https://gowt.dev/tags/productivity/Recent content in Productivity on HomeHugoen-usTue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://gowt.dev/posts/productivity/zsh/Tue, 17 Feb 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://gowt.dev/posts/productivity/zsh/Install Check if Zsh is installed: zsh --version If not: sudo apt install zsh Install Oh My Zsh (official repo): https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh sh -c "$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/master/tools/install.sh)" After installation, create a new KDE Konsole profile and set the command to: /bin/zsh Themes Edit .zshrc: nano ~/.zshrc Set theme: ZSH_THEME="agnoster" Theme list: https://github.com/ohmyzsh/ohmyzsh/wiki/Themes Optional: add fastfetch at the end of .zshrc to show system info on startup. Zsh navigation features Desktop → same as cd Desktop /home/user/Desktop → direct path jump .https://gowt.dev/posts/productivity/tmux/Wed, 14 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://gowt.dev/posts/productivity/tmux/Install sudo aptitude install tmux Reference Cheat sheet: http://phoenixnap.com/kb/tmux-cheat-sheethttps://gowt.dev/posts/productivity/latex/Tue, 06 Jan 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://gowt.dev/posts/productivity/latex/Installation sudo aptitude install texlive-full Verify installation tex --version pdflatex --version pdflatex is the compiler used by VS Code for LaTeX builds. VS Codium Install the LaTeX Workshop extension by James-Yu. See Visual studio code setup. Here you can find a minimal starting guide to work on latex. Some simple syntax for margins, basic text variations, headings, equations, images and tables are included. Before starting, enable word wrapping in VSCodium:https://gowt.dev/posts/productivity/md-helpers/Wed, 20 Aug 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://gowt.dev/posts/productivity/md-helpers/Emoji Emoji reference: https://gist.github.com/rxaviers/7360908 Admonitions Admonitions for structured notes in Markdown: https://jimandreas.github.io/mkdocs-material/reference/admonitions/https://gowt.dev/posts/productivity/zotero/Wed, 18 Jun 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://gowt.dev/posts/productivity/zotero/Installation (Debian) Official .deb repository (recognized by Zotero): https://github.com/retorquere/zotero-deb Zotero installation guide: https://www.zotero.org/support/installation Browser integration Install the Zotero Connector extension in your browser to save papers directly to Zotero. Sync Create a Zotero account and enable cloud sync inside Zotero. Plugins Official plugin list: https://www.zotero.org/support/plugins Network visualization Use cita for reference network visualization: https://github.com/diegodlh/zotero-cita Note: does not support Zotero 7. Tags You can assign up to 9 colors to tags. Use them consistently.https://gowt.dev/posts/productivity/thunderbird/Wed, 26 Mar 2025 00:00:00 +0000https://gowt.dev/posts/productivity/thunderbird/Installation Install from the Debian repository: sudo aptitude install thunderbird HTML signature Minimal HTML signature template: <div style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; color: #333; line-height: 1.4;"> <p style="margin: 0; font-weight: bold;">Best Regards,</p> <p style="margin: 0; font-weight: bold;">Gowtham Mahendran</p> <p style="margin: 0;">MSc Sustainable Renewable Energy Technologies</p> <p style="margin: 0;">University of Oldenburg, Germany</p> <p style="margin: 0;"> <a href="https://linkedin.com/in/gowtham-mahendran" style="color: #1a73e8; text-decoration: none;">LinkedIn</a> | <a href="https://github.com/Gowtham-Mahendran" style="color: #1a73e8; text-decoration: none;">GitHub</a> </p> </div> Exchange calendar Install extensions: