Things to install from the web
1. Sign into GitHub
- Sign in, then make an SSH key.
- Add it to GitHub.
3. Conda + Poetry
mkdir -p ~/installs
cd ~/installs
wget https://repo.anaconda.com/miniconda/Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh
bash Miniconda3-latest-Linux-x86_64.sh # follow prompts
# Sometimes you also need to accept the channel ToS:
conda tos accept --override-channels --channel https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/main
conda tos accept --override-channels --channel https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/r
4. Dropbox
Install from the official Linux page. If the machine has a separate data disk, install Dropbox into /data.
Optionals
O1. Starship prompt
- Install a NerdFont such as FiraCode; move the files into
~/.fonts/. - Follow the install instructions at starship.rs.
O2. Brave browser
Download from brave.com and set it as the default browser. This one is based on Chromium but without a lot of the bloat.
O3. Kitty terminal
Terminal with tabs and fast.
# Install from https://sw.kovidgoyal.net/kitty/binary/
sudo ln -s ~/.local/kitty.app/bin/kitty /usr/local/bin/kitty
sudo ln -s ~/.local/kitty.app/bin/kitten /usr/local/bin/kitten
O4. 1Password
Download the .deb from 1password.com, then:
sudo apt install ./1password-latest.deb