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[emorrp1]

mikesol, not really an easy way, but there are numerous ways. If you're that worried about it you could just stick with Felicia, it's a fine version. Before I learned packaging and git, I used to keep a couple of scripts that I'd run on a new install to setup the system exactly how I wanted it. Now I have a custom deb metapackage to install all my progs, and git for backing up my user settings.

[mikesol]

mikesol, not really an easy way, but there are numerous ways. If you're that worried about it you could just stick with Felicia, it's a fine version. Before I learned packaging and git, I used to keep a couple of scripts that I'd run on a new install to setup the system exactly how I wanted it. Now I have a custom deb metapackage to install all my progs, and git for backing up my user settings.

How do you do those scripts and metapackages? I really want to know...

Thanks

[emorrp1]

ok, so bash scripts are (pretty much) just a sequence of commands, one per line, read almost exactly as if you'd typed them directly into the terminal. To turn this list of commands into a script, you need to make the file executable, and make sure this is the first line in the file:

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#!/bin/bash

For instance I had an install script that was a list of apt-get lines. To learn more, you need to become familiar with the command line way of doing things: you can find loads of tutorials using google.

Also this is getting a bit off topic, if you have any more questions about the process, start a new thread. Good Luck!