debian post-installation

Useful utilities I like to install after a fresh Debian installation (or on a running system):

• vim-nox
• debfoster
• localepurge
• htop
• iotop
• mytop
• latencytop
• sysstat
• debian-archive-keyring (to avoid apt-get update warnings)
• apticron (list available updates of installed packages along with the differences in the two versions)
• hdparm (measure I/O speeds)
• virt-what (decide if we are running inside a VM and what type of VM)
• apt-file (search which package a file belongs to)
• checkinstall (a smarter make install replacement)
• screen (terminal multiplexer, also check out tmux & byobu)
• apt-listchanges
• apticron
• unattended-upgrades

Install all of them in one go:

apt-get update && apt-get install vim-nox debfoster localepurge htop iotop mytop \
latencytop sysstat debian-archive-keyring apticron hdparm virt-what apt-file checkinstall \
screen apticron apt-listchanges unattended-upgrades && apt-file update

This will be a rolling updated post as I use and learn more useful utilities.  Also, I may have to `dpkg -l` an already set up system to see what I am forgetting.