Zsh

Zsh is a shell designed for interactive use, although it is also a powerful scripting language.

Installation

To install Zsh:

sudo apt install zsh

To set Zsh as the default login shell:

sudo usermod -s /usr/bin/zsh $(whoami)

Now restart your computer and repoen your terminal.

If you don't already have a ~/.zshrc configuration, copy the recommended settings with:

cp /etc/zsh/newuser.zshrc.recommended .zshrc

The configuration file for zsh is called .zshrc and lives in your home folder (~/.zshrc).

Oh My Zsh is an open source, community-driven framework for managing your zsh configuration.

To install Oh My Zsh framework:

sudo apt install git
sh -c "$(wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/master/tools/install.sh -O -)"

Oh-My-Zsh has many plugins. You can find a list of pre-installed plugins at https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/tree/master/plugins

You can add plugins to your shell by adding the name of the plugin in your .zshrc.

plugins=(colored-man-pages git node npm)

The default theme is robbyrussell. In order to enable a theme, set ZSH_THEME to the name of the theme in your ~/.zshrc.

You'll find a list of themes with screenshots on the Oh My Zsh Wiki.