So you want to become a neckbeard?

Having wasted too much time installing Ubuntu on a laptop recently, I thought it would be helpful for the future self to document the issues.

Issues

I'm seeing one or more of the following issues with Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: - Missing text on the login screen - second monitor switching off - Hangs - Won't boot directly into the OS | Install Ubuntu 16.04 LTS which is not a piece of garbage. #omg
Migrate SSH keys from Putty to OpenSSH | https://askubuntu.com/questions/818929/login-ssh-with-ppk-file-on-ubuntu-terminal/818932
What are the correct permissions for the .ssh folder? | Typically you want the .ssh directory permissions to be 700 (drwx------) and the public key (.pub file) to be 644 (-rw-r--r--). Your private key (id_rsa) should be 600 (-rw-------). Lastly, your home directory should not be writeable by the group or others (at most 755 (drwxr-xr-x)).
How do I connect to our team networkshare automatically on startup? | sudo su apt install cifs-utils echo "//path/to/windows-share /mnt/team cifs credentials=/etc/samba/credentials,uid=1000 0 0" >> /etc/stab cat > /etc/samba/credentials <<EOC username=UserName password=PassWord EOC chown root.root /etc/samba/credentials && chmod 400 /etc/samba/credentials Change the username and password appropriately verify your userid is 1000 with id -u UserName
I skipped creating a passphase for my encrypted home directory, how do I do it now? | run "ecryptfs-unwrap-passphrase" in the terminal
How to stop the mouse sticking to the edges of the display | https://askubuntu.com/questions/119281/what-is-the-function-of-the-sticky-edges-on-off-setting-in-di...
Can't install vagrant plugins | Download vagrant from vagrantup.com
nfsd is not installed | sudo apt-get install nfs-kernel-server
vagrant booting vms reports a timetout | delete (rm) the IdentityFile mentioned in vagrant ssh-config

This document will get updated as I stumble and fix other issues.

App Alternatives

Clipboard manager | https://hluk.github.io/CopyQ/
Remote connection manager | https://snapcraft.io/pac-vs
Google Drive | https://www.howtogeek.com/196635/an-official-google-drive-for-linux-is-here-sort-of-maybe-this-is-al...
Phrase Expansion | https://leehblue.com/ubuntu-text-expander/https://github.com/leehblue/texpander
Screen Recorder | Kazam (https://askubuntu.com/a/29954), installs well with apt. Alternatively Simple Screen Recorder.

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