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    How to setup my system

This guide is supposed to serve as a guide for me, so that I can quickly setup a system anytime I need to do so. I should probably turn all this into an shell install script so it will automatically set that up for me. Or maybe use smth like NixOS. But until I figure all that out, here are the instructions. Here I'm setting up a Pop_OS system. Even though I love the dark side of linux (Arch, manjaro, etc). I need the 'debian' stability for development.

Install a Pop_OS iso image from a usb stick. I pretty much always have a bootable Pop_OS usb on hand.
Download all available updates
Download the following from Pop Shop:

Spotify
VSCode
Kitty terminal


Install the snap store:

sudo apt install snapd


Install Brave browser from snap store

sudo snap install brave


Install zsh shell with:

sudo apt install zsh


Change default shell to zsh

chsh -s $(which zsh)


Install Powerlevel10k for cool looks
Install Github CLI with these instructions:

curl -fsSL https://cli.github.com/packages/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg | sudo gpg --dearmor -o /usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg
echo "deb [arch=$(dpkg --print-architecture) signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/githubcli-archive-keyring.gpg] https://cli.github.com/packages stable main" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/github-cli.list > /dev/null
sudo apt update
sudo apt install gh

You'll need to do a one time auth setup. To do that run and follow the next steps.
gh auth login

Also set your Git config stuff:
git config --global user.name "Krona Emmanuel"
git config --global user.email "kronaemmanuel@gmail.com"


Install z to jump around in the /builds directory

mkdir builds && cd builds
gh repo clone rupa/z

Now go to your .zshrc and put this the end if its not already there:
# Add z to jump around
. ~/builds/z/z.sh


Get your dotfiles

gh repo clone kronaemmanuel/dotfiles

Also get stow to put these dotfiles to use
sudo apt install stow


Fix the hissing noise in headphones by doing the following:

sudo vi /etc/modprobe.d/alsa-base.conf

After vi opens, put the following lines at the end:
# Turn off power save mode (causes hissing in headphones)
options snd-hda-intel power_save=0

The issue should be fixed on system restart, for temporary fix do this:
echo 0 | sudo tee /sys/module/snd_hda_intel/parameters/power_save


Change default terminal to kitty by going into:

sudo update-alternatives --config x-terminal-emulator

It will give an interactive prompt where you can choose your default terminal. Now Super + T will bring up kitty
14. Install neovim from snap
sudo snap install --edge nvim --classic


Install vim plug

sh -c 'curl -fLo "${XDG_DATA_HOME:-$HOME/.local/share}"/nvim/site/autoload/plug.vim --create-dirs \
       https://raw.githubusercontent.com/junegunn/vim-plug/master/plug.vim'


Install Slack from snap

sudo snap install slack --classic