NOTE:: the lines following ## you do NOT put in the console.
##Start off...
Check your sound and make sure it works. If you double click the sound icon and it never finds the service do this:
search files for "pulseaudio" Find the application named exactly that and get its address (mine was '/usr/bin/pulseaudio
open system > Startup Applications
Find the one that says "Start the pulse audioi sound system" and edit it replacing the location with the one you searched for. Save and exit.
##Check your wifi connection.
##open System > Network Connections > you should be able to WING it here but....if you arent getting any access points open a console and type...
iwconfig
## be sure you see your wifi card here. It will most likely be named wlan0 (you'll probably see a "lo" and a "eth0" as well.)
##If you have made it to this point MESSAGE me and i'll walk you through the rest of getting your pc set up...
## next
##open a console
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sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
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aptitude
##pretty sure you'll have it already...if you get a message saying aptitude not found blah blah blah then do:this
sudo apt-get install aptitude
##in aptitude you' can use the interface to update the database of available packages and updates. its not normally used anymore since apt-get does the same thing but this way you'll be able to browse through the packages availible and get an idea of what you may or may not want to install....
##usage: first things first, when you see a letter.....hit that letter on the keyboard. SHortcuts are listed beside each command in the menu bar...
u
g
g
u
g ##if necessary....updating and upgrading takes a while. This is essentially the same thing as sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
check some of these out: xmbc, reaver, john, oclhashcat, Cinnamon, Gnome3, wireshark, airodump-ng, hydra, cain and able, virtualbox, xchatirc, geany, INSERT PROGRAMMING LIBRARIES AND ENVIRONMENTS AND TOOLS ETC OF HOWEVER MANY LANGUAGES YOU WISH.....k that list should keep you busy for at least 4 days.