My tools for development under Ubuntu
Posted on | August 29, 2007 | No Comments
My work machine recently developed the click of death, so I had to get a new hard drive and reinstall everything. Just in case this happens again, and in case anyone else is interested, below is the list of things I install in addition to the standard Ubuntu installation:
Development
- build-essential
- ruby1.8, librubymysql, ruby-devel,gems
- mysql
- vim-full (ruby, perl, etc)
- subversion
- kernel-headers
- exuberant ctags
Config
- nvidia-glx
- envy
- gnome-color-chooser
Graphics
- inkscape
- gimpshop
Connectivity
- synergy
- ssh-server
- citrix client
- sshfs
- nfs
- smbfs
Misc
- firefox extensions
- compiz-fusion
- amarok
- restricted codecs (w32codecs, mp3, flash, etc)
- msttcorefonts
- gmail-notifier
- tilda
- vmware-server
- opera
- ies4linux
There are a bunch of other things I have to set up as well, such as NFS mounting the dev server, installing Vim plugins, and reinstalling my Firefox extensions, but for the most part it took about an hour and a half from the start of install to finish for me to get my box up and running nicely again. I really like Ubuntu’s package management 
Protip: Put your dot files (such as .gaim or .vimrc) into subversion. Makes migrating and recovering from HDD failure very easy.
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