Fresh install - First settings

That's how I set up a new Ubuntu installation.

1. Let the system make its updates (Menu > System > Administration > Update Manager or on a terminal: update-manager)

2. Install proprietary drivers (Menu > System > Administration > Hardware Drivers or on a terminal: jockey-gtk)

3. Copy my keyboard shortcuts folders to
             ~/.gconf/apps/metacity
          and
             ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/keybindings

    And copy my OpenOffice folder settings to
             ~/.openoffice.org/3/user

    And copy my Templates to
             ~/

    Optionally in a terminal:

cp -R ~/Downloads/metacity/ ~/.gconf/apps/ ; cp -R ~/Downloads/keybindings/ ~/.gconf/desktop/gnome/ ; cp -R ~/Downloads/user/ ~/.openoffice.org/3/ ; cp -R ~/Downloads/Templates/ ~/ 

4. Configure my panel to  have
Main Menu / Workspace Switcher / Global Menu / System Monitor
and set the my weather location.
Should looks like this:

5. Open "Ubuntu Software Center" and install:

       - Parcellite (clipboard manager)
       - Gimp (image editor)
       - Chromium (web browser)
       - Home Bank (finance manager)
       - Stellarium (planetarium)
       - Cheese (webcam booth)
       - Kid3-qt (mp3 tag)
       - Compiz (advanced desktop effects settings and extra plugins)
       - MountManager (configure fstab)
       - Sun Java Runtime Environment
       - Sun Java Plugin (browser plugin)
       - GStreamer extra plugins
       - ChmSee ou Kchmviewer
       - Desktop-Webmail (see this)
       - Tracker (Gnome search tool)
       - GNU Chess
       - Restricted Extras (support for mp3 and others audio formats)
       - Docky (for my wife and newcomers)

Or else copy this on a terminal:

sudo apt-get update ; sudo apt-get install -y aptitude ; sudo aptitude install -y parcellite gimp chromium-browser homebank stellarium cheese kid3-qt compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-fusion-plugins-extra mountmanager sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly kchmviewer desktop-webmail tracker-search-tool glchess ubuntu-restricted-extras flashplugin-nonfree 

ps.: with this command won't install Docky and will also install:

   - aptitude, as it is preferable to apt-get (http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=379804) and then use aptitude to install others packages.
   - adobe-flashplugin-nonfree, wich you can get here too: http://get.adobe.com/flashplayer

6. Install Dropbox: https://www.dropbox.com/install

7. Install Virtualbox: http://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Linux_Downloads

8. Medibuntu: https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

a) Add repository:

sudo wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list && sudo apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get --quiet update 

b) Install some stuffs and libdvdcss2 to play encrypted DVDs.

sudo aptitude -y install app-install-data-medibuntu apport-hooks-medibuntu libdvdcss2 

Updated at:
01/11/2010

That's it. ;-)