GuenMat Tools

ui-buttonUSB boot

Press F8 on startup.

ui-buttonInstall aptitude

Type:
sudo apt-get install aptitude
sudo aptitude install bash-completion

ui-buttonActivate SSH access

Type:
sudo aptitude install openssh-server

ui-buttonConfigure ufw firewall

Install ufw firewall:
sudo aptitude install ufw
Then apply the following rules:
Generic rules:
sudo ufw default deny incoming
sudo ufw default allow outgoing
Domain:
sudo ufw allow domain
Internet:
sudo ufw allow ssh
sudo ufw allow ftp
sudo ufw allow www
sudo ufw allow https
sudo ufw allow http-alt
Emails:
sudo ufw allow imaps
sudo ufw allow ssmtp
sudo ufw allow xmpp-client
Remote desktop:
sudo ufw allow 5900
Samba:
sudo ufw allow 113
sudo ufw allow proto tcp from 192.168.0.0/24 to 192.168.0.0/24 port 135
sudo ufw allow proto tcp from 192.168.0.0/24 to 192.168.0.0/24 port 139
sudo ufw allow proto tcp from 192.168.0.0/24 to 192.168.0.0/24 port 445
sudo ufw allow proto udp from 192.168.0.0/24 to 192.168.0.0/24 port 137
sudo ufw allow proto udp from 192.168.0.0/24 to 192.168.0.0/24 port 138
Transmission:
sudo ufw allow 9099
sudo ufw allow 20500:20599/tcp
sudo ufw allow 20500:20599/udp
Printer sharing:
sudo ufw allow 631
NTP:
sudo ufw allow ntp
Squeezeserver:
sudo ufw allow 9000
sudo ufw allow 9090
sudo ufw allow 3483
Before applying the new rules, the logging can be activated with:
sudo ufw logging on
Then reload the configuration with:
sudo ufw enable
The firewall status is visible with:
sudo ufw status
To stop the firewall, the command is:
sudo ufw disable
All the existing rules can be removed with:
sudo ufw reset
And finally, to display the log, type:
sudo tail -f /var/log/ufw.log

ui-buttonMount network drives

First create the destination folders:
sudo mkdir /nas
sudo mkdir /nas/Documents
sudo mkdir /nas/Livres
sudo mkdir /nas/Musique
sudo mkdir /nas/Photos
sudo mkdir /nas/Projets
sudo mkdir /nas/Sauvegardes
sudo mkdir /nas/Video
sudo mkdir /nas/Tmp
sudo mkdir /nas/Download
With the proper rights:
sudo chown -R guenmat /nas
With the proper rights:
sudo vi /etc/fstab
Add "noatime,nodiratime" options for / :
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=e4bc5c1e-94a2-4d02-88c1-20761913e8d0 /               ext4    errors=remount-ro 0       1
Becomes
# / was on /dev/sda1 during installation
UUID=e4bc5c1e-94a2-4d02-88c1-20761913e8d0 /               ext4    noatime,nodiratime,errors=remount-ro 0       1
And add the following lines (replace LOGIN and PASSWORD with their values):
# Add Buffalo NAS HDD mount
//192.168.0.100/Documents /nas/Documents cifs username=LOGIN,password=PASSWORD,rw,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,_netdev 0 0
//192.168.0.100/Livres /nas/Livres cifs username=LOGIN,password=PASSWORD,rw,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,_netdev 0 0
//192.168.0.100/Musique /nas/Musique cifs username=LOGIN,password=PASSWORD,rw,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,_netdev 0 0
//192.168.0.100/Photos /nas/Photos cifs username=LOGIN,password=PASSWORD,rw,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,_netdev 0 0
//192.168.0.100/Projets /nas/Projets cifs username=LOGIN,password=PASSWORD,rw,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,_netdev 0 0
//192.168.0.100/Sauvegardes /nas/Sauvegardes cifs username=LOGIN,password=PASSWORD,rw,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,_netdev 0 0
//192.168.0.100/Video /nas/Video cifs username=LOGIN,password=PASSWORD,rw,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,_netdev 0 0
//192.168.0.100/Tmp /nas/Tmp cifs username=LOGIN,password=PASSWORD,rw,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,_netdev 0 0
//192.168.0.100/Download /nas/Download cifs username=LOGIN,password=PASSWORD,rw,iocharset=utf8,file_mode=0777,dir_mode=0777,_netdev 0 0
To apply the new configuration without reboot:
sudo mount -a
To disable the configuration:
sudo umount -a

ui-buttonUpgrade softwares

Do not forget to add blocking rules from the site:
http://www.iblocklist.com/lists.php
More precisely for France, apply:
http://list.iblocklist.com/?list=fr&fileformat=p2p&archiveformat=gz
Start transmission on startup:
Nom : Transmission
Exécutable : transmission-gtk -m

ui-buttonInstall squeezecenter

Download latest version at:
http://www.mysqueezebox.com/download
Then type:
sudo dpkg -i logitechmediaserver_*_all.deb
The sofware will be available at:
http://localhost:9000

ui-buttonInstall Conky

Type:
sudo aptitude install conky
Then download scripts at:
http://www.guenmat.com/portail/public/file/servlet?code=6_1407676044387
And type:
tar xzvf conkytheme.tar.gz
mv .conkytheme /home/guenmat
To try manually the configuration, type:
conky -c /home/guenmat/.conkytheme/conkyrc-eeebox-big
In order to start conky automatically on startup, create a new script with:
vi ~/conkystartup.sh
And paste the following content:
#!/bin/bash
sleep 15&&
conky -c /home/guenmat/.conkytheme/conkyrc-eeebox-big
Change the script execution rights:
sudo chmod +x ~/conkystartup.sh
Then use the ubuntu "Startupt applications" tool to create a new entry calling the previous script.

ui-buttonInstall teamviewer

Download the latest 32bits version at:
wget http://download.teamviewer.com/download/teamviewer_linux.deb
Then type:
sudo aptitude install gdebi
sudo gdebi teamviewer_linux.deb
sudo rm -f teamviewer_linux.deb
Validate and proceed with the installation.

ui-buttonDisable adverts

Type:
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Lenses disabled-scopes "['more_suggestions-amazon.scope', 'more_suggestions-u1ms.scope', 'more_suggestions-populartracks.scope', 'music-musicstore.scope', 'more_suggestions-ebay.scope', 'more_suggestions-ubuntushop.scope', 'more_suggestions-skimlinks.scope']"

ui-buttonInstall missing codecs

Type:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras libavcodec-extra