linux.cfg

Last updated: 14.12.2020

What is this repository?

This repo contains all the programs I use on a daily basis. The scripts here are used to install those programs and get Kali-2020.3-xfce ready to use in under 10 mins right after a re-format. Because I re-format often, I felt like automating the initial setup and here we are.

What does setup.sh (AKA install.sh) do?

• Installs all the files in the deb folder
• Installs additional packages using live repos.
• Adds debian repos
• Disables external mouse acceleration
• Adds additional fonts
• Sets the windows partition to automount on startup
• Copies over my dotfiles(.config, .bash_aliases etc.)
  • Copies over all my XFCE UI settings.
  • Copies over all my program settings.
• Copies over my files folder (Mostly pentesting tools)

What does beforesetup.sh do?

• Unpacks archived files.

What does aftersetup.sh do?

• Runs the final commands that needs to be run after a reboot.

Usage

1. Open a /bin/bash terminal in the linux.cfg folder
2. ./beforesetup.sh
3. ./setup.sh
4. Reboot
5. ./aftersetup.sh
6. Read setup.txt
7. ./SELF_DESTRUCT :)

To do:

• Automate the setup of mount by UUID. Currently, user has to look UUID up and paste it in the script themselves.

Changelog:

v4(Nov 2020):

• Improved stability a ton. Added safety checks to ensure everything goes smoothly in case of a possible error.
• Added more verbosity
• setup.sh: Automated .deb file detection and installation so I won't have to manually add a line to my setup.sh whenever I add another .deb file to the deb folder. Thanks @cansozbir for the oneliner!

v3(big revamp for 3rd re-format):

• Completely automated the git-lfs bypass (spending hours on this is faster than making a git-lfs package from source because kali doesn't have one). Hence added package-n-upload.sh
• Wrote the code to automate installing .deb files without manual file name checking in setup.sh, but too tired to implement rn.
• setup.sh: added lots of colors =)

v2(small revamp for 2nd re-format):

• Added verbosity

v1(initial release):

• Prepared a half-automated setup script(setup.sh). It runs mostly without manual interruption but any change to the deb files require manually changing the file names in setup.sh.
• I have to manually zip every file for git-lfs bypass.