Check Kernel Version

uname -r

Software Installation (Debian-Based Distro)

• 1Password: Software Manager if possible, otherwise .deb package
• LibreOffice: flatpak install flathub org.libreoffice.LibreOffice (Software manager is not latest)
• Resilio Sync: x64 .deb package plus instructions for running
• git: sudo apt install git
  • git config --global credential.helper store
• GitHub: gh (for saving auth credentials)
  • Version in apt will not configure the credential helper for persistent login
• GitLab: glab, via .deb (amd64 for Intel)
• nvm: use the install script
• rbenv: package manager
  • Have to download ruby-build from git to get the latest
  • sudo apt install libffi-dev libyaml-dev
• Obsidian: Software Manager
• postgresql:
  • Manual instructions on https://www.postgresql.org/download/linux/
  • Release "noble" in the config file
  • sudo systemctl enable --now postgresql
• tmux: sudo apt install tmux
  • tmuxinator: gem install tmuxinator
• VS Codium: apt to get terminal command
• VS Code (for Elixir): Linux installation instructions
• zsh: just sudo apt install zsh, oh-my-zsh will set it as the default shell (need to restart afterward)
  • Check with ps -p $$
  • If not, run chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh josh

$ sudo su - postgres
$ createuser josh
$ psql
ALTER USER josh WITH SUPERUSER;

Package Formats

• Deb
• RPM
• Arch
• Nix
• Appimage: most deps bundled in, not sandboxes
• Flatpak: fully isolated sandbox, all deps bundled in, or shared runtimes
• Snap: can be sandboxed or not, all deps bundled in. Snap server is closed-source