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 -FhlX --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
- add the machine’s hostname to 127.0.0.1 in /etc/hosts
- set MODULES=dep in /etc/initramfs-tools/initramfs.conf and run sudo update-initramfs -u
Clean-up
- remove mono-common evolution gnome-pilot gnome-orca brltty apmd gnome-mag
- (if possible, i.e. no restricted drivers) remove jockey-common linux-restricted-modules-generic linux-restricted-modules-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
- you can also try bleachbit, but use carefully
Enhancements & Tweaks
- install lm-sensors sensors-applet powertop bootchart nautilus-open-terminal nautilus-gksu nautilus-image-converter nautilus-wallpaper gvfs-bin
- change /etc/papersize to a4
Office use
- install ubuntu-restricted-extras ubuntu-tweak startupmanager msttcorefonts thunderbird vlc gparted
- add the medibuntu repositories and from there installĀ non-free-codecs skype
SDR use
- remove gnome-games gimp xsane ekiga pidgin tracker bluetooth bluez
Firefox Addons
- context search
- download statusbar
- firegpg
- flagbox
- 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
Pidgin plugins
- pidgin-facebookchat
- pidgin-plugin-pack
- pidgin-libnotify

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