Setting up a new computer
This is a post for mostly personal use (more than my personal average :) ). Having to set up a new laptop is one of those events that fall in the optimal postponing zone. Happens regularly to annoy you but infrequently to justify solving it systematically. So you only remember it when it happens and you put off solving it for another few years because “why spend extra time on it now?”.
I just got a new laptop so I am going to document the steps it takes me to set it up.
Basic Productivity Tools
This is a running list of basic productivity tools that one can download online. Some might need additional set up, more on this later.
- browsers: brave
- terminal: iterm2
- chat: discord
- ide: vscode
- notepad: obsidian
- copyclip to access copy history
Terminal
- xcode for mac
- install Homebrew
- install oh-my-zsh instructions
- Edit settings to pick
solarized darktheme andMenlosize 14 fonts - Setting up ssh key instructions
- Add ssh key to github instructions
- install anaconda
- install pyenv
VSCode
- Choose theme
- highlighting
- Apply on save editing
- copilot?
## Obsidian
- set up obsidian to work off a cloud drive instructions