[ubuntu-uk] Post install additions

[Jonathan Patrick Davies]

On Tue, Jun 24, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Here's a question for the group. If you install a clean Ubuntu system
> for yourself (or perhaps someone else), what are the key things you add
> to the system after, to get a "works for me" desktop?

My list is:

  • terminator - needed.
  • cryptsetup - for my encrypted USB drives.
  • vim-nox - fully featured vim (I don't like the GUI version).
  • snownews - console-based RSS.
  • zsh - because I don't fancy bash. ;-)
  • cmus - music player.
  • openssh-server - so I have easy access to the system
  • ubuntu-restricted-extras for Flash.

And for course some dev stuff like

  • build-essential, cmake.
  • Libraries, LaTeX, and other stuff I need.

Jonathan