•  Here I will put basic instructions on what I (have to) do to a fresh ubuntu installation. I am going to break it into 2 categories. The first will be what I "need" and the second is what I "almost need." This page was written for ubuntu feisty (7.04) or linuxmint cassandra 
• fedora

http://mikesubuntu.blogspot.com/

Need

Screen Resolution Fix

• Backup /etc/X11/xorg.conf 
• Replace with this
• Ctrl+alt+backspace
• congrats

 OR: 

run:  sudo dpkg-reconfigure xserver-xorg in the terminal. Follow the instructions.

 

Automatix (2)

• download proper .deb
• install

•  Stuff I usually Install Right Away: (or within a day or so)
• Swiftfox
• Wine
• Archiving Tools
• Boot Up Manager
• Google Earth
• ilinux (ESPECIALLY on linuxmint)
• Songbird
• Frostwire
• Check Gmail
• AUD DVD Codecs
• Flash Player
• MPlayer and FF Plugin
• Multimedia Codecs
• Swiftfox Plugins
• Gnomebaker
  

Compiz Fusion (regular beryl still below)

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=272104

 

then add 

compiz --replace

emerald --replace

to startup
 

Beryl  

• paste into terminal:
  

sudo echo "Beryl & nVidia installation script for ubuntu Ubuntu Feisty"

sudo cp /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/sources.list.backup.beryl-script

echo "deb http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org feisty main

deb-src http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org feisty main" | sudo tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list 

wget http://ubuntu.beryl-project.org/root@lupine.me.uk.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - 

sudo apt-get update 

sudo apt-get -y install beryl beryl-manager emerald-themes 

sudo cp /usr/share/applications/beryl-manager.desktop /etc/xdg/autostart/beryl-manager.desktop 

cp /usr/share/applications/beryl-manager.desktop ~/Desktop/beryl-manager.desktop 

echo -e "Logout now and then press \e[0;31mCTRL+ALT+BACKSPACE\e[0m to restart xorg" echo "Installation completed !"

•  BEFORE CTRL + ALT + Backspace, check that the restricted friver for nvidea is ENABLED
  

  

Firefox Tweaks:

widgets:

follow these instructions

http://ubuntudaily.com/2007/03/08/how-to-prettify-the-firefox-widgets/

firefox-widgets-10.tar.bz2 is a copy of the file to download 

install to default location (for firefox)

and to "/opt/swiftfox/" for swiftox

extensions:

I usually install the following:

stumbleupon 

dowload statusbar

google browsersync

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1865

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/2497