![]() ![]() Use the super key and type Default Applications, click on the Default Applications tab and set your preferences. This is also a good time to setup your default applications. You can also click Browse and search the usr/bin folder for applications. ![]() Click Add - You can enter commands that will be executed at login.Open Startup Applications - You can use the super key and search for Startup Applications or press alt + F2 and run gnome-session-properties.You might prefer to skip this step and launch the applications manually each session but if you’re using the same applications all the time this can save you time. Once you’ve got an updated version of Ubuntu on your machine, then next thing I like to do is configure the startup applications. Data loss is only preventable if you have a backup plan. Whatever tool you decide to use it should be easy for you to use so that you create backups of your data. borgbackup - encrypted, authenticated backups.Déjà Dup - This is the default Ubuntu app for backups.Here are a couple of popular tools for backups: ![]() Remote Automated - Automated backups that are done over a network.Local Automated - This would be backups that use a drive that is physically attached to your machine at automated intervals.Manual Backups - This could be as simple as plugging in an external drive and making regular backups at user defined intervals.Make sure to check out this Ubuntu article for more information on backups. I’ll just briefly mention a couple of strategies and options. This deserves its own in-depth post but I wanted to at least touch on the subject as I feel it’s an important and often overlooked step to setting up a development environment. One of the first things I like to do when setting up a new system for development is to decide on a backup plan for my data. I’m not going to cover the steps to upgrading Ubuntu in this article, because the steps can be different depending on your system and I’d like to focus on setting up the system for development.However, if you need to upgrade check out the detailed Ubuntu docs here that cover upgrading. Here are a couple of commands that will display the current Ubuntu version. Luckily you can easily check the version via the command-line. 1 The current version of Ubuntu LTS is 20.04 at the time of this writing. If you’re just getting started with Ubuntu check out the Ubuntu docs.īefore you get too deep into setting up your Ubuntu development environment, the first thing you might want to do is determine what version of Ubuntu is installed on your machine, and make sure you update to the newest version. I won’t get into the details of installing each tool, as there are often more than one way to install them. In this post I’ll be talking how I like to setup Ubuntu for basic web development.Įvery developer will have slightly different requirements, workflows and preferences, this post is meant as a general guide to the setup and tools required for a development environment on Ubuntu. It’s a great choice for developers just getting started on Linux and seasoned Linux users alike. Ubuntu is an open source Linux distribution, that comes with regular releases as well as commercial support for desktops and servers. ![]()
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