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Ubuntu 14.04 useful PPA & utility installs
#!/bin/bash
# Copyright (C) 2015 Mike Stewart.
# Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document
# under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3
# or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation;
# with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts.
# A copy of the license is included in the section entitled "GNU
# Free Documentation License".
# This script was written for cut & paste into a terminal shell, but it
# should work as an actuall shell script. Use at your own risk, it hasn't been tested.
echo "Install useful PPA's for Atom text editor, Latest GIMP, Inkscape, Mypaint, Hexchat, and Simple Screen Recorder"
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:webupd8team/atom
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:inkscape.dev/stable
sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:achadwick/mypaint-testing
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/hexchat-stable
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:maarten-baert/simplescreenrecorder
echo "Install PPA's for useful desktop indicators"
# System Monitor Indicator
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:indicator-multiload/stable-daily
#indicator-VirtualBox, indicator-lunar, and others
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:thebernmeister/ppa
sudo apt-get update
echo "#installing indicators"
sudo apt-get install -y redshift-gtk indicator-multiload indicator-cpufreq indicator-virtual-box
echo "#installing developer programs & utilities"
sudo apt-get install -y atom zsh guake git gitg meld nautilus-compare autokey-gtk grsync pcmanfm
echo "#installing misc programs"
sudo apt-get install -y gnote hexchat keepassx
echo "#installing graphic utilities"
sudo apt-get install -y gimp inkscape shutter simplescreenrecorder mypaint mypaint-data-extras key-mon
echo "#installing gnome system utilities"
sudo apt-get install -y gnome-activity-journal gconf-editor compizconfig-settings-manager
echo "#installing Ubuntu Unity utilities"
sudo apt-get install -y unity-tweak-tool unity-webapps-googlecalendar
echo "#disable unity lens shopping-suggestions"
gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Lenses disabled-scopes "['more_suggestions-amazon.scope', 'more_suggestions-u1ms.scope', 'more_suggestions-populartracks.scope', 'music-musicstore.scope', 'more_suggestions-ebay.scope', 'more_suggestions-ubuntushop.scope', 'more_suggestions-skimlinks.scope']"
echo "Manually install # Insync: https://www.insynchq.com/downloads"
echo " # DropBox: https://www.dropbox.com/install?os=lnx"
echo " # VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/wiki/Downloads"
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