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Ubuntu / Linux-Mint Desktop Initial Setup

I like to have a bunch of stuff installed and configured when I set up a new Linux Ubuntu/Mint instance.

This script brings a freshly created instance up to scratch, including

• installing base apt packages,
• putting /etc under Git version control,
• adding the main user to essential groups, and
• instituting bash history logging.

ATTENTION: Be sure to check out what the script does before blindly running it!

URL="https://raw.githubusercontent.com/marcg1968/devops/main/ubuntu_setup_desktop.sh"
curl -s "$URL" | bash

alternatively

wget -qO - "$URL" | bash