This is how I use Ubuntu… if you mind?

Bépo (french Dvorak) is not an available keyboard layout in the Graphical installation. This is a pity. But, once installed,to switch to a Bépo keyboard layout:

sudo dpkg-reconfigure keyboard-configuration

Firefox and Thunderbird are replaced by Iceweasel and Icedove. But it's the same piece of software. If you already have a firefox session saved in your home folder, it will find it and all your settings will be available in Iceweasel. For Thunderbird, you'll needd to rename the ~/.thunderbird folder to ~/.icedove before starting it for the first time.

To get the latest Firefox on your system, here's the way to go: http://crunchbang.org/forums/viewtopic.php?id=27526 The trick is to change the /etc/apt/preferences file.

Scanning software not installed by default: Choose Xsane or Simple-scan

• Ubuntu One + Ubuntu One music store
• Rhythmbox

• Install GPointing to get scrolling on the touchpad (on Dell 6400)
• Indicators missing… Let the Notification area come back again (in french)

Useful resource for tweaking: http://www.webupd8.org/2012/04/things-to-tweak-after-installing-ubuntu.html

Some tweaking tools to try (haven't really found one that I'm happy with):

• Change icon size in Unity2D the hard way
• MyUnity (MyUnity is mainly for Unity3D)
• Unity-2D-settings
• Unsettings

• Gimp
• Inkscape
• Phatch
• Agave
• Hamster + Hamster-indicator (to add on startup)
• Git
• Filezilla
• Revelation + revelation indicator (to add on startup)
• Processing
• Back in Time
• Opera
• Chromium
• Vlc
• Eclipse
• Gnote
• Shutter
• Google calendar indicator (first start at /usr/share/calendar-indicator/ )
• Tomahawk (remove phonon-backend-gstreamer and add phonon-backend-vlc)
• checkinstall
• soundconverter
• eid
• sublime-text
• Sun-java-7 + plugin
• Fontforge
• Bitcoin

• Ubuntu 10.04