Mans-Manik

The standard Ubuntu installation comes already with a pretty complete set of software packages. Next to the standard set of packages I install on my desktop/laptop:

• ubuntu-restricted-extras: allerlei extra fonts, video codecs, etc.
• default-jre: installeer de java JRE
• geany: my favourite editor, very usefull for php, html, css, etc.
• meld: an easy diff program which also enables melding differences per line
• mozplugger: show PDF’s inside a tab of Firefox
• compizconfig-settings-manager: tune je desktop effecten
  • schakel de “Ring wisselaar” aan, zet daarbij “Volgende venster (alle werkruimten)” op toets Alt-Tab

And a bit of tuning:

• For 9.04 following command prohibits the pop-under of the upgrade program. It returns to the previous policy showing a notification icon:
  gconftool -s –type bool /apps/update-notifier/auto_launch false

There are many ways to create a favicon.ico but I found this to be quick and easy.
The setup on Ubuntu:

 sudo apt-get install imagemagick icoutils

then to create an icon:

convert image.gif -resize 32x32 favicon.png
icotool -c -o favicon.ico favicon.png