Install FTP server (vsftpd)

# install
apt-get -y install vsftpd

# configure (non anonymous)
cp /etc/vsftpd.conf /etc/vsftpd.conf.org
sed -i 's|anonymous_enable=YES|anonymous_enable=NO|g' /etc/vsftpd.conf
sed -i 's|#local_enable=YES|local_enable=YES|g' /etc/vsftpd.conf
sed -i 's|#write_enable=YES|write_enable=YES|g' /etc/vsftpd.conf
sed -i 's|#chroot_local_user=YES|chroot_local_user=YES|g' /etc/vsftpd.conf

# OPTIONAL: configure anonymous (DANGEROUS!!!)
sed -i 's|anonymous_enable=NO|anonymous_enable=YES|g' /etc/vsftpd.conf
sed -i 's|#anon_upload_enable=YES|anon_upload_enable=YES|g' /etc/vsftpd.conf
sed -i 's

Install lastest stable Firefox from PPA

<?php
$URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/panticz/installit/master/install.firefox.sh";
echo "wget $URL -O - | bash -";
echo " 

";
$c = curl_init();
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_URL, $URL);
curl_setopt($c, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
echo htmlspecialchars(curl_exec($c));
curl_close($c);
echo "

";
?>

Global Firefox extensions folder
/usr/lib/thunderbird-addons/extensions/

OPTIONAL: install flash
wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/pdc/11.2.202.233/install_flash_player_11_linux.x86_64.tar.gz -O /tmp/install_flash_player.tar.gz
tar -xzf /tmp/install_flash_player.tar.gz -C /tmp
cp /tmp/libflashplayer.so /usr/lib/firefox-addons/plugins/

OPTIONAL, install german language pack
http://www.gtlib.gatech.edu/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.6/linux-i686/xpi/de.xpi

Leo translate engine
http://dict.leo.org/pages.ende/toolbars_de.html

Gmail Notifier
http://www.nuko.org:4649/addons/temp/gmail_notifier-0.6.4.3.privateBuild1-fx.xpi

Links
http://www.daniel-ritter.de/blog/ubuntuzilla-immer-die-aktuelle-firefox-und-thunderbirdversion-unter-ubuntu

Create OpenSSL certificate for Apache (SSL with Apache2)

make-ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil --force-overwrite
a2enmod ssl
a2ensite default-ssl
service apache2 restart

# install packages
apt-get install openssl
# apache2 apache2.2-common php5

# enable ssl in apache
a2enmod ssl
a2ensite default-ssl

# default
make-ssl-cert generate-default-snakeoil --force-overwrite

# customized
openssl \
req \
-x509 \
-newkey rsa:2048 \
-sha256 \
-nodes \
-days 365 \
-keyout /etc/ssl/private/$(hostname -f).key \
-out /etc/ssl/certs/$(hostname -f).pem \
-subj "/C=DE/ST=NRW/L=Bonn/O=Example Inc/

Configure anonymous rsync account

# install rsync
apt-get install rsync

# configure share
cp /etc/rsyncd.conf /etc/rsyncd.conf.old
cat < /etc/rsyncd.conf
uid = nobody
gid = nogroup
timeout = 600
log file = /var/log/rsyncd.log
transfer logging = true

[ftp]
comment = public archive
path = /var/www/pub
use chroot = yes
EOF

# enable rsync demon
sed -i 's|RSYNC_ENABLE=false|RSYNC_ENABLE=true|g' /etc/default/rsync

# restart rsync
/etc/init.d/rsync restart

# EXAMPLES
# list shares / modules
rsync YOUR_SERVER::

# sync files
rsync -rP YOUR_SERVER::stsbox/* .

# LINKS
http://transamrit.

Ubuntu LiveCD quick tweaks

GoTo: Applications > Accessories > Terminal

SSH server
sudo apt-get install -y openssh-server
echo root:t00r | sudo chpasswd
ifconfig | grep Bcast | cut -d':' -f2 | cut -d' ' -f1

Adobe Flash
#wget http://fpdownload.macromedia.com/get/flashplayer/current/install_flash_player_10_linux.deb -P /tmp && \
#sudo dpkg -i /tmp/install_flash_player_10_linux.deb
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sevenmachines/flash
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install flashplugin64-installer

Skype

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