💻 My ZSH Dotfiles Setup for WSL (Windows)

This repository contains my personal terminal configuration for WSL on Windows, using Zsh, Oh My Zsh, and powerlevel10k – with a clean and minimal look, custom Windows Terminal profile, and a transparent background wallpaper.

📦 What’s included

• .zshrc – Zsh configuration with plugins and clean prompt
• .p10k.zsh – powerlevel10k config (Zen mode)
• .aliases – Custom aliases for fast command shortcuts
• install.sh – One-step installer
• Optional: fonts/ folder with NerdFont (if not installed)
• Optional: Windows Terminal profile JSON snippet

⚙️ Getting started with WSL on Windows

Before using this terminal setup, make sure WSL and Ubuntu are installed on your Windows machine.

✅ Quick install (Windows 10/11)

Open PowerShell as Administrator and run:

wsl --install

This will automatically:

• Enable WSL
• Install the latest Ubuntu distribution
• Set up WSL 2 as default

After the install is complete, restart your computer.

🧠 Manual WSL setup (if needed)

If wsl --install doesn't work (older Windows), follow these steps:

1. Enable Virtual Machine Platform and WSL features:

dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:Microsoft-Windows-Subsystem-Linux /all /norestart
dism.exe /online /enable-feature /featurename:VirtualMachinePlatform /all /norestart

2. Restart your PC
3. Download and install a Linux distribution (e.g. Ubuntu) from the Microsoft Store
4. Set WSL version 2 as default:

wsl --set-default-version 2

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Once you’ve installed Ubuntu and launched it for the first time, you can continue with the terminal setup below 👇

🧰 Tools installed by install.sh

• zsh
• git
• curl, wget
• lsd (modern ls with icons)
• neofetch (system info on startup)
• bat (modern cat)
• htop (interactive process viewer)

🚀 Installation

git clone https://github.com/PsydoV2/TerminalSetup
cd TerminalSetup
chmod +x install.sh
./install.sh

Then restart your terminal or run:

exec zsh

🎨 Windows Terminal Configuration

Here’s the config I use for my Ubuntu WSL profile:

{
  "name": "Ubuntu",
  "source": "Microsoft.WSL",
  "font": {
    "face": "FiraCode Nerd Font Mono",
    "size": 15
  },
  "colorScheme": "IBM 5153",
  "opacity": 75,
  "useAcrylic": true,
  "scrollbarState": "hidden",
  "backgroundImage": "\\wsl.localhost/Ubuntu/home/falter/terminalWallpaper.png",
  "experimental.retroTerminalEffect": false,
  "guid": "{3c411106-319b-56c8-93ba-e36c9825719e}",
  "hidden": false
}

📌 Make sure the image path is valid on your system.
You can place your background image inside the repository and adjust the path accordingly.

🔤 Fonts

To display symbols/icons correctly, use a Nerd Font like:

FiraCode Nerd Font Mono

• Install via right-click → "Install for all users"
• Set it as your Windows Terminal font

🧼 Features

• ✅ Minimalistic powerlevel10k prompt (Zen mode)
• ✅ Git status shown cleanly in prompt
• ✅ lsd for colorized, icon-rich directory listings
• ✅ Handy aliases like ll, gs, .., c, reload
• ✅ Transparent background with wallpaper
• ✅ NerdFont support for dev icons

🖼 Screenshot