Build a Developer’s Linux Workstation - Complete Guide

Please read the description to get the most out of this very LONG video! You can go directly to the section that interests you with the Table of Contents below, or by using the new YouTube “Chapters” feature in the video player. Article with Cheat Sheet & PDF - More articles and tutorials: Join the conversation on the forum: Subscribe to the newsletter and stay in touch: Today we will be doing a complete build of a Linux Workstation for developers. We will start with a “barebones” computer system, then we’ll install Linux and more than 15 different software applications. In order to simplify things you can download a free ZIP file that contains the following: - A PDF version of the article. - A “Cheat Sheet”. A simple text file with every Linux command you will need to install the software The workshop is in desperate need of a new workstation, so today I’m going to put one together. The new workstation will be based upon Ubuntu Linux and will have the following software and enhancements: INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT ENVIRONMENTS (IDEs): Arduino IDE Platform IO (with Visual Studio Code) PyCharm Python IDE (the article also shows the installation of Thonny IDE) TEXT EDITING & MANIPULATION: Geany text editor Meld file difference comparator Balena Etcher USB & SD Card burner GIT Management - GiG and GitCola COMMUNICATIONS & NETWORK TOOLS FileZilla FTP and SFTP utility XTerm terminal emulator Angry IP Scanner PCB & SCHEMATIC DESIGN TOOLS KiCad EasyEDA GRAPHICS & MEDIA TOOLS VLC Media Player & Recorder Shutter screenshot utility with web enhancement Peek animated GIF recorder LINUX ENHANCEMENTS Nemo file manager XKill Hotkey to kill frozen applications Remove Caps Lock ChaseApp file search engine I used an Intel NUC “barebones” computer for my workstation. You can build the same one I did, use another computer, configure an existing computer as a “dual-boot, or just enhance your current Linux workstation. You can skip directly to the section that interests you by using the following Table of Contents or the new YouTube “Chapters” feature in the video player: 00:00 - Introduction 07:18 - Workstation Requirements 13:10 - Building the Workstation (Intel NUC assembly) 21:06 - Installing Ubuntu Linux 25:00 - First Boot 27:28 - Format Work Drive 30:18 - Gedit and Terminal on Dock 32:13 - Nemo 34:21 - XKill Hotkey 36:28 - Turn off Caps Lock 39:13 - Install ChaseApp 44:03 - Install Arduino IDE & set USB permissions 52:02 - Install Visual Studio Code & PlatformIO 54:54 - Install PyCharm 57:04 - Install Geany 58:42 - Install Meld 1:01:01 - Install Balena Etcher 1:03:15 - GIT File Management (GitG & GitCola) 1:07:19 - Install FileZilla 1:09:05 - Install XTerm 1:11:09 - Install Angry IP Scanner 1:14:20 - Install KiCad 1:16:35 - Install EasyEDA 1:20:19 - Install VLC 1:21:12 - Install Shutter 1:23:32 - Install Peek Between this video, the detailed article, and the “Cheat Sheet” you should have no problem building your own Linux Developers Workstation.