new-workstation-setup-guide

Font - Roboto Mono and Symbols Nerd Font

Using the CodingFont Tournament Bracket, I found I like Roboto Mono: More readable, slashed zeroes, sans-serif, good contrast. But unfortunately, it's bitmap, so it doesn't work with KiTTY.

Based on the font FAQ for KiTTY, it's not that Roboto Mono is bitmap. It's that it doesn't have consistent spacing calculations; adding the override file fixes it.

Instead of Powerline-only fonts, the Nerd Fonts Symbols Only Font is probably the best solution. In addition, since font packages aren't in most repos, they should be included in the dotfiles repo.

• fonts
• overrides

These are set in the dotfiles to be used in:

• kitty
• VS Code

Terminal - Guake

1. Install Guake
   • Fedora 40/EL8/EL9: sudo dnf install guake -y
   • Debian/Ubuntu/etc.: sudo apt-get install guake -y
2. Set up Super-D Keybind
   • X: Use the preferences Key Bindings tab
   • Wayland-Gnome: Settings > Keyboard > Key Bindings > Custom > Add... Super-D to guake-toggle
3. Other settings
   • General > Start Guake at Login (ON)
   • Main Window > Hide on Lose Focus (OFF)
   • Main Window > Height (100%)
   • Appearance > Font (Roboto Mono for Powerline)

Prompt - Powerline w/ K8s Support

1. Install conda

mkdir -p ~/miniconda3
wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh -O ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh
bash ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh -b -u -p ~/miniconda3
rm -rf ~/miniconda3/miniconda.sh

2. Init the conda system for bash ~/miniconda3/bin/conda init bash
3. activate conda env conda activate base
4. Install powerlin: python3 -m pip install powerline-status powerline-kubernetes
5. Update ~/.bashrc

conda activate base
POWERLINE_PATH=$(python3 -m pip show powerline-status | grep "Location:" | sed "s/Location: //")/powerline
if [ -f ${POWERLINE_PATH}/bindings/bash/powerline.sh ]; then
  powerline-daemon -q
  POWERLINE_BASH_CONTINUATION=1
  POWERLINE_BASH_SELECT=1
  PROMPT_COMMAND=""
  source ${POWERLINE_PATH}/bindings/bash/powerline.sh
fi

6 Copy the default configs to homedir

mkdir -pv ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes  
mkdir -pv ~/.config/powerline/themes/shell
POWERLINE_PATH=$(python3 -m pip show powerline-status | grep "Location:" | sed "s/Location: //")/powerline
cp ${POWERLINE_PATH}/config_files/colorschemes/default.json ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/
cp ${POWERLINE_PATH}/config_files/colorschemes/solarized.json ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/
cp ${POWERLINE_PATH}/config_files/themes/shell/default.json ~/.config/powerline/themes/shell/

7. Add k8s to the groups block in ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json

jq '.groups += {"kubernetes_cluster": { "fg": "gray10", "bg": "darkestblue",  "attrs": [] }}' ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json > ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json.tmp
mv ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json.tmp ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json
jq '.groups += {"kubernetes_cluster:alert": { "fg": "gray10", "bg": "darkestred",  "attrs": [] }}' ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json > ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json.tmp
mv ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json.tmp ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json
jq '.groups += {"kubernetes_namespace": { "fg": "gray10", "bg": "darkestblue", "attrs": [] }}' ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json > ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json.tmp
mv ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json.tmp ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json
jq '.groups += {"kubernetes_namespace:alert": { "fg": "gray10", "bg": "darkred",     "attrs": [] }}' ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json > ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json.tmp
mv ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json.tmp ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json
jq '.groups += {"kubernetes:divider": { "fg": "gray4",  "bg": "darkestblue", "attrs": [] }}' ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json > ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json.tmp
mv ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json.tmp ~/.config/powerline/colorschemes/default.json

8. Add k8s to the left segments in ~/.config/powerline/themes/shell/default.json

jq '.segments.left[.segments.left| length] |= . + {
    "function": "powerline_kubernetes.kubernetes",
    "priority": 30,
    "args": {
        "show_kube_logo": true,
        "show_cluster": true,
        "show_namespace": true,
        "show_default_namespace": false,
        "alerts": [
          "live",
          "cluster:live"
        ]
    }
}' ~/.config/powerline/themes/shell/default.json > ~/.config/powerline/themes/shell/default.json.tmp
mv ~/.config/powerline/themes/shell/default.json.tmp ~/.config/powerline/themes/shell/default.json

9. Restart the daemon

powerline-daemon --replace

Debug with: powerline-daemon --replace --foreground

https://github.com/so0k/powerline-kubernetes https://stackoverflow.com/questions/58482081/configure-powerline-to-display-git-status

CLI Copy/Paste

Prereq - check desktop

1. Install xlsclients: sudo dnf install xlsclients -y
2. Check desktop: xlsclients -l

If on XOrg or Wayland w/XWayland

1. Install Xsel: sudo dnf install xsel -y
2. Add the pbcopy and pbpaste aliases: Fedora:

mkdir -p ~/.bashrc.d && touch ~/.bashrc.d/aliases
echo "alias pbcopy='xsel --input --clipboard'" >> ~/.bashrc.d/aliases
echo "alias pbpaste='xsel --output --clipboard'" >> ~/.bashrc.d/aliases

Debian:

touch ~/.bash_aliases
echo "alias pbcopy='xsel --input --clipboard'" >> ~/.bash_aliases
echo "alias pbpaste='xsel --output --clipboard'" >> ~/.bash_aliases

3. After loading aliases (new terminal, etc.), use the following commands format:

# To copy, pipe in:
echo "Hi!" | pbcopy
# To paste to a file:
pbpaste > file.txt

If on Wayland w/o Xwayland

The wl-clipboard package is roughly equivalent.

CLI Data Fetcher - Fastfetch

1. Install Fastfetch: sudo dnf install -y fastfetch
2. Add to ~/.bashrc

# Run fastfetch if present
FASTFETCH_PATH=$(which fastfetch)
if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then
  fastfetch
fi

3. Generate a config file with a few less enabled modules:

fastfetch --structure Title:Separator:OS:Host:Kernel:Uptime:Packages:Shell:Display:DE:WM:Terminal:TerminalFont:CPU:GPU:Memory:Swap:Disk:LocalIp:Battery:PowerAdapter:Locale:Break:Colors --gen-config

Remote Desktop - Remmina

1. Install Remmina AND the RDP Auth plugin (supports MS accounts) sudo dnf install -y remmina remmina-plugins-rdp
2. When setting up the connection to a personal dekstop:
   • Choose a domain of MicrosoftAccount
   • Choose a resolution of 1920x1080; after connecting, enable Dynamic Resolution

VSCode

1. Add the official VSCode Repo and Key:

sudo rpm --import https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc
sudo sh -c 'echo -e "[code]\nname=Visual Studio Code\nbaseurl=https://packages.microsoft.com/yumrepos/vscode\nenabled=1\ngpgcheck=1\ngpgkey=https://packages.microsoft.com/keys/microsoft.asc" > /etc/yum.repos.d/vscode.repo'

2. Install VSCode as a native app:

sudo dnf check-update
sudo dnf install code -y

3. Apply the settings.json in this repo by copying to ~/.config/Code/User/settings.json; note that the comments are OK, as VSCode technically uses JSONC :)