my basic installs for ubuntu based distros. Make sure to activate “Canonical Partners” repos before running

default-install.sh

#!/bin/sh

# Arc GTK theme
wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:Horst3180/xUbuntu_15.10/Release.key && sudo apt-key add - < Release.key &&
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/home:/Horst3180/xUbuntu_15.10/ /' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/arc-theme.list"

# Grub Customizer
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer

# Nemo without Cinnamon dependencies
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/nemo
# Atom editor ppa
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/atom

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install -y atom arc-theme grub-customizer nemo nemo-fileroller nemo-image-converter git ruby ruby-dev php5 gdebi guake plank numlockx xclip synaptic curl skype openvpn network-manager-openvpn-gnome

# Set Nemo as the default file manager
xdg-mime default nemo.desktop inode/directory application/x-gnome-saved-search && gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.background show-desktop-icons false && gsettings set org.nemo.desktop show-desktop-icons true