Chrome OS automatically restores Chrome apps and settings on new machines, so this guide is really about setting up crostini, also known as “Linux Apps for Chromebook”.
Crostini
Enable Linux Apps for Chromebook at chrome://settings/crostini/detailsand launch the Terminal app.
Basic Setup
Install common packages:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install git keychain lsb-release man manpages mosh zsh
Some packages need to be installed from backports to get the desired version:
echo "deb http://ftp.debian.org/debian $(lsb_release -c -s)-backports main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/backports.list
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -t $(lsb_release -c -s)-backports install tmux
Basic setup:
sudo chsh -s /usr/bin/zsh $USER
Dotfiles
Follow standard instructions from https://github.com/willnorris/dotfiles#readme:
git clone https://github.com/willnorris/dotfiles ~/.dotfiles
PATH="~/.dotfiles/rcm/bin:$PATH" rcup
Apps
Some additional programs I install manually: