O.S. Post Installation Tricks

🐧 Linux (Debian)

Post Installation

Area	Details
Updates	sudo apt update → refresh package lists sudo apt upgrade → install available updates sudo apt full-upgrade → upgrade including dependency changes sudo apt dist-upgrade → handle more complex dependency changes sudo apt autoremove → remove unnecessary packages
Configuration	Set up a cron job to run every 5 minutes and ping a health‑check URL: */5 * * * * curl -fsS -m 10 --retry 5 -o /dev/null https://hc-ping.com/<your-endpoint> This ensures the system reports availability regularly to a monitoring service.

Software - OpenSource

Category	Tools
Must to have	htop – interactive process viewer fastfetch – system information tool net-tools – legacy networking utilities (ifconfig, netstat, route) joe – nostalgic text editor
Nice to have	git – version control system ncdu – disk usage analyzer bat – cat clone with syntax highlighting dash to dock – gnome extension providing easier access to running apps

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🍏 MacOS

Post Installation

Area	Details
Configurations	Coming Soon
Dock	Finder, Launchpad, Safari, Whatsapp, Messages, Facetime, Calendar, Reminders, Home, Notes, Screenshot, Photos, App Store, System Settings, Calculator, Passwords, Terminal, MS OneNote, ADGuard VPN, Copilot, Visual Studio Code

Software - MAC

Category	Tools
Must to have	Coming Soon
Nice to have	Coming Soon

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💻 MS Windows

Post Installation

Area	Details
Privacy Script	Coming Soon
Taskbar	File Explorer, MS Edge, MS Outlook, MS Teams, MS OneNote, MS Word, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint, Notepad, Snipping Tool, Terminal

Software - WIN

Category	Tools
Must to have	Coming Soon
Nice to have	Coming Soon