Latest Ubuntu Install Notes

Description:

Notes on latest ubuntu install. See my dot files post for some references to these settings.

To Resolve:

1. First, install vscode via Software app which will install it as a snap application. Add the icon to the dock as a favorite.

2. Setup sync

   mkdir ~/git
   cd ~/git
   mkdir my-repo
   cd my-repo
   ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C "your_email@example.com"
   ssh-add ~/.ssh/id_rsa
   cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub
   Add the ssh key to your github account.
   Clone the repo by the following:
   git config --global user.name 'Gerry Williams'
   git config --global user.email 'your_email@domain.com'
   git clone git@github.com:gerryw1389/my-repo.git
   

3. Install extensions

4. Since my repo has my settings.json for vscode, just copy and paste those (which will update $HOME/.config/Code/User/settings.json)

   • Then save as ~/git/default.code-workspace

5. So this all works well except for one thing - every time I click the icon to lauch code, it opens a new window instead of my workspace

   • On Windows, this would be as easy as modifying the properties to code name-of-workspace.code-workspace so how to do this on Ubuntu?
   • First, I tried seeing where the icon actually is? sudo find / -name "code*.desktop" -type f. This gave me 4 files but the one that looked most interesting is /snap/code/52/snap/gui/code.desktop
   • From there, I googled ubuntu change /snap/code/52/snap/gui/ which led me here
   • Following that I did:

   cd /var/lib/snapd/desktop/application/
   ls -la
   # found something called code_code.desktop
   cp ./code_code.desktop /home/gerry/.local/share/applications/code_code.desktop
   

   • Now just modify it:

   • Remove the Exec=env BAMF_DESKTOP_FILE_HINT=/var/lib/snapd/desktop/applications/code_code.desktop /snap/bin/code --force-user-env --no-sandbox --unity-launch %F stuff
   • And the action at the bottom
   • Add in my workspace
   • Result should be like:

   [Desktop Entry]
   X-SnapInstanceName=code
   Name=Visual Studio Code
   Comment=Code Editing. Redefined.
   GenericName=Text Editor
   Exec=/snap/bin/code /home/gerry/git/default.code-workspace
   Icon=/snap/code/52/meta/gui/com.visualstudio.code.png
   Type=Application
   StartupNotify=false
   StartupWMClass=Code
   Categories=Utility;TextEditor;Development;IDE;
   MimeType=text/plain;inode/directory;application/x-code-workspace;
   Keywords=vscode;
   

6. Launch vscode and it works like on Windows. Good deal. Now to add my six other repos…