1. A bad swap file entry in /etc/fstab stopped systemd from booting
2. systemd did’t like my ssd optimizations:
   • tmpfs /var/lock tmpfs defaults,noatime,mode=0755 0 0 # had to be commented out
   • had to do: mkdir /etc/tmpfiles.d/console-kit.conf to stop another error message

See ubuntuforums.org/…owthread.php

and bbs.archlinux.org/…ewtopic.php for explanations

Installed basic Kodi 14 with:

add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc/ppa
apt-get update
apt-get install kodi

• This was a recommended back-end to a tuner card, but have not tried it

apt-get install kodi-pvr-tvheadend-hts

• SuperRepo gives a lot of plug-ins: superrepo.org/get-started
• Other resources:
  • mymediaexperience.com/…c-guide
  • tutorial-iptv-xbmc.blogspot.ca/…
  • lifehacker.com/…c-media-center

• Broadly based on: foundation.zurb.com/…sass.html

Purpose of tools and their dependencies

• Bower
  • Function: to keep web assets up to date
    • Updates local versions of CSS, JS and HTML (i.e.

apt-get install openssh-server

Follow instructions on www.howtoforge.com/…untu-14.04

making particularly sure to follow them on the first setup screen when the database is chosen.

vi /etc/php5/apache2/php.ini and uncomment the line default_charset = "UTF-8"

service apache2 restart

• optionally add a line in fstab to put the data somewhere else:

/data/owncloud  /var/www        none    bind    0 0

Basic setup

echo 'apt update; apt dist-upgrade' > /root/up && chmod 700 /root/up
apt -y install openssh-server vim subversion git mysql-server
apt -y install gedit mysql-workbench
apt -y install python-mysqldb python-pip python-yaml
pip install python-redmine
apt -y install vlc wkhtmltopdf rdiff-backup evince keepassx
ln -sfn /usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf /usr/bin/wkhtmltopdf2 # alias for when more than one version is in use

• install X2Go from here: drup.org/setting-x2go
• install NXclient from: drup.org/installing-nx-server

Other software

• install Chrome from

• Install LAMP stack

apt -y install openssh-server
apt -y install tasksel
tasksel install lamp-server

• Some basic stuff

The latest git version of the MLT framework can be downloaded and compiled as decribed here: www.mltframework.org/…dScripts

wget http://github.com/mltframework/mlt-scripts/raw/master/build/build-melted.sh
sudo apt-get install nasm libmp3lame0 libgavl1 libsox2 libqt4-gui libexif12 libvdpau1
sudo apt-get install libsamplerate0-dev libsdl1.2-dev qtdeclarative5-dev libogg-dev
sudo apt-get install git automake autoconf libtool intltool g++ yasm nasm swig libmp3lame-dev libgavl-dev libsamplerate-dev libxml2-dev ladspa-sdk libjack-dev libsox-dev libsdl-dev libgtk2.0-de

Here are some good recommendations:

• sites.google.com/…sproject/ssd Solid State Drive (SSD): optimize it for Ubuntu 14.04, Linux Mint 17 and Debian
• www.namhuy.net/…inux-mint.html How to tweak and optimize SSD for Ubuntu, Linux Mint
• askubuntu.com/…the-os-for-ssds How do I optimize the OS for SSDs?
• wiki.debian.org/…DOptimization SSD Optimization for Debian
• www.leaseweblabs.com/…tu-linux 5 crucial optimiza

It’s important to remove any traces of the fake ffmpeg that Ubuntu unfortunately packages. You know you have it because if you run ffmpeg you get a vindictive message from former developers who left the project.

• Here is the info: askubuntu.com/questions/313217/install-latest-ffmpeg-for-all-users-in-debina-ubuntu

The official installation guide seems to be maintained regularly:

• ffmpeg.org/trac/ffmpeg/wiki/UbuntuCompilationGuide

Some problems and solutions are here:

• ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=786095

There is an excellent article here: www.makeuseof.com/…en-machines

• Create package list: dpkg --get-selections > ~/packagelist.txt
• Mark packages for reinstallation on new system dpkg --set-selections < ~/packagelist.txt
  • This will mark all packages, but it won’t install them until you run:
• apt-get -u dselect-upgrade