Apps I can't live without (well I can but they make my life easier) sudo apt-get install nautilus-gksu  remmina lvm2 gimp zip p7zip rar ubuntu-restricted-extras vlc thunderbird filezilla pidgin xaralx gpart openssh-server nfs-common nano kompozer ekiga nfs-kernel-server sysstat sshfs sabnzbdplus smbfs iwscanner sqliteman chromium-browser chromium-bsu -y  If needed  openshot gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse  Improve your desktop with Bisigi Themes  Ubuntu Lucid, Karmic in Just 2 Steps Open Terminal(Applications - Accessories - Terminal) and copy-paste the following line into Terminal. sudo add-apt-repository ppa:bisigi && sudo apt-get update Now, Install the themes in just one go. copy-paste the following command in Terminal. sudo apt-get install bisigi-themes Done. .

Rought explanation

ntfsprogs - suite of NTFS utilities - in layman’s terms, it allows you to read/write NTFS partitions (Windows partitions)
gpart - Another partitioner
dolphin - Useful file manager
lvm2 - Logical volume manager, very useful to manage several hard drives for the creation of a single volume.
kvpm - Another volume manager - created for KDE, works well under Gnome.
wine - Allows windows applications to run on Linux (Some applications) *
filezilla - Very complete and easy to use FTP client
virtualbox-ose - Virtualization software, used to run other operating System within your own environment.
openssh-server - enables remote terminal sessions to your machine.
nfs-common - enables your machine to create and manage NFS shares. (I personally create and manage NFS shares from Webmin)
nano - an easy to use terminal editor.
thunderbird - email client.



Useful tools not included in the repository

Webmin - Linux configurations
IPScan - Network Scanner
* Wine-Doors - Wine implementation
VirtualBox  32Bit - 64Bit - Virtualization software

Some useful scripts

This one is to cleanup older files, on a specific folder and sub-folders, it checks for files older than 29 days, 

 
find /Camera1/videos/* -mtime +29 -exec rm -f {} \;

This script is to filter and create two text files with specific words such as "sshd" and "errors"
grep "sshd" /var/log/messages* />/tmp/sshd_logins.txt  &&  grep "error" /var/log/messages* />/tmp/SSH_Login_Errors_$(date +%m%d%y).txt


Ubuntu Server GUI install


sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-desktop gdm -y
sudo shutdown -r now
sudo /etc/init.d/gdm start


To enable root access: (Not recommended for security reasons)

For version 9.10 open the console and set the password
sudo passwd root

For versions prior to 9.10
System-> Administration -> Users and Groups -->  Click on Unlock --> Select ROOT, Give it a password - Close
Then go to:
System-> Administration -> Login Window
Select the “Security” tab
Make sure “Allow Local System Administrator Login” is checked
Log out and log back as root.

Watch DVDs in Ubuntu

apt-get install gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse


/usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

If you have trouble finding this file, run              updatedb &&  locate install-css.sh 

Games:


apt-get install flightgear  warzone2100 -y