Leo:Ubuntu config
This list gets updated as I remember or install new essentials for my Ubuntu environment.
Private config
I have my private config in a SVN repository, so I can update my various workspaces. Some examples for stuff in my configuration:
- startup scripts: .bashrc and various dot-files
- aliases
- ~/bin - various custom scripts
- ~/lib - custom libraries
- icons
- work environment configurations, for example, custom menus in Nautilus
Desktop
Gnome 3 and others
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
Development environment
sudo apt-get install build-essential subversion rapidsvn meld gtkterm mc emacs-snapshot texinfo
Media
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras flashplugin-installer mplayer avidemux vlc
To get DVDs playing nicely
sudo apt-get install libdvdread4 sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
Media centers: XBMC is now in Ubuntu 12.04 repos
sudo apt-get install xbmc
Common codecs:
sudo apt-get install libxine1-ffmpeg gxine mencoder totem-mozilla icedax tagtool easytag id3tool lame nautilus-script-audio-convert libmad0 mpg321
Latex
sudo apt-get install texlive texlive-latex-extra texlive-xetex texlive-fonts-recommended texlive-publishers texinfo
Microsoft fonts
...so that MS documents look better.
sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts sudo fc-cache -fv
Virtual Box
Get the latest VirtualBox for Linux here.
SSD tweaks
- Add noatime option for the partition on SSD in /etc/fstab
UUID=my-partition-key / ext4 noatime,errors=remount-ro 0 1
- Create /tmp in RAM by editing /etc/fstab
tmpfs /tmp tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=1777 0 0
- Set the scheduler to deadline (as opposed to cfq) in grub
- Check for the options:
cat /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler
- Temporary change the scheduler
sudo su echo deadline > /sys/block/sda/queue/scheduler
- Move Firefox cache to /tmp/...
- open [about:config] in firefox
- create new string browser.cache.disk.parent_directory and set value to /tmp
- Check the read speed of your HD:
sudo hdparm -t /dev/sda
- Useful info and acknowledgements: four tweaks...
