Linux

Install Gnome Shell 3

• In terminal:

  $ sudo apt-get autoremove cinnamon mate-desktop
  $ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
  $ sudo apt-get install gnome-shell nautilus gnome-tweak-tool gnome-shell-extensions
  

Hostname discovery

• In terminal:

  $ sudo apt-get install libnss-winbind winbind samba
  $ sudo nano /etc/nsswitch.conf
  

• On the line starting with hosts:, insert wins after files so it looks similar to this:

  hosts:          files wins mdns4_minimal [NOTFOUND=return] dns
  

Fix permission issues on data partition

• Edit /etc/fstab and add ,uid=1000 to the entry regarding the data partition.

Startup script

• In terminal:

  $ ( echo -n "#!" ; which bash ) >> ~/.xstartup.sh && chmod +x ~/.xstartup.sh
  

• run gnome-session-properties, click Add and browse for ~/.xstartup.sh

Remap keyboard

• In terminal:

  $ echo "sleep 1m ; xmodmap ~/.Xmodmap" >> ~/.xstartup.sh
  $ cat > ~/.Xmodmap
  keycode 112 = Home NoSymbol Home
  keycode 117 = End NoSymbol End
  keycode 110 = Prior NoSymbol Prior
  keycode 115 = Next NoSymbol Next
  ^D
  

Apps

gPodder

• In terminal:

  $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:thp/gpodder && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install gpodder
  

node.js

• In terminal:

  $ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chris-lea/node.js && sudo apt-get update
  $ sudo apt-get install nodejs
  

Steam

• In terminal:

  $ sudo apt-get install driconf steam
  

• After install, run driconf and enable S3TC texture compression under Image Quality.

web-server

• In terminal:

  $ sudo apt-get install php5 php5-mysql php5-gd mysql-server phpmyadmin bum
  $ sudo nano /etc/apache2/apache2.conf
  

• Uncomment the section starting with <Directory /srv/> and replace /src/ with /path/to/htdocs/

• To allow .htaccess files set AllowOverride to All

  $ sudo nano /etc/apache2/sites-enabled/000-default.conf 
  

• Set DocumentRoot to /path/to/htdocs

• Run sudo a2enmod rewrite to enable RewriteEngine
• Run sudo cp /usr/share/php5/php.ini-development /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini to preset PHP to developer settings
• Run sudo usermod -a -G plugdev www-data if necessary
• Run gksu bum and deactivate Apache and MySQL
  • If MySQL still start up on boot, run sudo nano /etc/init/mysql.conf and comment out lines starting with start on

Dropbox

• In terminal:

  $ sudo apt-get install nautilus-dropbox
  

VirtualBox

• In terminal:

  $ sudo apt-get install virtualbox
  

FS-UAE

• In terminal:

  $ sudo apt-add-repository ppa:fengestad/stable && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install fs-uae-launcher