New PC setup notes

Here is how I set up my new work PC with Xubuntu, wmii, and conkeror using the wubi windows installer and my home mercurial repository of dot files. Notes: ti is a python script I use to interface with the remote machine that holds my mercurial repositories. I also have another python script which concatenates my configuration files in ~/etc with my local machine-specific configuration files in ~/local/localmachine/etc and puts them in my home directory. crayola is my home machine. cotton is my new work machine. (Actually I haven't changed the name yet.)

• I used the wubi installer to install Xubuntu as part of the Windows filesystem.
• I restarted the computer and selected to boot into Xubuntu. (I actually had to restart twice because the first time it was configuring stuff.)
• I ran the Update Manager.
• I installed Mercurial:

  $ sudo apt-get install mercurial

• I cloned my home directory repository and set it up:

  $ cd /home
  $ sudo mv sofeng sofeng-old
  $ sudo hg clone ssh://[email protected]//home/sofeng
  $ sudo mkdir -p ~/local/cotton/etc
  $ sudo mkdir -p ~/local/cotton/bin
  $ sudo chown -R sofeng:sofeng /home/sofeng
  $ cp ~/local/crayola/etc/.* ~/local/cotton/etc
  $ . ~/.bashrc

• I installed some stuff:

  $ sudo apt-get install wmii
  $ sudo apt-get install rxvt-unicode
  $ sudo apt-get install emacs-snapshot
  $ sudo apt-get install lastfm
  $ sudo apt-get install conky

• I logged out of Xfce and logged into wmii. Mod4+Enter to get a urxvt terminal.
• I cloned my conkeror repository:

  $ cd ~/lib
  $ ti clone conk