Show HN: LinuxMate generates reproducible Linux setup script

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5 months ago

I built *LinuxMate*, an open-source “Ninite for Linux” style tool: select common apps/tools, choose distro/package manager, and it outputs a reproducible post-install script.

Motivation: the “first hour after install” is still weirdly manual. LinuxMate aims to turn that into a deterministic bootstrap step you can re-run or share.

*Demo:* [https://www.allroundwebsite.com/linuxmate/](https://www.allroundwebsite.com/linuxmate/) *Repo:* [https://github.com/Henkster72/LinuxMate](https://github.com/Henkster72/LinuxMate) *Background / reasoning:* [https://www.allroundwebsite.com/blog/bye-windows-hello-linux...](https://www.allroundwebsite.com/blog/bye-windows-hello-linux...)

Feedback welcome: distro targets, package selection, idempotency, security concerns (curl | bash etc.), and whether you’d prefer CLI/config-driven generation.