Ilango Rajagopal

Fullstack Developer

Dec 13, 2018

Amazing read! I was in the same boat a few years ago. I don't have a Macbook but I use Linux all the time. I use Terminator (tmux alternative for linux) and Oh my zsh! There were some quirks when setting it up but these two tools have made everything so much easier. Looking forward to the next part!

PS: I'm sure you know this, but Ctrl + L (Cmd + K in Mac) will clear the terminal. Much easier than typing clear. Also Ctrl + R was new to me. I usually smash the up arrow or use history :p. I'll definitely be using this. :)

Edit: Updated the shortcut for clearing terminal in macOS.

Shreyansh Pandey

node, coffee and everything in between

Dec 13, 2018

Haha! I am glad it helped! And yes, the second part is in the works! ;)

Ah, Linux! I just got a new laptop running Ubuntu and I am excited! If you have any specific GUI environments you like, tell me! I'd love to try them out! :D

It's Cmd + K in macOS but the problem is that it doesn't work properly under tmux and that's annoying. It doesn't work because tmux's panes act as individual buffers so even if you clear it, there would be no difference. ;| The lengths I have gone to find a fix.

I like Gnome and I think the latest Ubuntu LTS comes with Gnome by default. My favorite linux distro is Arch Linux with Gnome. The OS installation doesn't have a GUI and all of it have to be done from the command line. It's lightweight, highly customizable and best of all, I learned a lot just by installing an OS. It took a few tries to get everything right but it was fun.

I'm now tinkering with an even lighter setup - Manjaro Linux (variation of Arch) and i3 window manager. Super lightweight, no fancy stuff (or at least you have to setup all of the fancy stuff), no bloat. If you're interested, checkout /r/unixporn on Reddit. They have some really cool linux setups, most of which don't have a desktop environment like Gnome or KDE.

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