Drew's Dotfiles

These are Drew's personal dotfiles - feel free to use them or take inspiration from them for your own dotfiles!

Installation

Note that the repository contains submodules so must be cloned recursively.

git clone --recursive  https://github.com/drewsilcock/dotfiles.git ~/.dotfiles
cd ~/.dotfiles
./install.sh
cd -

⚠️ WARNING! ⚠️- This will overwrite existing config files without saving them. Use at your own risk!

Post-Install Steps

Log into Atuin:

atuin login
atuin sync

Todo

• If a config file is already present, prompt user for action instead of overwriting (i.e. [o]verwrite, [b]ackup, [s]kip, [q]uit).
• Add option to script to always force overwrite (i.e. -f flag).

Extras

Extra things to install if you need them:

VS Code

Link: https://code.visualstudio.com/download

TablePlus

Link: https://tableplus.com/download

Obsidian

Link: https://obsidian.md/

Select "Open existing vault" and choose "Dropbox" > "Obsidian" > "Notes" (install Dropbox first).

Sublime Text

Link: https://www.sublimetext.com/download

Sublime Merge

Link: https://www.sublimemerge.com/download

Goland

Link: https://www.jetbrains.com/go/download/

GIMP

Link: https://www.gimp.org/downloads/

Node tools - nvm

brew install nvm

Rust tools - rustc, cargo

curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh

Golang

Link: https://go.dev/doc/install

Ubuntu Mono Nerd Font

https://github.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/releases

Dropbox

https://www.dropbox.com/en_GB/desktop

macOS

"System Settings" > Log into Apple ID.

Keyboard Settings

"Keyboard" > "Modifier Keys" - change caps lock to escape.

"Keyboard"" - Key repeat and delay until repeat set to shortest and fastest.

"Shortcuts" > "Spotlight" - untick both of these.

"Text" - "Input Sources" - "Edit" - untick "Add full stop with double-space".

Enable keyboard repeat globally:

defaults write -g ApplePressAndHoldEnabled -bool false

You need to restart for this to fully take effect.

iTerm2

https://iterm2.com/

Import profile iterm2-profile.json.

Itsycal

https://www.mowglii.com/itsycal/

Go to "Settings", tick "Hide icon" and under datetime format put E MMM d H:mm.

Rectangle

https://rectangleapp.com/

Open settings, change "Maximise" to "^⌥A".

MacDown

brew install --cask macdown

Raycast

Link: https://www.raycast.com/

"System Settings" > "Siri & Spotlight" > untick "Ask Siri" & untick all boxes under "Spotlight" > "Search results"

Docker Desktop

Link: https://www.docker.com/products/docker-desktop/

Docker + minikube

Intel silicon:

brew install hyperkit docker docker-compose minikube
minikube start --no-kubernetes=true

# Bash, Zsh
eval $(minikube -p minikube docker-env)

# Fish
eval (minikube -p minikube docker-env)

echo "`minikube ip` docker" | sudo tee -a /etc/hosts > /dev/null

Apple silicon (see kubernetes/minikube#11885):

brew install podman minikube
podman machine init --cpus 2 --disk-size 150 --rootful
podman machine start
minikube start --no-kubernetes=true --driver=podman

Once you've done this, you should automate the running of minikube using a plist (macOS) or service (Linux). Relevant files not yet available in this repo.

Work stuff

Request escalated privileges from "Privileges" app, then run (see: https://github.com/SAP/macOS-enterprise-privileges/wiki/Uninstallation):

sudo rm -r /Applications/Privileges.app /Library/PrivilegedHelperTools/corp.sap.privileges.helper /Library/LaunchDaemons/corp.sap.privileges.helper.plist

Install from STFC Self-Service app:

• Zoom
• EVPN
• DL MFD Print
• Excel, OneDrive, Outlook, PowerPoint, Microsoft To Do, Word (not Teams)

Install Teams directly to get new version: https://www.microsoft.com/en-gb/microsoft-teams/download-app