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Linux — Tools & Config

Derived from tools.yaml. 🧠 = deepseek suggestion.
Rule: brew install for everything. apt only where no brew formula exists.

1. Prerequisite: Homebrew

/bin/bash -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/HEAD/install.sh)"

2. Editor + Font

# VS Code — .deb/.rpm from https://code.visualstudio.com
# Nerd Font
curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ryanoasis/nerd-fonts/master/install.sh | bash -s -- JetBrainsMono

GNOME Terminal: Preferences → Text → Custom font → JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Mono
VS Code: "terminal.integrated.fontFamily": "JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Mono"
Ghostty: ~/.config/ghostty/config → font-family = JetBrainsMono Nerd Font Mono

3. Terminal

brew install ghostty

4. CLI Core

brew install git gh wget curl jq yq tree htop btop tmux fzf ripgrep fd bat eza zoxide fastfetch

Git config:

git config --global user.name "Your Name"
git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
git config --global init.defaultBranch main
git config --global core.editor "code --wait"
gh auth login

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "you@example.com"
eval "$(ssh-agent -s)" && ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_ed25519

5. Shell

brew install starship zsh-autosuggestions zsh-syntax-highlighting lazygit mise direnv
brew install atuin chezmoi   # 🧠

~/.zshrc:

eval "$(starship init zsh)"
source /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/zsh-autosuggestions/zsh-autosuggestions.zsh
source /home/linuxbrew/.linuxbrew/share/zsh-syntax-highlighting/zsh-syntax-highlighting.zsh
eval "$(zoxide init zsh)"
eval "$(atuin init zsh)"              # 🧠

6. Git Multi-Repo

brew install alajmo/mani/mani
pipx install gita

7. DevOps CLI

brew install kubectl helm k9s kubectx stern opentofu ansible \
  awscli azure-cli google-cloud-sdk \
  age sops gnupg mosh \
  kind minikube tilt \
  trivy kustomize mitmproxy

# Terraform
brew tap hashicorp/tap && brew install hashicorp/tap/terraform
# pinentry for GPG (no brew formula)
sudo apt install pinentry-curses
Tool Purpose
kubectl Kubernetes CLI
helm K8s package manager
k9s K8s terminal dashboard
kubectx 🧠 Fast context switching
stern 🧠 Multi-pod log tailing
opentofu Open-source Terraform
terraform Infrastructure as code
ansible Server automation over SSH
awscli / azure-cli / gcloud Cloud CLIs
age / sops / gnupg Secret encryption
pinentry-curses Terminal GPG password entry
mosh Resilient SSH
kind / minikube Local K8s clusters
tilt Hot-reload K8s apps
trivy 🧠 Vulnerability scanner
kustomize 🧠 K8s native config
mitmproxy HTTP inspector

Native Docker on Linux — no OrbStack needed. Install: sudo apt install docker.io && sudo usermod -aG docker $USER.

8. Extra CLI 🧠

brew install dust duf git-delta sd difftastic tldr hyperfine just watchexec restic yazi
Tool Replaces
dust du
duf df
delta git diff pager
sd sed
difftastic diff
tldr man
hyperfine time
just make
watchexec inotifywait
restic tar/rsync backups
yazi ranger/mc

9. Languages

brew install python uv node pnpm bun pipx

10. AI Agents

brew install ollama claude-code codex opencode claude-squad
pipx install aider-chat
npm install -g @google/gemini-cli

# LM Studio — AppImage from https://lmstudio.ai

Models:

ollama pull qwen3:14b
ollama pull llama3.1:8b
ollama pull mistral

VS Code AI extensions: Continue, Cline, Roo Code, GitHub Copilot.

11. DevOps GUI

App Install
bruno AppImage / .deb from usebruno.com
dbeaver-community flatpak install dbeaver or .deb from dbeaver.io
lens 🧠 AppImage from k8slens.dev
xpipe AppImage from xpipe.io

12. Productivity & Office

sudo apt install libreoffice wireguard-tools firefox
App Install
libreoffice apt install libreoffice
obsidian AppImage from obsidian.md
notion Web app
slack flatpak install slack or .deb
zoom flatpak install zoom or .deb
signal flatpak install signal or .deb
bitwarden flatpak install bitwarden or AppImage
1password .deb from 1password.com
whatsapp flatpak install whatsapp or web.whatsapp.com
resilio-sync flatpak install resilio-sync or .deb
chrome/edge/brave .deb from vendor sites

13. File Managers

sudo apt install doublecmd-gtk

14. Mac Utility Alternatives

Mac tool Linux replacement
iTerm2 Ghostty or Alacritty
Raycast Ulauncher or Albert
Rectangle i3 / Sway tiling WM
OrbStack Native Docker
Proxyman mitmproxy (mitmweb for browser UI)
PDF Expert Okular or Evince
Hidden Bar / Thaw Not applicable
AppCleaner / Pearcleaner Package managers handle cleanup
KnockKnock rkhunter or chkrootkit
Parallels / UTM KVM/QEMU + virt-manager