Ubuntu – How to start byobu everytime I start a terminal when using zsh as default shell

You can make a custom screen config file that will open up multiple splits and launch your scripts in them. It would look something like this:

screen script1.sh # Open first screen and launch first script
split             # Make second split
focus             # Switch to second split
screen script2.sh # Open second screen and launch second script
split             # Make third split
focus             # Switch to third split
screen script3.sh # Open third screen and launch third script

Put this in a file called myscripts and launch screen with screen -c myscripts. If you prefer vertical splits, just add -v to the split commands.

If you'd like a grid layout, try something like this:

screen script1.sh # Open first screen and launch first script
split -v          # Make second split
focus             # Switch to second split
screen script2.sh # Open second screen and launch second script
split             # Make third split
focus             # Switch to third split
screen script3.sh # Open third screen and launch third script
focus             # Cycle back to first split
split             # Split first split horizontally
focus             # Switch to new split
screen script4.sh # Open fourth screen and launch fourth script

Just using chsh:

chsh -s $(which zsh)

without sudo should work. If you use sudo it will change the shell not for your working user but for root

Finally, log out of your computer and log back in.

Troubleshooting:

• Do you have zsh installed (ii)? dpkg -l zsh
• Is your shell set to zsh? Last field of grep $USER /etc/passwd
• Is Zsh a valid login shell? grep zsh /etc/shells