getting up and going on linode with debian 6

linode-debian-initial

ssh root@_

echo "kitsune" > /etc/hostname
hostname -F /etc/hostname

to /etc/hosts:
12.34.56.78                     plato.example.com        plato
2600:3c01::a123:b456:c789:d012  plato.example.com        plato

dpkg-reconfigure tzdata

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade --show-upgraded

apt-get install sudo #debian 6 didn't have it

adduser naveen
usermod -a -G sudo naveen
^d
ssh naveen@_

sudo apt-get install git

# ssh
# enable id_rsa.pub for naveen

# ssh
# disable root login
# disable passwordauthentication

# setup iptables

# the rest of the rules are in the linode setup howto