- Install via Unetbootin (I’m using Kubuntu these days)
- Fix monitors (important to do before next step)
- Install synergy
sudo apt-get install synergy
- Add synergy to startup (see http://askubuntu.com/questions/15212/start-synergy-on-boot)
- Connect to NAS
sudo apt-get install nfs-common sudo vi /etc/fstab 10.1.1.3:/volume2/data /home/mghicks/Data nfs rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,intr 10.1.1.3:/volume2/media /home/mghicks/Media nfs rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,intr mkdir /home/mghicks/Data /home/mghicks/Media sudo mount -a
- Additional repositories
sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.backup sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring sudo apt-get install linuxmint-keyring sudo apt-get update</span>
- Additional codecs, fonts, tools, etc.
sudo apt-get install ttf-mscorefonts-installer non-free-codecs flac libdvdcss2 vlc* mplayer dvdrip sudo apt-get install build-essential curl git-core
- Install Chromium
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
and extensions: Adblock Plus, Reddit Enhancement Suite, LiveReload, Personal Blocklist
- Install Banshee (not the best, but the only one I’ve found that *easily* syncs my ratings between players–suggestions welcome)
sudo apt-get install banshee
- Install Shotwell
sudo apt-get install shotwell