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CERN Hacks

This Gist is a guide on how to setup your computer at CERN with Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. Last tested by myself on a brand new computer on 18/11/2014, proof tested by @Alea88.

NOTE (26-02-2015)

With the kernel upgrade from 3.13.0-45-generic to 3.13.0-46-generic AFS stops working: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/openafs/+bug/1423151

Type this to check your kernel version:

dergachev

Vagrant Setup

This tutorial guides you through creating your first Vagrant project.

We start with a generic Ubuntu VM, and use the Chef provisioning tool to:

• install packages for vim, git
• create user accounts, as specified in included JSON config files
• install specified user dotfiles (.bashrc, .vimrc, etc) from a git repository

Afterwards, we'll see how easy it is to package our newly provisioned VM