Notes.md

Notes about Dotfiles

• The instructions for settings up and using pyenv-virtualenv: https://github.com/pyenv/pyenv-virtualenv

• Example use-case scenario by me: https://stackoverflow.com/questions/57640272/how-can-i-install-anaconda-aside-an-existing-pyenv-installation-on-osx/73139031#73139031

• Jetbrains Toolbox App will set the 'Tools' install location to the following by default: /Users/murtadha/Library/Application Support/JetBrains/Toolbox

• The Jetbrains Toolbox App sets the following location for shell scripts: /Users/murtadha/Library/Application Support/JetBrains/Toolbox/scripts

• Should I change the location of the shell scripts? e.g. moving it to ~/JetBrainsScripts and include it in the .dotfiles directory?

• Backup the Tookbox settings? They are the files: /Users/murtadha/Library/LaunchAgents/com.jetbrains.toolbox.plist /Users/murtadha/Library/Preferences/com.jetbrains.toolbox.plist

• Can we automate the installation of JetBrains IDEs with the Toolbox app? Possibly with one of its scripts?

• Try to understand compinit and autoload in zsh and the way it handles functions. Plus explore how autocompletion works (with the addition of the poetry autocompletion function in .zfunc for example).

  • Important explanation: https://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/33255/how-to-define-and-load-your-own-shell-function-in-zsh?newreg=4c14dc7278974c4aae7f8266564f9f13
  • And here: https://zsh.sourceforge.io/Doc/Release/Completion-System.html

• Backup Automator scripts? Located in ~/Library/Services e.g. Open in VSCode

• Find a way to have a "reserved" Python version (potentially with pyenv) for applications that depend on it like pipx.

• Periodically backup Zotero data folder with Git?

• A backup solution for larger directories that shouldn't be committed to .dotfiles (e.g. the Projects directory). A cloud solution?

• Backup .gitkraken folder.

• To use touch ID for sudo instead of supplying the password:

  • Edit the file: sudo nano /etc/pam.d/sudo
  • Add beneath the first commented line: auth sufficient pam_tid.so
  • Careful not to misspell anything cause that will break sudo!
  • Also, this seems to go back to default after a system update!

• Explore changing Anaconda configurations with .condarc and adding it to .dotfiles

• Explore and configure glow: https://github.com/charmbracelet/glow

• Installing Vagrant and running VMware Fusion 13 (not the tech preview):

  • brew install vagrant

  • For Qemu provider (better):

    • Install qemu: brew install qemu
    • vagrant plugin install vagrant-qemu
    • Guide: https://github.com/ppggff/vagrant-qemu
    • Working Ubuntu 22 box: https://app.vagrantup.com/perk/boxes/ubuntu-2204-arm64
    • Working Ubuntu 20 box: https://app.vagrantup.com/perk/boxes/ubuntu-20.04-arm64
    • To update: vagrant plugin update

  • For Parallels provider:

    • Guide: https://parallels.github.io/vagrant-parallels/docs/

  • For VMware Fusion provider:

    • vagrant install --cask vagrant-vmware-utility
    • vagrant plugin install vagrant-vmware-desktop
    • To update: vagrant plugin update vagrant-vmware-desktop
    • Guide: https://gist.github.com/sbailliez/2305d831ebcf56094fd432a8717bed93
    • If you get vmrun error then add this to the Vagrantfile:

    config.vm.provider :vmware_fusion do |v, o|
      v.gui = true
      # ...other config...
    end

  • Create a Vagrantfile and do vagrant up

• Explore rsync, rclone, btop, ncdu

  • https://rclone.org/

• Find a way of securely backing up everything SSH, and explore changing SSH port for homelab server.