Customizations
(Reference: the UbuntuGuide wiki)
Here are some customizations I do to my machines:
Aliases
alias bc='bc -l' alias du='du -h --max-depth=1' alias fup='sudo aptitude update;sudo aptitude full-upgrade' alias ls='ls -Fhlrt --color=auto' alias grep='grep --color=auto'
Speed-up
- change /etc/init.d/rc from CONCURRENCY=none to CONCURRENCY=shell
- change LOAD_LP_MODULE to “no” in /etc/default/cups and remove lp from /etc/modules
- set MODULES=dep in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf and run sudo update-initramfs -u
Clean-up
- sudo aptitude purge evolution gnome-pilot gnome-orca brltty apmd gnome-mag
- edit /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/01ubuntu and add Install-Recommends “false”; (between the brackets)
- (if possible, i.e. no restricted drivers) remove jockey-common
- install localepurge
- every now and then, remove linux-image-xxx and linux-headers-xxx for older kernel versions
- every now and then, run sudo aptitude clean
Enhancements & Tweaks
- sudo aptitude install lm-sensors sensors-applet powertop bootchart nautilus-open-terminal nautilus-gksu nautilus-image-converter nautilus-wallpaper
- change /etc/papersize to a4
Office use
- sudo aptitude install ubuntu-restricted-extras startupmanager ttf-mscorefonts-installer vlc gparted
- add the medibuntu repository and from there install non-free-codecs skype
- add the ubuntu-tweak repository and from there install ubuntu-tweak
Firefox Addons
- context search
- download statusbar
- flagfox
- google gears
- greasemonkey
- greek dictionary
- image zoom
- italian dictionary
- (menu editor)
- noscript
- (password exporter)
- stumbleupon
- xmarks
(I have added most of them to the collection I created)
Thunderbird addons
- contacts sidebar
- google contacts
- gmail imap account setup
- greek dictionary
- import-export tools
- italian dictionary
- moztraybiff

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