ubuntu oddness

This is my list of things that you need to do to an Ubuntu or LinuxMint installation to make it useful.

Packages can all be installed with "sudo apt-get install"

• build-essential ( gcc, g++, make, etc. )
• vim ( older version used vim-tiny by default, now they don't have vim at all ).
• ubuntu-restricted-extras ( this is unrar, flash, java, and the video codecs )
• mplayer vlc xine ( if you want want the good video players )
• chromium-browser

It seems they have broken the stuff over libdvdcss ( needed for DVD playback ). In the current LTS, apt can hangup on trying trying to fetch data from medibuntu ( which has shutdown ). The fix is to comment out the site in /etc/apt/sources.list

I have recently become a LinuxMint fan, here are my standard tweaks

# standard build tools

sudo apt-get install build-essential vim-scripts subversion git

# scripting languages

sudo apt-get golang vim-syntax-go php5-cli

# browser stuff

sudo apt-get install chromium-browser adobe-flashplugin

# video codecs, windows fonts ( probably not important

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-addons ubuntu-restricted-extras

# I use so many vms and remotes, I like to theme them differently

sudo apt-get install mate-backgrounds

#

# lately I have been doing some node-webkit stuff too

sudo apt-get install nodejs npm php5-cli

# now it is time to add the webkit stuff

sudo npm config set registry="http://registry.npmjs.org/"

sudo npm install -g nodewebkit

I prefer MATE over cinnamon, but I tend to remap the windows key to the menu, by default it is control+win-key. Right click on the menu button and pull up the preferences ( Super_L is the windows key ). Changing it does nothing until you restart X.