managed with GNU stow

Setup

Clone repo to home directory, to ensure the directory is ~/.dotfiles.

Install dependencies

First install gnu-stow via the package manager.

sudo apt install stow

Then homebrew / linuxbrew, so we can easily install the rest of our tools. Follow the install guide on https://brew.sh/.

Last, we can install all the tools in one command.

brew install \
  stow \
  nvim \
  fzf \
  eza \
  mise \
  ripgrep \
  tmux \
  zoxide \
  fd

Link .dotfiles with stow

Run stow . within ~/.dotfiles to symlink all files.

Tools

Searching

• rg: Ripgrep, a recursive line-oriented search tool. Fast alternative to grep.
• eza: Modern, maintained replacement for ls.
• fd: An alternative to find.
• f2: Powerfull search and replace.
• fzf: Interactive filter for any kind of list.

Runtime manager

• mise: Fast alternative to nvm. Manage language runtimes like Node.js, Python, Ruby, Go, Java, etc and various tools.

Window management

• tmux: Terminal multiplexer. It allows multiple sessions with windows, panes, and more.

Navigation

• zoxide: Alternative to cd. Keep track of the most frequently used directories. Uses a ranking algorithm to navigate to the best match.