04. zsh (optional)

If we're going to be spending 100% of our time on this machine in the terminal, we may as well get a decent shell. The next few steps are optional, but I'm not using this default BASH shell anymore. I like the zsh/ohmyzsh setup much better so I'll install that now. You can either follow along or skip to Step 05

1. Install zsh with: sudo apt install zsh

2. Check everything installed: zsh --version

3. Set zsh as the default shell: chsh -s $(which zsh)

4. Log out/in: logout

5. Go through the setup: I pretty much just set everything to the default

Great, we've got zsh all set up and our terminal looks a little different, that's cool, but now let's add Oh My Zsh

Install by entering sh -c "$(wget https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh -O -)"

Daaaaaaang look at that. Making improvements little by little...

1. I'm going to install a plugin for syntax highlighting

git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-syntax-highlighting.git $ZSH_CUSTOM/plugins/zsh-syntax-highlighting

1. We can edit the ohmyzsh config by running nano ~/.zshrc

2. I'm going to change the value of ZSH_THEME to cloud. Because I've been using a modified version of that one for years and I'm just used to it. Feel free to play around with different themes if that's your thing.

3. Where it says plugins=(git) I'm going to change it to plugins=(git sudo zsh-syntax-highlighting)

4. I'm also going to uncomment the line that says DISABLE_UNTRACKED_FILES_DIRTY="true"

5. Save and exit nano: Ctrl + O, Enter, Ctrl + X

6. Might not need to, but I'm going to reboot now. reboot