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How to setup & maintain a Linux server or workstation with basics services.

Installation

Core features

• Partitions setup

• Network and hostname configuration

• VIM editor

• Sources

• Create user

• Automatic updates

• Linux locales

Specifics

• Prefer IPv4 over IPv6

• Drivers

• XFCE: screensaver bug fix

• Boot sequence (rc.)

• VMware tools on Ubuntu Server

Softwares and languages

This is the list of programs I advised you to install on your server / workstation.

	core			Internet
	utilities			office
	drivers			'Survival' multimedia
	network			'Survival' graphical
	security			programming
	Clean ubuntu			Photo
	Windows emulator			Linux games

More multimedia features: Multimedia

• Languages

Linux tricks

Completion ignore case

echo "set completion-ignore-case On" >> ~/.inputrc

Ubuntu specifics

Turn off dash online search

Go to “System Settings” >> “Security & Privacy” >> "Search" >> Disable Internet search

Add / Edit unity launcher

Unity launchers are in:

• All users: /usr/share/applications/*.desktop
• Specific to the current user: ~/.local/share/applications/*.desktop

You can also create some desktop icons in ~/Desktop/*.desktop

See this excellent thread for more details: http://askubuntu.com/questions/13758/how-can-i-edit-create-new-launcher-items-in-unity-by-hand