I used Ubuntu as a VM for front-end development. But recently I have been testing Windows Subsystem of Linux (WSL 2) and so far it's good.
No need to run VM anymore! (Since I only care about the command line functionality).
Also, I have been trying out the oh-my-zsh and I gotta say that it is amazing!
Here is a guide on how to get started with WSL by @jeremycmorgan.
So my terminal looks like this right now:
And here is the guide for the same. (Assuming that you have WSL enabled, Ubuntu and Windows Terminal App installed, if not, you can follow this guide)
Install oh-my-zsh:
Make sure zsh is installed:
apt install zsh
Install ohmyzsh
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
Install and configure Powerline fonts
To install the Powerline fonts:
Open a Powershell session as administrator.
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Download and expand the Powerline fonts repository:
powershell -command "& { iwr [<https://github.com/powerline/fonts/archive/master.zip>](<https://github.com/powerline/fonts/archive/master.zip>) -OutFile ~\\fonts.zip }" Expand-Archive -Path ~\\fonts.zip -DestinationPath ~
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Update the execution policy to allow the installation of the fonts:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass
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Run the installation script:
~\\fonts-master\\install.ps1
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Revert the execution policy back the default value:
Set-ExecutionPolicy Default
Edit the settings for WSL:
To configure the fonts:
For Windows Terminal App:
- Open the Windows Terminal App.
- Go to settings.
- Update the json, list one of the Powerline fonts.
For Ubuntu App:
- Open the Ubuntu app.
- Open the Properties dialog.
- From the Font tab, select one of the Powerline fonts, such as ProFont for Powerline.
- Click OK.
Choose your theme! 🎨
You can now choose the theme you want for your terminal, there are many to choose from. I am using "agnoster".
You can do so by:
- Edit the '.zshrc' file
nano ~/.zshr
- Change the theme to one that you selected: ```
Set name of the theme to load --- if set to "random", it will
load a random theme each time oh-my-zsh is loaded, in which case,
to know which specific one was loaded, run: echo $RANDOM_THEME
See https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/wiki/Themes
ZSH_THEME="agnoster"
Set list of themes to pick from when loading at random
Setting this variable when ZSH_THEME=random will cause zsh to load
a theme from this variable instead of looking in ~/.oh-my-zsh/themes/
If set to an empty array, this variable will have no effect.
ZSH_THEME_RANDOM_CANDIDATES=( "robbyrussell" "agnoster" )
You can also enable different Plugins:
plugins=(
git
bundler
dotenv
osx
rake
rbenv
ruby
)
Let me know which theme you picked! Also, feel free to reach out if you have any concerns.
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