My Unix Terminal Setup

1. Install zsh and dependencies.

   sudo apt install zsh curl  # for Ubuntu
   

   or

   brew install zsh curl      # for MacOS
   

   This is an alternative to the bash shell that comes as default in many operating system. See this article for a comparison between bash and zsh.

2. Install Oh My Zsh (see the official website).

   sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)"
   

   Oh My Zsh is a customizable framework for easily managing configurations and plugins for zsh.

3. Install zsh-autosuggestions (see the official repo)
   First clone its repository into oh my zsh default plugin directory with the following command.

   git clone https://github.com/zsh-users/zsh-autosuggestions ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-~/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/plugins/zsh-autosuggestions
   

   Then edit ~/.zshrc (the zsh config file similar to ~/.bashrc for bash) and add zsh-autosuggestions to the list of plugins, e.g.

   plugins=(
    # other plugins...
    zsh-autosuggestions
   )
   

   If you re-launch your terminal, you should see history command hinting by now.

4. Install powerlevel10k theme.
   1. Install the recommended fonts for pretty icons (open the file and click “install”)
      • MesloLGS NF Regular.tff
      • MesloLGS NF Bold.tff
      • MesloLGS NF Italic.tff
      • MesloLGS NF Bold Italic.tff
   2. Clone the repository with the following command

       git clone --depth=1 https://github.com/romkatv/powerlevel10k.git ${ZSH_CUSTOM:-$HOME/.oh-my-zsh/custom}/themes/powerlevel10k
      

   3. set ZSH_THEME="powerlevel10k/powerlevel10k" in ~/.zshrc.

   4. source ~/.zshrc and configure following the prompts.

   powerlevel10k has massive performance improvement over the popular powerlevel9k theme.

Ta-da, there goes a beautiful and responsive terminal. Leave a comment about how you like / dislike about this setup.