UbuntuSetup

After initial install

sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y
sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

sudo apt-get install -y etckeeper
cd /etc
sudo etckeeper init
sudo vi .gitignore # remove sensitive files

Disable Guest Login

sudo sh -c "echo 'allow-guest=false' >> /usr/share/lightdm/lightdm.conf.d/50-ubuntu.conf"

Show username in Desktop Manager

gsettings set com.canonical.indicator.session show-real-name-on-panel true

Set vim Editor

sudo update-alternatives --set editor /usr/bin/vim.basic

Set passwordless sudo

visudo:
username ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL

Install Main Apps

sudo apt-get install \
keepass2 rdesktop vncviewer \
lm-sensors p7zip-full exfat-utils exfat-fuse \
vim ssh git \
ubuntu-restricted-extras qbittorrent gimp audacity \ 
icedtea-8-plugin \
network-manager-openvpn wireshark  nmap \
openvpn openssh-server fail2ban \
vlc vlc-plugin-fluidsynth ffmpeg atomicparsley \
chrome-gnome-shell \
gnome-tweaks

** VirtualBox
** Chrome, verify Google Hangouts
** Insynq
** Atom
** Synergy
** Ramlog or equivalent for SSD
** nvm
** rvm
** sqlitebrowser
** Studio 3T (mongodb browswer)
** IntelliJ
** Android Studio

oracle-java8-installer
cairo-dock
adobe-flashplugin
encfs youtube-dl nikto exiftool chkrootkit apache2-utils pidgin wavemon xd docker.io virtualenv python2.7-examples mailutils ansible namebench python-pip (via apt)
xchat
youtube-dl

Other

sudo apt-get install -y nfs-common cifs-utils ethtool pm-utils

Other Configuration

Remote syslog

echo "*.* @192.168.1.200" >> /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf

• tmpfs for /tmp and (maybe make this a bind mount..)

tmpfs   /tmp       tmpfs   defaults,noatime,mode=1777   0  0

• /etc/fstab

192.168.1.200:/mnt/raid5 /mnt/raid5	nfs	defaults	0 0

• web server if needed

sudo apt-get install apache2 php5 php5-sqlite