Crazy tweakage...buddy ur nuts!

Ok, got this email a couple weeks ago from a friend of mine outlining a ton of tweaks...so seeing as how bogged down I am cramming for summer midterms I'm taking the easy way out and publishing it (I think I have his permission...if not he can sue me for the dollar in my wallet)..anyway:


-Firestarter slows boot, learn iptables and remove firestarter: http://tinyurl.com/cu4b6c (just a start, it'll take a lot more than this one site)
-Create a private encrypted folder: http://tinyurl.com/8zdlxk
-Lock CD tray when laptop lid down: http://tinyurl.com/bqdous
-Program voice commands: http://tinyurl.com/5fezf3
-Analyze & reduce power consumption: http://tinyurl.com/dxndn3
-Replace "win key" with "ubu key": http://tinyurl.com/6ysqgh
-2 Lists of security programs (Kismet, Nessus, Rkhunter and tiger sound interesting): http://tinyurl.com/667zxb, http://tinyurl.com/5nvmf2
-Encrypt entire Ubuntu drive: http://tinyurl.com/4t89xm
-Skype for Pidgin: http://tinyurl.com/6ht23m
-List of programs to securely delete files: http://tinyurl.com/7wgowy
-Make GIMP more like Photoshop: http://tinyurl.com/c4bdz7
-Switch out Nautilus for an alternate filesystem:
-Thunar: http://tinyurl.com/4k8omb
-PCManFM: http://tinyurl.com/4k8omb
-Firefox extension: Platypus
-Put an OS on a USB drive with UNetbootin: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
-Get rid of Vista partition and use VirtualBox instead
-Move from ext3 to ext4: http://tinyurl.com/c3vcaf
-Stream audio across LAN: http://tinyurl.com/dea7cl
-html Conky replacement: http://tinyurl.com/ce74cz
-Move /tmp to RAM for speed: http://tinyurl.com/d9v92t

And... if you like his blog can be found at:

http://themodlist.blogspot.com/

Check it out!!!