diff --git a/apps/shell/tmux/conf b/apps/shell/tmux/conf
index 1569587..0bd6780 100644
--- a/apps/shell/tmux/conf
+++ b/apps/shell/tmux/conf
@@ -136,7 +136,7 @@ set -g @resurrect-save 'C-v'
 set -g @resurrect-restore 'R'
 
 # initialize tmux plugin manager
-run '$HOME/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'
+run '$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'
 
 # attempt at integrating nested tmux sessions nicely
 # bind -T root F12 \
diff --git a/bin/lib/debian/provisioning/create-my-user.bash b/bin/lib/debian/provisioning/create-my-user.bash
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..42d5a11
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/lib/debian/provisioning/create-my-user.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+# user's username
+USERNAME=daniel
+USER_GROUPS="users,docker,sudo"
+
+# add user with groups
+useradd -m -d "/home/$USERNAME/.home" -G "${USER_GROUPS}" -s "/bin/bash" "$USERNAME"
+
+# give "nice home" directory ownership
+chown -R "$USERNAME:$USERNAME" "/home/$USERNAME"
+
+# have user set new user's password
+echo "Setting password for user '$USERNAME'"
+passwd "$USERNAME"
diff --git a/bin/lib/debian/provisioning/install-packages.bash b/bin/lib/debian/provisioning/install-packages.bash
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..a6ce702
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/lib/debian/provisioning/install-packages.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+apt install \
+	tmux \
+	fish \
+	fd-find \
+	ripgrep \
+	tree \
+	fzf \
+	htop \
+	ssh mosh \
+	openssl \
+	python3 python3-pip \
+	rsync \
+	neovim vim \
+	unzip \
+	lua5.3 luajit \
+	curl \
+	jq \
+	w3m \
+	ranger \
+	inotify-tools \
+	time \
+	fortune
diff --git a/bin/lib/debian/provisioning/install-tmux-plugins.bash b/bin/lib/debian/provisioning/install-tmux-plugins.bash
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..5db417f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/bin/lib/debian/provisioning/install-tmux-plugins.bash
@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+#!/usr/bin/env bash
+
+mkdir -p "$HOME/.config/systemd/user"
+
+# tmux plugin manager
+git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.tmux/plugins/tpm"
+
+# load tmux config
+tmux source-file "$HOME/.tmux.conf"
+
+# clean, install, and update plugins
+bash "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.tmux/plugins/tpm/bindings/clean_plugins"
+bash "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.tmux/plugins/tpm/bindings/install_plugins"
+bash "$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/.tmux/plugins/tpm/bindings/update_plugins"
+
+# load tmux config
+tmux source-file "$HOME/.tmux.conf"
+
+systemctl --user enable tmux.service
+systemctl --user restart tmux.service