I tried a new Linux (Ubuntu) terminal setup and it's a blast. I want to share it with you.
What will you setup?
- Terminator terminal to support splitting the terminal screen vertically and horizontally into multiple windows. Extremely useful when working with distributed systems like blockchain.
- ZSH framework to add productivity plugins and custom color themes.
- Powerlevel10k for "speed, flexibility and out-of-the-box experience."
Install the Terminator
sudo apt-get install terminator
Open it.
Install ZSH
sudo apt install zsh
And make it your default shell:
chsh -s $(which zsh)
Or checkout the official ZSH Github repo and choose your favorite installation process.
PowerLevel10k Theme
The great thing about ZSH is the level of personalization possible. I found this theme which looks pretty solid: https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k#meslo-nerd-font-patched-for-powerlevel10k
Install the theme
git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ~/powerlevel10k
echo 'source ~/powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k.zsh-theme' >>! ~/.zshrc
source ~/.zshrc
Ready for the cool part? The theme comes with an interactive guide for setting everything as you wish, "to your gusto".
Configure a custom font [optional]
In case you have a weakness for a specific font, you can install it and configure it according to the PowerLevel10k's fonts instructions.
Configure colors, spaces, features
p10k configure
Enable battery plugin
The last personalization I did so far, was enabling the battery status inside the terminal screen.
You can do so by opening the vim $HOME/.p10k.zsh file and uncommenting this line:
You are done!
The theme even includes the time the last command took:
Let me know on Twitter if you like this setup!
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Latest comments (4)
I'm having troubles with the Meslo Nerd font in Terminator. It's fine in the Terminal, but does not work in Terminator. I have set the custom font to Meslo Nerd Regular in the preferences. But nothing. Any ideas?
Sorted, I was setting title bar font… new piece of software and rushing = chaos :)
This does not work with zsh 5.8 - is-at-least: function definition file not found
if you bypass this error you still get vcs_info: function definition file not found
It works with any correctly installed zsh >= 5.1.
Both is-at-least and vcs_info are included in zsh. If you get an error saying these functions are missing, it means that either you have a corrupted installation of zsh or you've manually removed standard zsh directories from fpath. The latter is similar to removing /bin from PATH -- the result is a broken system.