So with OS X Lion just around the corner I’ve been thinking about the steps to get my computer up and running from a fresh install. You do do a fresh install, right? I’ll be testing these steps out in the next couple of weeks, but here’s what I have in my head…
- install OS X development tools (do I have to buy this now from the App Store?)
- install iTerm (because Terminal.app is a little long in the tooth)
- install Homebrew
- brew install ack git tig wget
- install rvm
- rvm install 1.9.2
- rvm —default use 1.9.2
- gem install rake (might be installed by default)
- git clone https://github.com/darrinholst/dotfiles .dotfiles (you should save your config files somewhere)
- cd .dotfiles
- rake link (symlinks everything into my home directory)
- install oh-my-zsh (because who uses bash anymore?)
- install janus (I’m a vim guy)
- install MacVim
- install my favorite font of the week
At this point I could start to get some work done…but what fun is that? These are the apps that I’ll need right away
and these are the apps that I’ll install as I need them
- Adium (chat)
- Caffeine (keeps my computer awake when I want it to)
- Charles (http proxy for debugging)
- DrawIt (vector image editor)
- Firefox
- IntelliJ
- Notational Velocity (plain text file organizer)
- Pixelmator (image editor)
- Propane (Campfire wrapper)
- Rulers (measures stuff)
- Skitch (screen shots)
- VMWare Fusion
That’s at least a good 3 days of standup updates, I’ll update with anything else I find.