dotfiles

All the linux configuration things I use.

Tools

IDE / Editor - neovim

Have to install from here, because apt is out of date. https://github.com/neovim/neovim/releases/

NOTE: fzf needs ripgrep installed: https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep#installation

Application Launching - Albert

https://albertlauncher.github.io/

• emoji picker: https://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/67473/linux-emoji-input

Benchmarking - Hyperfine

https://github.com/sharkdp/hyperfine

File statistics - Tokei

https://github.com/XAMPPRocky/tokei

• no need to install -- download, untar, drop in ~/Applications/

ls, but better

https://the.exa.website/

sudo apt install exa

cat, but better

https://github.com/sharkdp/bat

sudo apt install bat

man, but brief

https://tldr.sh/

• volta install tldr

paths => tree

https://github.com/jez/as-tree

• no need to install -- download, unzip, drop in ~/Applications/
• example: ag -g sh -l | as-tree (ie: get-paths | as-tree)

Tools to evaluate / keep an eye on

• https://github.com/jesseduffield/lazygit

  • why don't they support ubuntu anymore?

• https://github.com/jonas/tig/releases

  • only manual install

• https://github.com/Wilfred/difftastic/releases

  • only manual install
  • perf issues