This is our basic things to do after installing new Debian system aptitude install apt-file vim less mc bzip2 ssh collectd apache2 postfix monit parted pciutils \ smartmontools locate ntpdate ntp librrds-perl tcpdump logwatch hdparm libhtml-parser-perl host \ telnet strace dnsutils unzip pwgen cron-apt iptraf fail2ban zile updatedb ed -s /etc/vim/vimrc <<< $',s/"syntax on/syntax on/g\nw' ed -s /etc/vim/vimrc <<< $',s/syntax off/syntax on/g\nw' cat >> /root/.bashrc <> /etc/aliases newaliases