Leo:Ubuntu config

This list gets updated as I remember or install new essentials for my Ubuntu environment.

Private config

I have my private config in a SVN repository, so I can update my various workspaces. Some examples for stuff in my configuration:

• startup scripts: .bashrc and various dot-files
• aliases
• ~/bin - various custom scripts
• ~/lib - custom libraries
• icons
• work environment configurations, for example, custom menus in Nautilus

Development environment

sudo apt-get install build-essential
sudo apt-get install emacs-snapshot
sudo apt-get install subversion rapidsvn meld 

Microsoft fonts

...so that documents created by MS look better

sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts
sudo fc-cache -fv

SSD tweaks

• Add noatime option for the partition on SSD in /etc/fstab

• Create /tmp in RAM by editing /etc/fstab

• Set the scheduler to deadline (as opposed to cfq) in grub

• Move Firefox cache to /tmp/...

• Check the read speed of your HD:

sudo hdparm -t /dev/sda

• Useful info and acknowledgements: four tweaks...