UNIX – Laptop Setup

ByDavid Kittell
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This is my basic setup for a laptop/desktop that I have for my family to use.

Debian Based

Should work on Debian, Ubuntu (all Ubuntu flavors)

Bash
sudo apt-get --assume-yes install ntp
sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/Detroit
sudo service ntp stop
sudo ntpdate us.pool.ntp.org
sudo service ntp start
echo nameserver 208.67.222.123 > /etc/resolv.conf
echo nameserver 208.67.220.123 >> /etc/resolv.conf
ifconfig eth0 | grep inet | awk '{ print $2 }'
ip addr show eth0 | grep inet | awk '{ print $2; }' | sed 's/\/.*$//'
curl http://kittell.net/ip.php

Red Hat Based

Should work on Red Hat, Rocky, CentOS, and Fedora

This first part is only needed for Red Hat

Bash
# Red Hat subscription Setup - Start
sudo subscription-manager register --username <RedHat.com username> --password <RedHat.com password> --auto-attach
sudo subscription-manager refresh
# Red Hat subscription Setup - Stop
Bash
sudo subscription-manager list
sudo subscription-manager repos > repolist.txt
osMajorVersion=$(cat /etc/redhat-release | grep -oP "[0-9]+" | head -1)
sudo subscription-manager repos --enable=rhel-${osMajorVersion}-for-x86_64-supplementary-rpms

sudo yum clean all
sudo yum repolist all
sudo yum -y update

sudo timedatectl set-timezone America/Detroit
sudo dnf install -y net-tools bind-utils nano wget

# Install Development Tools (Optional but suggested) - Start
sudo yum groupinstall 'Development Tools'
# Install Development Tools (Optional but suggested) - Stop

sudo yum -y install unzip bzip2

Fedora Specific Programs

Bash
cd ~/
#http://www.binarytides.com/better-fedora-20-xfce/
sudo dnf -y update
sudo dnf clean packages
sudo dnf -y install wget curl bind-utils

wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm
sudo dnf -y install google-chrome-stable_current_x86_64.rpm

sudo dnf install http://linuxdownload.adobe.com/adobe-release/adobe-release-x86_64-1.0-1.noarch.rpm -y
sudo rpm --import /etc/pki/rpm-gpg/RPM-GPG-KEY-adobe-linux
sudo dnf install flash-plugin -y

sudo dnf install vlc -y

sudo dnf install nautilus*.rpm

dnf --setopt=clean_requirements_on_remove=false remove libreoffice\*

## Fedora 21/20/19/18/17/16/15/14/13/12 and CentOS/RHEL 7.2/6.8 ##
yum remove openoffice* libreoffice*

dnf -y remove abiword gnumeric osmo asunder midori 

cd ~/

wget http://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/4.1.2/binaries/en-US/Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.2_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz/download -O Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.2_Linux_x86-64_install-rpm_en-US.tar.gz

tar -xvf Apache_OpenOffice_4.1.2*
cd en-US

echo -e "exclude=openoffice.org-ure* libreoffice-ure*" >> /etc/dnf/dnf.conf

rpm -Uvh RPMS/*.rpm RPMS/desktop-integration/openoffice4.1.2-redhat-*.rpm
Originally Posted on April 9, 2018
Last Updated on December 10, 2025
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