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h1. Xubuntu 14.04 1404 installation guidelines
The distribution GNU/Linux Xubuntu 14.04 has been chosen for several reasons: long term support (until 2017), active community, light desktop environment, available binary packages from Ettus Research.
h2. Partitioning
During the installation process, the following partitioning is recommended:
* primary SWAP, 1 GB;
* primary ext4, /, 40 GB;
* secondary ext4, /home, (remaining space).
h2. Packages installation
Get a root shell.
<pre>
sudo -s
</pre>
If needed, configure an HTTP proxy.
<pre>
export http_proxy=http://host:port
</pre>
Then, it is possible to complete the installation.
<pre>
apt-get install texlive-full texstudio auctex wireshark filezilla \ filezilla\
openssh-server vlc octave-communications subversion git thunar-vcs-plugin \ thunar-vcs-plugin\
xfce4-goodies arandr libreoffice-l10n-fr flashplugin-nonfree evince xournal \ xournal\
eog python-matplotlib python-scipy ctags doxygen ntpdate libpam-ldap nscd screen
</pre>
h2. Services configuration
h3. Sudo configuration
Allow variable
h3. Enable root account
h3. Enable LDAP authentication
h3. Enable NTP
The distribution GNU/Linux Xubuntu 14.04 has been chosen for several reasons: long term support (until 2017), active community, light desktop environment, available binary packages from Ettus Research.
h2. Partitioning
During the installation process, the following partitioning is recommended:
* primary SWAP, 1 GB;
* primary ext4, /, 40 GB;
* secondary ext4, /home, (remaining space).
h2. Packages installation
Get a root shell.
<pre>
sudo -s
</pre>
If needed, configure an HTTP proxy.
<pre>
export http_proxy=http://host:port
</pre>
Then, it is possible to complete the installation.
<pre>
apt-get install texlive-full texstudio auctex wireshark filezilla \ filezilla\
openssh-server vlc octave-communications subversion git thunar-vcs-plugin \ thunar-vcs-plugin\
xfce4-goodies arandr libreoffice-l10n-fr flashplugin-nonfree evince xournal \ xournal\
eog python-matplotlib python-scipy ctags doxygen ntpdate libpam-ldap nscd screen
</pre>
h2. Services configuration
h3. Sudo configuration
Allow variable
h3. Enable root account
h3. Enable LDAP authentication
h3. Enable NTP