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This is the steps I use to configure a new Ubuntu client:

• Install Ubuntu from USB/CD/PXE

Then add the following programs in the Program Central:

• Chromium
• GIMP
• gscan2pdf
• PDF Editor
• Thunderbird
• Filezilla
• KVpnc
• Pidgin
• Remmina
• Wireshark
• XChat IRC
• Zenmap
• tn5250
• Audacity
• Desktop recorder
• GNOME MPlayer
• ISO Master
• VLC
• MuseScore
• OpenShot Video Editor
• UNetbootin
• Filelight
• TrueCrypt
• Wine + Spotify
• apt-get packages to source compile ffmpeg

Install the following programs from different sources (Google 😉 )

• Latest nVidia Gfx driver (http://www.nvidia.com/Download/index.aspx?lang=en-us)
• Citrix Receiver (http://www.citrix.com/English/ss/downloads/details.asp?downloadId=2316611&productId=1689163)
• Dropbox (http://www.dropbox.com/downloading)
• Skype (can be found in Ubuntu repositories, or: http://www.skype.com/intl/en-us/get-skype/on-your-computer/linux/)
• TeamSpeak3 (http://teamspeak.com/)
• Ubuntu Tweak (sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa)
• VirtualBox (https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads)
• VMware Player (http://www.vmware.com/products/player/) Requires registration
• DockbarX (http://gnome-look.org/content/show.php?content=101604)

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:dockbar-main/ppa
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install dockbarx
sudo apt-get install dockbarx-themes-extra

• Synergy (http://synergy-foss.org/download)
• BankID (in 64-bit Linux: sudo apt-get install nspluginwrapper && sudo nspluginwrapper -i /usr/local/lib/personal/libplugins.so)

After this it’s time to restore my home folder from a backup.

Files to manually restore:

• /etc/X11/xorg.conf

sudo nvidia-xconfig --post-tree --twinview

Ref: http://manpages.ubuntu.com/manpages/lucid/man1/alt-nvidia-current-xconfig.1.html

Configs to manually restore:

• Compiz config, effects
• X key bindings (Super+Up=Maximize vertically, Super=ScrClip)
• Startup programs (Synergy)
• add NAS to fstab
• crontab (Backup once every hour to NAS + SD-card)
• crontab for root (apt-get autoclean = free space in /var/cache/apt/archives)
• Ubuntu One
• Network printers (DeskJet 970, CLJ2600)

Add link support in Firefox for Second Life:

• Type about:config in Firefox address field
• Right-click any item in the list and select New > Boolean
• Type: network.protocol-handler.external.secondlife
• Set the value to true. This tells Firefox to use an external program to handle the secondlife:// protocol
• Right-click any item in the list and select New > String
• Type: network.protocol-handler.app.secondlife
• Type the path to the program you want to use for that protocol (e.g. /home/holm/dump/SecondLife-i686-2.6.3.227447/secondlife )

Add the Q700 (TS-219P) printer: smb://nas/naspr2

To enable OpenShot x264 you must install unrestricted codecs:

• Search for “libavformat” in Ubuntu Program Central
• Install “libavformat-extra-52”. Accept to remove libavcodec52, libavformat52 and libavutil50.
• Ref: https://answers.launchpad.net/openshot/+faq/1040

Install support for CSS encrypted DVD movies:

Install Java plugin in Firefox (Kubuntu x64):

• Download Java from Oracle/Sun, unpack bin-file (first set x-flag)
• cd /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins
• sudo ln -s /home/user/Downloads/jre1.6.0_29/lib/amd64/libnpjp2.so

If you have a folder with scripts you can add it to the path:

• Edit the file “~/.profile” and add the path.

Disable Overlay Scrollbars in Ubuntu Natty:

• echo “export LIBOVERLAY_SCROLLBAR=0” | sudo tee /etc/X11/Xsession.d/80overlayscrollbars> /dev/null
• Or remove the whole package: sudo apt-get remove overlay-scrollbar

Restore debconf backup

According to section 6.4.9 (http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/ch-package.en.html#s-record) of the Debian Reference Manual (http://www.debian.org/doc/manuals/reference/), the following will save both the list of packages installed and their debconf configuration:

# dpkg –get-selections “*” >myselections # or use \*
# debconf-get-selections > debconfsel.txt

and the following will reinstall and reconfigure them:

# dselect update
# debconf-set-selections < debconfsel.txt
# dpkg –set-selections <myselections
# apt-get -u dselect-upgrade # or dselect install