init-ubuntu.sh

#!/bin/sh
# run this script using the 
#   wget -O - "https://gist.github.com/palesz/4a1d11df096a1bcd852878dc5e13b9ef/raw" | sh
# command

# change scale factor
dconf write /com/ubuntu/user-interface/scale-factor "{'eDP1': 13}"

# enable multiverse
sudo apt-add-repository multiverse && sudo apt-get update

#install basic software
sudo apt-get -y install chromium-browser mplayer vim

# emacs 25
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kelleyk/emacs
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get -y install emacs25 pandoc

# setup emacs
mkdir ~/.emacs.d
wget -O - "https://gist.github.com/palesz/4b706ea41fbb43d84949d4e73b5074ac/raw" > ~/.emacs.d/init.el

#dropbox
cd ~ && wget -O - "https://www.dropbox.com/download?plat=lnx.x86_64" | tar xzf -

# run the dropbox daemon
~/.dropbox-dist/dropboxd