Here is a list of things to do when installing a new system:

Windows

• VLC
• Firefox + Adblock + Flashblock
• Flash
• Disable Flash updates
• OpenOffice
• Set default save formats for OO

Linux

• Adblock + Flashblock

Install the following

aptitude install mc pidgin x11vnc p7zip-full p7zip-rar k3b vlc gstreamer0.10-plugins-good gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly

Uninstall the following

aptitude purge gwibber gwibber-service empathy empathy-common nautilus-sendto-empathy ubuntuone-client ubuntuone-client-gnome ubuntuone-client-tools

Linux server

aptitude install mc libapache2-mod-evasive

WordPress

Setup the following:

• Y-m-d
• H:i
• Permalinks with date and name

Install the following:

• Category Posts Widget
• TinyMCE Advanced
• NoSpamNX
• ThreeWP Upcoming Posts

If you hate that worthless, piece-of-shit “sound server” they call Pulseaudio and want to prevent it from taking over your whole computer, try this script I found somewhere.

#!/bin/bash
touch ~/.pulse-a11y-nostart
echo autospawn = no|tee -a ~/.pulse/client.conf
killall pulseaudio

Reboot.

Then remove all the PulseShit packages. Sweet Jesus in Heaven, what were the Ubuntu people thinking when they made Pulseaudio the standard? How much were their kickbacks?

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