My Ubuntu Setup
I installed Ubuntu 14.04 on a partition of my laptop today. This is not a novelty. What is unusual is the fact that today I decided to track what I installed before I felt like I had a “Minimum Viable Linux.” Turns out there was quite a bit.
- ack because I prefer it over grep for searching file contents.
- GNU Emacs because it’s become my default text editor.
- Google Chrome
- git
- curl
- My Emacs config
- BitTorrent Sync because me and my free range artisanal lifestyle are too cool for Dropbox.
- Unity Tweak Tool
- Gnome Tweak Tool
- rvm for Ruby
- Whatever gets installed by
rvm requirements
- Whatever gets installed by
- Perlbrew for Perl
- nvm for Node.js
- virtualenvwrapper for Python
- postgresql
- Vagrant
- Heroku Toolbelt
- Ansible
- Skype
- HipChat
- Steam to prevent insanity, or at least redirect it.
Other things will be installed, of course. I’ll probably add the official Oracle JDK, Inkscape, and assorted other things. And many things will be installed via package managers for the assorted languages I play with. This list is just the core things I need to feel comfortable and ready to work.