Developer Uses GNU Stow and Bash Scripts to Rebuild Ubuntu Server in One Command

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A developer has published a repeatable server setup system that reduces Ubuntu VPS configuration from hours of manual work to a single script execution. The approach combines GNU Stow, a symlink farm manager, with idempotent bash scripts to handle package installation, services, and shell configuration. Config files are stored in a Git repository organized by tool, and Stow creates symlinks into the home directory, meaning edits are live and version-controlled without any sync step. All installable tools are declared in plain-text manifests, enforcing a rule that nothing should be hand-installed outside the tracked system. The full setup, released as v1.0.0, is publicly available on GitHub under the repository name ubuntu-server-dotfiles.

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