Login as root _ cat > /etc/apt/sources.list /etc/apt/apt.conf.d/99translations apt-get update apt-get upgrade apt-get install sudo #Run visudo and add your user: yourmainuser ALL=(ALL) NOPASSWD: ALL #Logout of root (type exit) and login as yourmainuser _ sudo apt-get install openssh-server rsync curl vim htop iotop multitail nmap kpartx parted smartmontools hdparm ntfsprogs sysstat ntp ntpdate bridge-utils ethtool ifenslave-2.6 python nfs-common nfs-kernel-server unzip unrar ssh...

<p>This topic helps with two things. One is to upgrade an old Ubuntu release to a new release, and by old I mean one that is no longer supported. Keep in mind that if say 9.04 is unsupported, but 9.10 is still supported, you can simply do the <tt>do-release-update</tt>. This doc helps when both 9.04 and 9.10 and above are EOL (end of life). Second is to maintain the use of an old Ubuntu distro even after its repositories stop working. Basically if you don't install the LTS (Long Term Support) release of Ubuntu then your distro is only supported for about a year. After that year all your repositories (using apt-get) fail and cannot be found. <strong>This is because Ubuntu archives the old repositories to a different URL.</strong> You don't actually have to upgrade your old Ubuntu distro, and you can continue to use it and its repos, you just have to switch to the new repo URL's. See below.</p>

Install the Intel Corporation PRO/Wireless 2200BG on linux http:wiki.debian.org/ipw2200 http:wiki.debian.org/WiFi/HowToUse Wicd for XFCE is an awesome wifi manager sudo apt-get install wicd /etc/init.d/wicd start wicd-client -n &

Awesome ubuntu respins (wow, this is what I have been looking for forever, its perfect) https:help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCDCustomization Nice ubuntu remaster, notice how they copy certain home folders to /etc/skel http:crunchbanglinux.org/forums/topic/2859/remastersys-guide-create-your-own-ubuntubased-distro/ http:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_remastering_software remastersys (debian ubuntu) systemimager (any?) kickstart (Red Had/Fedora/Centos) remasterme (PCLinuxOS) Mount an ISO, then chroo...

You can see a list of all packages installed by dpkg --get-selections, some packages will say "deinstall" next to them, this means that package has been uninstalled, but old data is still ramaining. You can purge these uninstalled packages by dpkg --purge the-nameof-the-package. If you wanted to write a loop to --purge all package with deinstall, do this for i in $(dpkg --get-selections|grep deinstall|awk '{print $1}'); do dpkg -P $i; done To Count installed packages dpkg --get-selections|grep i...