# Blended configuration

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[[!tag debian blog]]

I want all my computing environments "furnished" similarly and as close
to my personal taste as possible - be it big and small machines,
self-administered and user accounts of others.

...and not only for myself - similar is needed for the environments I
help maintain for my friends [Siri][], [Erik][] and [Peter][].

[Siri]: http://sirireiter.dk/
 "Siri Reiter - my girlfriend and closest colleague"

[Erik]: http://www.erikjosefsson.eu/
 "Erik Josefsson - fellow Freedom fighter at the European Parliament"

[Peter]: http://niebieskirekin.com/om.htm
 "Peter Haselmann - bold and grounded movie and TV producer"

The environments are seldom fully equal, so simply copying things around
is rarely useful.

Here's a checklist of things that I need to customize and syncronize for
me and my friends to feel at $HOME...:

  * System-wide
    * Tools available on the system
    * Graphical login and Desktop environments
    * Adjust fonts, colors etc. of terminal emulator, file manager etc.
    * Register SSH in monkeysphere, MAC in DHCP and hostname in DNS
  * Account
    * Syncronize browser bookmarks
    * Install/configure browser search plugins, config tweaks etc.
    * Setup email and messaging accounts, and syncronize archives
    * Syncronize development scripts, git repositories etc.
    * Register account in monkeysphere

Above is work-in-progress.  I hope to later extend with more details -
probably by linking to separate pages about each subtopic.