Ubuntu Development Setup Script

A comprehensive setup script for Ubuntu-based development environments.

Usage

1. Review the script contents:

   nano makeBetterUbuntu.sh

2. Make executable and run:

   chmod +x makeBetterUbuntu.sh && ./makeBetterUbuntu.sh

3. Restart your session after completion

Installed Components

System Tools & Utilities

• Base utilities (curl, git, vim, wget, gnupg, ca-certificates, etc.)
• Brave Browser
• VSCode
• Media players (VLC, Spotify)
• Terminator (advanced terminal)
• GDebi (Debian package installer)
• libfuse2 (AppImage support)
• htop (system monitor)
• neofetch (system info)
• tmux (terminal multiplexer)
• nmap (network scanner)
• gparted (disk utility)
• flameshot (screenshot tool)
• obs-studio (screen recording/streaming)
• zsh & Oh My Zsh (advanced shell)
• tree (directory listing)
• unzip (archive utility)
• ffmpeg (media conversion)
• jq (JSON processor)

Development

• Python 3 + pip + core packages (requests, pandas, numpy, virtualenv)
• Node.js LTS + npm
• Docker + Docker Compose
• Build-essential (compilers & dev tools)
• PyCharm Community
• Postman

Communication

• Telegram
• Discord
• Skype
• Slack

Requirements

• Ubuntu 20.04/22.04 LTS
• Sudo privileges
• Internet connection

Post-Install

• Verify installations:

  docker --version && node --version && python --version

• Restart for Docker group permissions