Uploaded December 2016 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
1:10 - Overview
2:08 - The build-essential metapackage
3:16 - The Mighty Text Editor: vim, emacs, and Sublime Text 3
4:49 - Why not emacs or vim?
6:30 - Multiple cursors and packages in Sublime Text
7:45 - Git (software version control), along with a mini git-tutorial
11:40 - The Z Shell (zsh) and oh-my-zsh
16:08 - How to edit your zsh configuration file (showing how to change the zsh theme)
About this Video:
This video covers how to set up a basic programming or software development workstation. If you're getting into scripting, programming, and software development, you need a solid "base box" to work from.
I'm using Ubuntu for this, since it's the distribution that most people start with. We're going to set up a few things that are useful no matter which language environment you end up configuring on top:
1. The build-essentials package, which contains compilers, GNU make, and other tools you'll probably need later on (even if you're not working with C/C++).
sudo apt-get install build-essentials
1.5 A few other basic things:
sudo apt-get install curl wget
2. Sublime Text (text editor):
sublimetext.com/3
3. The Git version control system:
sudo apt-get install git-core
4. ZSH (the Z shell) and oh-my-zsh:
sudo apt-get install zsh
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
# Documentation
sublimetext.com/docs/3
github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh
zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc
The entire Pro Git book (free):
git-scm.com/book/en/v2
##### More Stuff #####
My step-by-step project-based Linux course for beginners: udemy.com/course/hands-on-linux-self-hosted-wordpress-for-linux-beginners/?referralCode=19C0A7DEE2FD53C9C09D
Free Linux Sysadmin Course Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtK75qxsQaMLZSo7KL-PmiRarU7hrpnwK
DigitalOcean referral link: https://m.do.co/c/0380a1db56a6
Patreon: patreon.com/tutorialinux
Official Site & e-mail list: tutorialinux.com
Twitter: twitter.com/tutorialinux
Facebook: facebook.com/tutorialinux
Podcast: kernelpanicpodcast.com
1:10 - Overview
2:08 - The build-essential metapackage
3:16 - The Mighty Text Editor: vim, emacs, and Sublime Text 3
4:49 - Why not emacs or vim?
6:30 - Multiple cursors and packages in Sublime Text
7:45 - Git (software version control), along with a mini git-tutorial
11:40 - The Z Shell (zsh) and oh-my-zsh
16:08 - How to edit your zsh configuration file (showing how to change the zsh theme)
About this Video:
This video covers how to set up a basic programming or software development workstation. If you're getting into scripting, programming, and software development, you need a solid "base box" to work from.
I'm using Ubuntu for this, since it's the distribution that most people start with. We're going to set up a few things that are useful no matter which language environment you end up configuring on top:
1. The build-essentials package, which contains compilers, GNU make, and other tools you'll probably need later on (even if you're not working with C/C++).
sudo apt-get install build-essentials
1.5 A few other basic things:
sudo apt-get install curl wget
2. Sublime Text (text editor):
sublimetext.com/3
3. The Git version control system:
sudo apt-get install git-core
4. ZSH (the Z shell) and oh-my-zsh:
sudo apt-get install zsh
sh -c "$(curl -fsSL raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
# Documentation
sublimetext.com/docs/3
github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh
zsh.sourceforge.net/Doc
The entire Pro Git book (free):
git-scm.com/book/en/v2
##### More Stuff #####
My step-by-step project-based Linux course for beginners: udemy.com/course/hands-on-linux-self-hosted-wordpress-for-linux-beginners/?referralCode=19C0A7DEE2FD53C9C09D
Free Linux Sysadmin Course Playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtK75qxsQaMLZSo7KL-PmiRarU7hrpnwK
DigitalOcean referral link: https://m.do.co/c/0380a1db56a6
Patreon: patreon.com/tutorialinux
Official Site & e-mail list: tutorialinux.com
Twitter: twitter.com/tutorialinux
Facebook: facebook.com/tutorialinux
Podcast: kernelpanicpodcast.com
