Alan, Alan Pope wrote:
> Here's a question for the group. If you install a clean Ubuntu system > for yourself (or perhaps someone else), what are the key things you add > to the system after, to get a "works for me" desktop? And here is my list: unison unison-gtk mozilla-thunderbird mozilla-thunderbird-enigmail revelation vym anjuta libtemplate-perl libtemplate-perl-doc build-essential sun-java6-jdk sun-java6-jre libglut3-dev ttf-ubuntu-title nautilus-open-terminal language-pack-gnome-en gpc sun-java6-plugin virtualbox-ose hugin openssh-server fail2ban nmap ddclient ufraw gimp-ufraw imagemagick libimage-exiftool-perl gthumb transfig xfig pan compizconfig-settings-manager sshfs I keep this in a file called packages and add to it whenever I install a package. I can then run the following script to install it all: #!/bin/bash sudo aptitude install `grep -v '^#' packages` Regards, Tony. -- Tony Arnold, Tel: +44 (0) 161 275 6093 Head of IT Security, Fax: +44 (0) 870 136 1004 University of Manchester, Mob: +44 (0) 773 330 0039 Manchester M13 9PL. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/