in --> https://www.nerdfonts.com/

Once installed, open Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS configuration, go to properties:

• Select MESLO LGS NF
• Size of letters that you want for me 10.

Install ZSH

sudo apt-get install zsh

Install Oh My ZSH

sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"

Install Powerlevel10K theme

git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k

Install ZSH plugins

Execute the command directly in your terminal.

zsh-autosuggestions

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions

zsh-completions

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-completions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:=~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-completions

zsh-syntax-highlighting

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

More sotfware third party:

Install Screenfetch

Download and put the binary in /usr/local/bin/

https://github.com/KittyKatt/screenFetch/wiki/Installation

Install FZF

sudo apt install fzf

Install Forgit (Dependency of FZF)

git clone https://github.com/wfxr/forgit ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/forgit

Now, edit your ~/.zshrc file to activate it.

plugins=(
        git
        zsh-autosuggestions
        zsh-syntax-highlighting
        zsh-completions
        kubectl
        aws
        forgit
)

You see that I have also aws and kubectl plugins:

--> (OPTIONAL) AWS-CLI Auto-Completion + FZF + OhMyZSH = https://medium.com/@herryhan2435/using-aws-cli-with-fzf-on-ohmyzsh-ec995ee3784f

Install EXA

sudo apt install exa

Now, edit your ~/.zshrc file to configure alias for ll and llt.

# EXA https://github.com/ogham/exa#installation
alias ll="exa -l -g --icons"
alias llt="exa -1 --icons --tree"

Change default color of your VIM

Create a .vimrc file with the following command:

vim ~/.vimrc

This example uses the desert colorscheme: Hold Shift and hit : then type wq to save and quit the file.

syntax on
colorscheme desert

https://mediatemple.net/community/products/dv/204644480/enabling-vi-syntax-colors-and-highlighting

Install tmux & theme Dracula using TPM

git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm

Now create the file:

vim ~/.tmux.conf

And here my configuration, you can copy/paste and save:

# List of plugins
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tpm'
set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible'

# Dracula
set -g @plugin 'dracula/tmux'

# available plugins: battery, cpu-usage, git, gpu-usage, ram-usage, network, network-bandwidth, network-ping, attached-clients, network-vpn, weather, time
set -g @dracula-plugins "cpu-usage ram-usage weather"

# available colors: white, gray, dark_gray, light_purple, dark_purple, cyan, green, orange, red, pink, yellow
# set -g @dracula-[plugin-name]-colors "[background] [foreground]"
set -g @dracula-cpu-usage-colors "pink dark_gray"

#Enable powerline symbols
set -g @dracula-show-powerline true

#Enable window flags
set -g @dracula-show-flags true

# the default is 5, it can accept any number
set -g @dracula-refresh-rate 5

# Set your location manually
set -g @dracula-fixed-location "Móstoles"

# Enable Scroll
set -g mouse on

# Initialize TMUX plugin manager (keep this line at the very bottom of tmux.conf)
run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'

Reload Tmux with theme:

tmux source ~/.tmux.conf

https://draculatheme.com/tmux

Scroll Ubuntu + Windows Terminal

Replace the default number by 50000 (Number of lines that you will be able to see ... )

Export and Import ~/.zsh_history from other PC.

cp ~/.zsh_history  ~/.zsh_history.bak   # Easy, only copy from OLD zsh config and paste in new one.

Kubecolor

Download and put the binary in /usr/local/bin/

https://github.com/hidetatz/kubecolor

Nerdctl

Download and put the binary in /usr/local/bin/

https://github.com/containerd/nerdctl

Visual Studio

code .

Finally restart WSL and Windows and you should see a complete amazing terminal ;-) If you have any doubts you can contact with me and I will try to help you!

Also I upload all my config to repository you can see:

• .p10k.zsh
• .zshrc
• .gitconfig

Licence

MIT

References

• https://askubuntu.com/questions/131823/how-to-make-zsh-the-default-shell

• https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k

• https://www.ivaylopavlov.com/setting-up-windows-terminal-wsl-and-oh-my-zsh/#install_powerlevel10k

• https://www.naschenweng.info/2021/01/05/improved-terminal-experience-with-oh-my-zsh-iterm2-powerlevel10k/

• https://nickymeuleman.netlify.app/blog/linux-on-windows-wsl2-zsh-docker#zsh

• romkatv/powerlevel10k#310

• https://www.hostinger.es/tutoriales/usar-tmux-cheat-sheet

• https://dev.to/nexxeln/my-developer-workflow-using-wsl-tmux-and-neovim-55f5

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