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Setting up a new Ubuntu

Thu, 2009-12-24 18:03 |  Franco
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For the record, my OS of choice is Ubuntu 9.10 aka Karmic Koala. I use Ubuntu Netbook Remix 9.10 on laptops and netbooks, Desktop 9.10 on desktop machines, Server 8.10 on Servers and Mythbuntu 9.04 on my home theater PCs.

To start I install Ubuntu, then do system updates.
When I set up a new Ubuntu, there are a few things i do right away to get it set up correctly, this them:

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install mc htop openssh-server

From there I can remote in from another machine and continue configuring the system...
sudo apt-get install inkscape gimp wine

Then i set up my terminal text editor to MC Edit
sudo update-alternatives --config editor

So sometimes the software I use is not avialable from the APT-GET command, so I set up some additional software as follows:
... more to come

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