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Linux

  • Initial install script to install common applications
sudo apt-get install git etckeeper

sudo vi /etc/etckeeper/etckeeper.conf                              # Select git, avoid daily commit, avoid auto-commit
sudo etckeeper init
sudo etckeeper commit "1st commit"
sudo vi .gitignore                                                 # Ignore resolv.c* (and cups/subscriptions.* before Ubuntu Precise)
sudo git rm --cached resolv.c*
sudo git rm --cached cups/subscriptions.*                          # No longer needed on Ubuntu Precise and after
sudo git add .gitignore
sudo etckeeper commit "ignore resolv.c*, cups/subscriptions.*"

sudo vi /etc/apt/sources.list                                      # Enable / add all relevant repositories (partner...)
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install opera                                         # or sudo dpkg -i opera...
sudo apt-get install synapse gitk git-gui git-doc mc ssh vim-gnome exuberant-ctags cscope ruby keepassx

# Restore my profile
sudo vi /etc/hosts                                                 # Add host 'griffin'
ssh griffin -C "cat /etc/hosts"                                    # recover any needed host ip address
sudo vi /etc/hosts                                                 # ... and write them
sudo etckeeper commit "update /etc/hosts file"
git clone git@griffin:repositories/home.git
mv home/.git .
rm -rf home
git reset --hard
git st
export PATH=$PATH:$HOME/bin
set-network.sh
chmod 600 .ssh/*
chmod 644 .ssh/id_rsa.pub
mkdir tmp
git co opera -- .opera && git reset
git co mc -- .mc/ini && git reset
  • Install the common repositories (see below)
  • Install common applications
# Common Applications
sudo apt-get install portmap                                              # Use 'rpcbind' since oneiric ocelot
sudo apt-get install terminator smbclient smbfs nfs-kernel-server nfs-common autofs apt-file p7zip-full p7zip-rar \
dlocate thunderbird chromium-browser meld colordiff ttf-mscorefonts-installer qiv gthumb gnupg-agent renameutils wine \
mplayer mplayer-doc mplayer-fonts flashplugin-installer gnome-mplayer gecko-mediaplayer gimp gdmap gparted \
ubuntu-restricted-extras ubuntu-tweak app-install-data-medibuntu xbmc xsel compizconfig-settings-manager
sudo apt-file update
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
# Optional essentials
sudo apt-get install nmap
# Optional applications
sudo apt-get install gnugo qgo uligo cgoban quarry pgpgpg powertop
  • Apply common settings (see below)
  • Applications not from repositories:
    • Panda glGo 1.4.1 (does not work on Oneiric 64-bit)
  • Install latest updates:
sudo apt-get upgrade

Common repositories

  • Added Synapse
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:synapse-core/ppa && sudo apt-get update

Common Applications

[2011-12-19] Opera (opera)
[2012-06-03] Synapse (synapse) Using Alt-Space as shortcut (requires to disable Alt for HUD, and Alt-Space for Windows Menu in Compiz) 
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:synapse-core/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install synapse
[2011-12-19] Git (git gitk git-gui git-doc gitweb git-svn) [2011-12-15] Updated to 1.7.8 Installed from sources
[2011-12-19] etckeeper (etckeeper) Configured to use git as SCM, AVOID_DAILY_AUTOCOMMITS, AVOID_COMMIT_BEFORE_INSTALL
[2012-05-20] mDNS (libnss-mdns avahi-daemon mdns-scan) After install, do: 
mdns-scan

Machine should broadcast its ip address on griffin.local to all avahi clients. For some strange reason, avahi may append a -2 suffix to broadcast name. To avoid that, edit /etc/avahi/avahi-daemon.conf and set host-name variable: 

host-name=griffin
[2011-12-19] Midnight Commander (mc) See reference page. Use vi as standard viewer/editor. Installed version from mc official repository to fix file highlighting issue.
[2012-04-29] AutoSSH (autossh)
[2011-12-19] SSH (ssh) Local settings
[2011-12-19] Vim (vim vim-gnome exuberant-ctags) including GVim to enable support of X clipboard
[2011-12-19] Vim/Cscope (cscope)
[2011-12-19] Ruby (ruby) ... for Vim plug-in snipMate.vim
[2011-12-19] Gnome Terminator (terminator) See Gnome Terminator
[2011-12-19] Samba (smbclient smbfs)
[2011-12-19] NFS Server (nfs-kernel-server nfs-common rpcbind) See NFS for more details; Created entries in /etc/exports. rpcbind replaces portmap since Oneiric.
[2011-12-19] AutoFS (autofs) See local config
[2011-12-19] KeePassX (keepassx)
[2011-12-19] apt-file (apt-file)
[2011-12-19] p7zip (p7zip-full p7zip-rar)
[2011-12-19] dlocate (dlocate)
[2011-12-19] Thunderbird (thunderbird)
[2011-12-19] Google Chrome (chromium-browser)
[2011-12-19] Meld (meld) Diff tool
[2011-12-19] Color Diff (colordiff)
[2011-12-19] MS Truetype core fonts (ttf-msttcorefonts-installer)
[2011-12-19] Qiv (qiv)
[2011-12-19] gThumb (gthumb)
[2011-12-19] GPG Agent (gnupg-agent) Added use-agent at end of ~/.gnupg/gpg.conf
[2011-12-19] Rename utils (renameutils)
[2011-12-19] Wine (wine) See Wine page
[2011-12-19] MPlayer (mplayer mplayer-doc mplayer-fonts)
[2011-12-19] Flash Plugin 10 (flashplugin-installer) First need to enable Ubuntu partner repository (deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu lucid partner). Next 
sudo aptitude autoremove "flashplugin-*"
sudo aptitude install flashplugin-installer
[2011-12-19] Quicktime plugin (gnome-mplayer gecko-mediaplayer) To play Quicktime content in Opera, Firefox
[2011-12-19] Gimp (gimp)
[2011-12-19] Graphical Disk Map (gdmap)
[2011-12-19] gparted (gparted)
[2011-12-19] Ubuntu restricted extras (ubuntu-restricted-extras) shall install automatically libdvdread4
[2011-12-19] libdvdcss2 Installed via sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh (see also [1])
[2011-12-19] Ubuntu tweak (ubuntu-tweak) see Ubuntu Tweak
[2011-12-19] Medibuntu application center (app-install-data-medibuntu) This install medibuntu apps in Ubuntu Application Center
[2011-12-19] XBMC (xbmc) see XBMC
[2011-12-31] XSel (xsel)
[2012-04-29] Compiz config settings manager (compizconfig-settings-manager)
Optional Applications:
[2011-12-19] GNU Go (gnugo)
[2011-12-19] Various Go games (qgo uligo cgoban)
[2011-12-19] Quarry (quarry) Board games Go, Amazons, and Reversi
[2011-12-19] PGP (pgpgpg)
[2011-12-19] PowerTop (powertop)
Applications not from repositories:
[2011-12-19] Panda glGo 1.4.1 See local page — does not work on Oneiric 64-bit

Optional Essentials:

[2012-05-24] nmap (nmap) For use with my git prj script

Common Settings

Network

  • SAMBA/NFS CLIENT - Mount mnemosyne shares as NFS autofs (see [2]) and as SMB autofs
    • Enabled/created the following automounters in /etc/auto.master:
      • /net           /etc/auto.net
/smb/mnemosyne /etc/auto.smb.mnemosyne
    • Created configuration file /etc/auto.smb.mnemosyne
    • Created SMB credential files /etc/auto.smb.mnemosyne.* (see man mount.cifs)
    • Created path for mount points:
      • sudo mkdir /net
sudo mkdir -p /smb/mnemosyne
# ls /net/mnemosyne
# sudo mkdir -p /mnt/mnemosyne
# for i in /net/mnemosyne/volume1/*; do sudo ln -s $i /mnt/mnemosyne/$(basename $i); done

Or recover settings from an already configured host: 

scp griffin:tmp/autofs.tgz .                                        # Configure autofs
sudo tar -xvzf autofs.tgz
sudo cp etc/* /etc

Users

sudo useradd -s /bin/bash -m -u 1100 marie
sudo useradd -s /bin/bash -m -u 1200 isma
sudo useradd -s /bin/bash -m -u 1300 emma
sudo passwd marie
sudo passwd isma
sudo passwd emma

X11

  • Custom keyboard mapping be:
# From my profile
sudo cp ~/etc/be /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/be

Windows

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