diff --git a/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml b/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml
index 6f76a98..5455322 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/github-actions.yml
@@ -20,3 +20,12 @@ jobs:
         uses: actions/checkout@main
       - name: lint files against shfmt
         run: make lint_shfmt
+  test-setup-linux:
+    runs-on: ubuntu-latest
+    steps:
+      - name: install soft
+        run: sudo apt install -y tmux git
+      - name: checkout repo
+        uses: actions/checkout@main
+      - name: test setup
+        run: ./tests/linux_setup_plugin_and_run.sh
diff --git a/tests/linux_setup_plugin_and_run.sh b/tests/linux_setup_plugin_and_run.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..da3493c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tests/linux_setup_plugin_and_run.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,39 @@
+#!/bin/bash
+
+# this test is meant to run on linux
+#
+# test target is:
+# - ubuntu 20.04 LTS
+# - bash
+
+main() {
+  if [[ "$(uname)" != "Linux" ]]; then
+    echo "NOT LINUX. Failed & exit."
+    exit 1
+  fi
+
+  sudo apt update -y
+  sudo apt install -y tmux git
+
+  mkdir -p ~/.tmux/plugins/
+  git clone https://github.com/tmux-plugins/tpm ~/.tmux/plugins/tpm
+
+  cat <<EOF >~/.tmux.conf
+# List of plugins
+set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tpm'
+set -g @plugin 'tmux-plugins/tmux-sensible'
+
+# Other plugins
+set -g @plugin 'egel/tmux-gruvbox'
+set -g @tmux-gruvbox 'dark'
+
+# Initialize TMUX plugin manager (keep this line at the very bottom of tmux.conf)
+run '~/.tmux/plugins/tpm/tpm'
+EOF
+
+  cat ~/.tmux.conf
+
+  tmux source ~/.tmux.conf
+}
+
+main "$@"