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    Stuff to install or setup on top of default ubuntu installation
Launcher Shortcuts

Remove libre office. Add ..

Update Manager
System Monitor
Terminal

MUST HAVE

tree zsh tilix gimp scribus inkscape neovim curl build-essential keepassx storebackup smplayer lilypond quodlibet scantailor lm-sensors acl

terminal emulators:

tilix
terminator

acl - Access control lists
oh-my-zsh

https://github.com/robbyrussell/oh-my-zsh/wiki
games


gnotravex hex-a-hop gnotski supertuxkart gtans gnect
puzzle-moppet
babaschess

games


pychess numptyphysics lightsoff bovo pioneers smc palapeli pathological
circular-chaos

SETUP


configure wifi
firefox:

login and sync
Disable WebRTC to prevent ip address leaks (details below): about:config -> media.peerconnection.enabled set to false


LVM data mountpoints
File manager bookmarks for lvm mountpoints
storebackup  ??
grub theme burg -- how to
nautilus - Favourites (/tmp, /mnt/backup2tb)
keepassx : security - lock database after __ seconds of inactivity  (300 seconds?)
transmission blocklist level1
Music database -- set directories in Quod Libet

drive access for all users

references:

http://askubuntu.com/questions/52584/shared-folders-for-all-users
http://unix.stackexchange.com/questions/12842/make-all-new-files-in-a-directory-accessible-to-a-group

steps:

edit /etc/fstab. Ensure all the drive/partition has  /dev/sda1 /mnt/music ext4 defaults,errors=remount-ro,acl 1 2
unmount to activate acl. mount -o remount,acl /mnt/music
create a new user group. addgroup kutties
add users to the group. gpasswd -a ragu kutties and gpasswd -a ananth kutties
add permissions to the group for the existing stuff. setfacl -Rm g:kutties:rwX /mnt/music
add permissions to the group for the new files in future. setfacl -d -Rm g:kutties:rwX /mnt/music

Tamil typing support

sudo apt-get install m17n-db m17n-contrib ibus-m17n

ibus-setup

choose ibus as the input method in 'System > Language Support'

in order to have this automatically started on start up im-switch -s ibus (??)

Details here
Music collection


Configure music library paths in Quod libet
Paned Browser settings: set to Custom and add one by one

~format
genre
album
~people


github/git config

git config --global user.email "you@example.com"
git config --global user.name "Your Name"

vim bundles


mattn/gist-vim -- helps to use vim for working with github gists
unimpaired -- adds easy way to add blank line without going into
insert mode
fugitive -- do git within vim

settings

Update gvim startup settings with
# ~/.vimrc

colorscheme kellys or colorscheme desert
set guifont=Ubuntu\ Mono\ 12

Following was required to be added for ~/.bashrc since gvim took time to start
function gvim() { (/usr/bin/gvim -f "$@" &) }

ruby

rvm installation -- http://www.andrehonsberg.com/article/install-rvm-ubuntu-1204-linux-for-ruby-193

install -- rvm requirements

vim for ruby -- https://github.com/carlhuda/janus
sudo apt-get install build-essential git-core openssl libreadline6 libreadline6-dev curl git-core zlib1g zlib1g-dev libssl-dev libyaml-dev libsqlite3-dev sqlite3 libxml2-dev libxslt-dev autoconf libc6-dev ncurses-dev automake libtool bison subversion pkg-config exuberant-ctags ack

bash -s stable < <(curl -s https://raw.github.com/wayneeseguin/rvm/master/binscripts/rvm-installer)  
echo '[[ -s "/home/andre/.rvm/scripts/rvm" ]] && source "/home/andre/.rvm/scripts/rvm"' >> ~/.bashrc  
source ~/.bashrc  
type rvm | head -1  

rvm pkg install openssl  
rvm install 1.9.3 --with-openssl-dir=$HOME/.rvm/usr  
rvm use 1.9.3 --default  
rmdir $rvm_path/usr/ssl/certs
ln -s /etc/ssl/certs $rvm_path/usr/ssl

curl -Lo- https://bit.ly/janus-bootstrap | bash

gem install newgem
jruby

reference - https://rvm.io/interpreters/jruby/
rvm requirements # and install the prerequisites for jruby
rvm install jruby --1.9


music visualization

projectm -- sudo apt-get install projectm-pulseaudio

recording visualizations -- http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1497453 and http://www.isep.ipp.pt/roswiki/RecordingOpenGLAppsWithGLC.html

glc -- https://github.com/nullkey/glc/wiki/Install

Installing from debian -- add ftp://ftp.us.debian.org/debian wheezy main (don't forget to remove after installating)
cmmi10 font

This one is from latex collection. Used in no-nonsense-calendars.
http://www.ctan.org/tex-archive/fonts/cm/ps-type1/bakoma/ttf
Maintenance

disk check for bad-blocks

e2fsck -c /dev/fill-me
-c invokes badblocks internally. badblocks manual recommends this method rather than using badblocks command separately and feeding it to e2fsck -- CAUTION! block size.
Note: ubuntu checks file systems periodically, but doesn't check for badblocks probably.
For /home, reboot in recovery mode and run e2fsck
Troubleshoot

Printer prints blank pages till paper runs out

Settings, Printer, make & model -> change
Choose the same Manufacturer, Same model, but try a different foomatic driver shown in the list.