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Burn the stick

get stick path: lsblk

then: sudo dd if=~/Desktop/linuxmint.iso of=/dev/sdX oflag=direct bs=1048576

Start

  • Update drivers
  • Update ubuntu system
  • Install a decent dock
  • Turn on edge scrolling
  • Language and keyboard layout
  • Don't forget to reboot

Tools

R, python and jupyter

R latest version

https://askubuntu.com/questions/218708/installing-latest-version-of-r-base

Install R studio

sudo apt install libjpeg62
wget --tries=3 --timeout=120 https://download1.rstudio.org/rstudio-xenial-1.1.383-amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i rstudio-*-amd64.deb

Installing jupyter

Change python alias to python3

pip3 install --upgrade pip
pip3 install jupyter

Install jupyter to work with R

apt-get -y install libcurl4-gnutls-dev
install.packages("devtools", dependencies = TRUE)

Numpy and other

python -m pip install --user numpy scipy matplotlib ipython jupyter pandas sympy nose

Sublime

additional packages

  • wordhighlight
  • markdown editing
  • alignment - to align comments and variables, makes the script less messy (cntrl + alt + A)

Social

  • slack
  • yakyak for hangouts

Connect to server

Create necessary aliases, such as f.ex:

Current aliases

alias subl=/path/sublime_text
alias ms=/path/ms
alias python=python3
alias server='ssh server.uni.edu'
alias server2='ssh server.uni.edu'
alias bash2server='ssh -t avershinina AT server.uni.edu /bin/bash'
alias notebook2server2='ssh -N -f -L localhost:8888:localhost:8889 avershinina AT server2.uni.edu'

Env

https://nextsource.deviantart.com/art/Xubuntu-16-04-Desktop-617632029

Bluetooth problems

If you are messing up with the freaking Broadcom adapter, after installing and reinstalling you should not REBOOT the machine. Shut it down and start again according to this thread. Reboot does not work.