Sensible .emacs defaults.

.emacs

(custom-set-variables
 ;; custom-set-variables was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
 ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 )
(custom-set-faces
 ;; custom-set-faces was added by Custom.
 ;; If you edit it by hand, you could mess it up, so be careful.
 ;; Your init file should contain only one such instance.
 ;; If there is more than one, they won't work right.
 )
(setq inhibit-splash-screen t)
(setq-default indent-tabs-mode nil)
(setq-default tab-width 4)
(defalias 'yes-or-no-p 'y-or-n-p)
(setq c-default-style "linux"
          c-basic-offset 4)