Operating System installation

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We'll install Ubuntu, the Linux operating system.

1. Download Ubuntu LTS (14.04) and make bootable USB with Startup Disk Creator, then install it on a target machine.

• Click System Settings -> Details -> Install Updates
• Fix locale & install required packages.
  

sudo locale-gen en_US.UTF-8 && locale-gen sk_SK.UTF-8 && dpkg-reconfigure locales && update-locale && \
apt-get update && apt-key update && \
apt-get install -y build-essential libpcre3-dev libssl-dev libwww-perl autoconf

Install OS utilities

Optionally you can install some useful utilities on your Linux operating system.

System Load Indicator

It displays CPU, memory, network, and other useful data in the OS toolbar.

sudo apt-get install -y indicator-multiload && indicator-multiload &