- Turn virtualization ON in the BIOS
- http://sharadchhetri.com/2014/01/23/this-kernel-requires-an-x86-64-cpu-but-only-detected-an-i686-cpu/
- various vagrant issues in the event you need it: https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/wiki/%60vagrant-up%60-hangs-at-%22Waiting-for-VM-to-boot.-This-can-take-a-few-minutes%22#resolve-it
- Turn secureboot off in the BIOS
- http://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/Fedora/18/html/UEFI_Secure_Boot_Guide/ch02s02.html
- Use unetbootin to fetch Saucy Ubuntu, install
- http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
- Upgrade to Trusty (base install of Fedora and Trusty failed initially)
- Install ppa for firefox-trunk
- This is what got me to upgrade from saucy to trusty (even though saucy is out of support.. lol)
- https://launchpad.net/~ubuntu-mozilla-daily/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
- Install ppa for nodejs
- http://askubuntu.com/questions/49390/how-do-i-install-the-latest-version-of-node-js
- Modify power management and 11n settings for wireless card in
/etc/modprobe.d/iwlwifi.conf:
options iwlwifi 11n_disable=1
options iwlwifi power_scheme3
options iwlwifi bt_coex_active=1,power_save=1,power_level=1
- ppas added:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-mozilla-daily/ppa
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js
- Packages installed:
firefox-trunk
git-core
libsasl2-dev
libxml2-dev
network-manager-openvpn
network-manager-openvpn-plugin
node
node-core
nodejs
npm
postgresql-contrib
postgresql-dev
postgresql-devel
postgresql-lib
postgresql-libs
postgresql-server-dev-all
python-dev
python-setuptools
python-virtualenv
resolvconf
vagrant
virtualbox
virtualbox-4.3
libffi-dev
- Stupid problems with VPN/keyring: http://askubuntu.com/questions/533837/nm-applet-network-manager-cant-find-security-agent