JaZzy JunGgle: Starting with Ubuntu linux

download image from ubuntu.com
burn image to cd (using nero)
boot from the cd
install ubuntu
download updates
add essential software (see below)
disable pc speaker beep sudo rmmod pcspkr
enable numlock at startup: gedit /etc/gdm/Init/Default add: if [ -x /usr/bin/numlockx ]; then /usr/bin/numlockx on fi
set screen resolution and refresh rate
customize names of special dirs: gedit ~/.config/user-dirs.dirs (renaming/moving them in nautilus should work too)
uninstall open java and install sun java instead (to solve jedit display problems)

file manager: Krusader (+krename +kdiff3 +rar), Gnome Commander, Midnight Commander
web browser: Firefox (+firebug)
text editor: jEdit, vim, cream, GNU Emacs, XEmacs, Eclipse
media player: amarok
p2p: LinuxDC++, KTorrent, eDonkey 2000
im: Pidgin (gnome), Kopete (KDE)
graphic editor: GIMP
audio editor: Audacity
video editor: Kino
drive partitioning: GParted
antivirus: ClamAV
firewall: Firestarter
email: Thunderbird (sudo apt-get install mozilla-thunderbird)
dvd burning: K3b
pdf reader: KPDF, Evince, KGhostView
desktop: SuperKaramba (KDE only!), Beryl, Compiz
asio: JACK
daw: Ardour, Hydrogen, Rosegarden
games: Advanced strategy command

find a text file?: locate filename
view a text file?: more filename
edit a text file?: gedit filename
find a file containing …?: locate *.txt | grep sometext
install a package?: sudo apt-get install packagename
uninstall a package?: sudo apt-get remove packagename
define custom keyboard shortcuts?: ...
mount a disk partition permanently?: sudo gedit /etc/fstab, add e.g. /dev/disk/by-label/IBM_PRELOAD /home/jj/sys_xp ntfs-3g locale=en_US.utf8,user,noauto,uid=1000,gid=1000,dmask=0000,fmask=0111,dir_umask=0000,file_umask=0111 0 0
set environment variables?: /etc/environment
edit keyboard layout?: sudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xkb/symbols/cz
set permissions recursively + conditionally?: find /home/user/demo -perm 777 -print -exec chmod 755 {} \;
make xampp start automatically after reboot?: sudo ln -s /opt/lampp/lampp /etc/init.d/lampp sudo update-rc.d -f lampp defaults
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JaZzy JunGgle