diff --git a/utils/dotzshrc b/utils/dotzshrc
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+
+
+# some handy ls aliases
+alias ls='ls --color=auto'
+alias ll='ls -alF'
+alias la='ls -A'
+alias l='ls -CF'
+
+# some handy grep aliases
+alias grep='grep --color=auto'
+alias fgrep='fgrep --color=auto'
+alias egrep='egrep --color=auto'
+
+# Add an "alert" alias for long running commands.  Use like so:
+#   sleep 10; alert
+alias alert='notify-send --urgency=low -i "$([ $? = 0 ] && echo terminal || echo error)" "$(history|tail -n1|sed -e '\''s/^\s*[0-9]\+\s*//;s/[;&|]\s*alert$//'\'')"'
+
+export PATH="/usr/local/texlive/2024/bin/x86_64-linux:$PATH"
+export PATH="$PATH:/usr/local/go/bin"
+export PATH="$PATH:/opt/mssql-tools18/bin"
+export PATH="$PATH:/home/evan/go/bin"
+
+alias open="xdg-open"
+alias nv="nvim"
+
+# colored GCC warnings and errors
+export GCC_COLORS='error=01;31:warning=01;35:note=01;36:caret=01;32:locus=01:quote=01'
+
+
+eval "$(starship init zsh)"
+
+#THIS MUST BE AT THE END OF THE FILE FOR SDKMAN TO WORK!!!
+export SDKMAN_DIR="$HOME/.sdkman"
+[[ -s "$HOME/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh" ]] && source "$HOME/.sdkman/bin/sdkman-init.sh"
diff --git a/utils/starship.toml b/utils/starship.toml
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+"$schema" = 'https://starship.rs/config-schema.json'
+
+add_newline = false
+
+# $git_branch $git_status
+format = '''
+$username[@](bright-green)$hostname:$directory\$ '''
+
+[username]
+show_always = true
+format = '[$user]($style)'
+
+[hostname]
+ssh_only = false
+trim_at = ''
+style = 'bold green'
+format = '[$ssh_symbol$hostname]($style)'
+
+[directory]
+truncation_length = 9999
+style = 'bold blue'
+format = '[$path]($style)[$read_only]($read_only_style)'
+truncate_to_repo = false
+
+[character]
+success_symbol = '[\$](white)'
+error_symbol = '[\$](red)'
+
+# eval "$(starship init bash)"