Ubuntu tweaks

I'll try to update this to keep track of the tweaks I find necessary for ubuntu to work well.

Install System-wide Pulseaudio Equalizer:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:psyke83/ppa

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install pulseaudio-equalizer

Install Pulseaudio tools and alsaplayer plugin, etc:

sudo apt-get install libasound2-plugins "pulseaudio-*" paman padevchooser paprefs pavucontrol pavumeter

Multimedia Playing

sudo apt-get install totem vnc ubuntu-restricted-extras

sudo apt-get install libdvdread4 && sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh

Send email from cli with attachments

sudo apt-get install mutt

echo "see attached" | mutt -s "file attached" -a Documents/somefile.xls -- jdoe@somewhere.com

Network Troubleshooting Tools

sudo apt-get install iputils-tracepath nmap aircrack-ng

Remote Systems Administration

sudo apt-get install gtkvnc rdesktop tsclient