What You Need To Do After Installing Ubuntu 10.10

Every six months these articles become popular. I've been using Ubuntu 10.10 (Maverick Meerkat) for a few months now and I thought I'd share what I thought.

For most users

Step 1:
Install Ubuntu 10.10

Step 2:
Install the little extras you might want, such as Thunderbird, Galeon, etc.

Step 3:
Enjoy!

For cli users

Step 3:

apt-get install aptitude
aptitude purge vim-tiny
aptitude install vim

Step 4:
Enjoy!

For psychotic users like me

Step 1:
Grab Alternate CD
Install "Command Line" system

Step 2:
Strip the crap out of it - bare essential packages only!

Step 3:
TOO MANY PACKAGES! Get them out.
No, you don't need that, prove to me you can't boot or network without it..

Step 4:
Get rid of vim-tiny; bring in vim and aptitude.

Step 5:
Tell aptitude not to bring in suggested/recommended packages.
Now just install the bare minimum system you need

Step 6:
Create a chroot; hop into it.
Install what you need for compiling things.

Step 7:
Grab the kernel source, trim down until there's almost nothing there.
Install that kernel to your system and remove all the other kernel stuff.
I like monolithic because now I have no need for copying modules.
I also trimmed it to the point where I don't need initramfs/initrd.

Step 8:
Looks good? Now trim it some more.

Step 9:
Tweak the crap out of openbox and anything else you need.

Step 10:
Enjoy!

Just for the heck of it, I decided to post my .config. I usually get asked for it when I mention a stripped down kernel.