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A much simpler guide if you are not a terminal fiend 1. Install Xubuntu 2. Start your session 3. Run sudo apt update sudo apt install pocillo-icon-t
by 29athrowaway 3y ago
A much simpler guide if you are not a terminal fiend
1. Install Xubuntu
2. Start your session
3. Run
sudo apt update
sudo apt install pocillo-icon-theme materia-icon-theme fonts-clear-sans
4. Go to the Appearance properties. Under style select "Materia-dark-compact", under Icons select "Pocillo", under Fonts select "Clear Sans".
5. Remove the default desktop wallpaper, use something else.
6. Edit the XFCE panels
6.1. Create a panel to use as a start menu/taskbar/clock.
6.2. Create a panel to use as a dock. Make the icon size larger and make it autohide. Add multiple "Launcher" items to it with the programs you regularly use.
7. Install more stuff
# The most similar terminal to iTerm2
sudo apt install tilix
# Similar to Alfred on macOS
sudo apt install kupfer
# Install a web browser
sudo apt install firefox
# Webcam software
sudo apt install guvcview cheese
# Flatpak
sudo apt install flatpak
8. Go to https://flathub.org/ https://flathub.org/ and install other useful software.
9. Install an office suite (for example, https://www.freeoffice.com/en/ https://www.freeoffice.com/en/)
For games, Lutris and Steam are your friends.
- 29athrowaway 3y agoFor development: - You can install JetBrains Desktop, then install all the IDEs you need. Once you open your desired IDE, disable the unneeded plugins, and exclude the directories you don't want indexed. You can also disable feature you don't use like folding, code lens, breadcrumbs, etc. - Install Rust (https://rustup.rs/ https://rustup.rs/) then install useful Rust system tools such as ripgrep, fd-find, bat, hyperfine, helix editor, tokei, etc.
- memefrog 3y agoWhy is installing your preferred font and theme included in this?
- 29athrowaway 3y agoI personally use another font and theme. But if I had to pick a font, GTK theme and icon theme from the ones shipped with Ubuntu, I would pick that. I also assume most people would prefer those settings to the theme that is included with XFCE.
- bitsandboots 3y agoEven this seems a few steps too many, perhaps catered to your needs? Ubuntu or debian with KDE already has equivalents to all of those things. It's just 1. Install Kubuntu/Debian/KDE Neon 2. Start 3. Skip the installs, firefox is already there, KDE already has a good terminal and search 4. Keeping the default layout is fine because its already windows-ish but better 5. Don't install flatpak because it's not necessary for getting started, if ever