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title: "💭 basecamp/omakub: Opinionated Ubuntu Setup"
description: "!https://github.com/basecamp/omakub"
date: 2024-06-06
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  - thought
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This is DHH's linux startup script.  Call it a distro if you want, but he doesn't.  It's made to take a vanilla ubuntu install and configure everything the way he likes it.  There's a number of great nuggets in here to pick up on.

> No need to write bespoke configs for every essential tool just to get started or to be up on all the latest command-line tools. Omakub is an opinionated take on what Linux can be at its best.

Check it out and give it a ⭐ [basecamp/omakub](https://github.com/basecamp/omakub){.hoverlink}.

!!! note

    This post is a <a href="/thoughts/" class="wikilink" data-title="Thoughts" data-description="These are generally my thoughts on a web page or some sort of url, except a rare few don&#39;t have a link. These are dual published off of my..." data-date="2024-04-01">thought</a>. It's a short note that I make
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