Setting up a new GNU/Linux computer (Debian/Ubuntu flavor) for Drupal work, Agaric style

Create an SSH key

Send a copy of the public key to an agaric with access to the test server to add it there. Read more about setting up public keys and agent forwarding.

Get Drush

Follow composer instructions on https://github.com/drush-ops/drush (preferred over apt-get or PEAR.)

Create a directory for your Drush extensions:

Extras

Prerequsite software for the Vim configuration

Get the same bash shortcuts, vim configuration etc. as ben

You'll need Git first, but you'll need that anyway:

A set of scripts mostly adopted and used by ben so far available on gitorious.

And to ~/.bashrc add:

And to ~/.vimrc add:

Shopping-free Ubuntu

Optional, for personal taste, if on Ubuntu: Remove the shopping results from Ubuntu unity search, http://fixubuntu.com

Prerequisite for Drake

You'll need Rake for Drake to work:

(i think sudo to install a gem is wrong, but the alternative is write permissions for local user to both /var/lib/gems/ and /usr/local/bin)

And continue on to Deploying the Agaric way!