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Discussion on: What is the first thing you do when setting up a new computer?

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Valentin Baca • Edited

For macOS, I love strap: strap.githubapp.com/

When I had a new mac on the way, I realized that configuring an automated setup with strap would take as long as a manual setup, so it was a no-brainer.

Here's my strap setup scripts:

  1. github.com/valbaca/dotfiles/blob/m...
  2. github.com/valbaca/dotfiles/blob/m... This is probably what you're looking for

For Windows, I use ninite: ninite.com/

For Linux, it depends, but here's my EC2 setup script: github.com/valbaca/dotfiles/blob/m... I'm getting a new mini computer for linux, I'm thinking of putting Alpine, Arch, or Ubuntu on it, so I'll probably have a script for that soon.

Then, mapping Caps Lock to be Escape :)

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David

I was hoping someone would mention this in a sea of manual set-ups. I rolled by own and wasn’t familiar with strap. Thanks for sharing. There also MAS for installing non-HB and non-casks applications from the App Store.