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Currently I do a fresh install of Ubuntu every time I do new work (every 6months). Normally I spend about 6 hours getting my machine configured up (installing s

• whycombagator 6y ago
  Maybe you have an involved set up and already do these things, but surely you could just write a bash script that installs all the software you need and store it with your dotfiles. After a new Ubuntu install you can just pull down your dotfiles and run your install script. Aside from some things like ssh keys, gnome tweaks, etc. - this approach would likely get you 90% of the way to set up and would take ~15 mins. Arriving at this set up would take a little bit of time, and require periodic maintenance, but given a weekend you could have it set up and tested. Here[0] is an interesting way to store dot files. [0] https://www.anand-iyer.com/blog/2018/a-simpler-way-to-manage-your-dotfiles.html https://www.anand-iyer.com/blog/2018/a-simpler-way-to-manage...