Things to setup on a New (Ubuntu/Linux) server

Mail
- Setup postfix
- Setup alias such that local mail gets forwarded (/etc/aliases)
SSH
- Generate SSH private and public keys
Tuning
- Change swapiness and other parameters based on server needs - sysctl.conf
Others
- Optionally ask server to reboot automatically on kernel panic
- Disable module i2c_piix4
- Install NRPE to be monitored
  - nagios-nrpe-server nagios-plugins
- Install x11-utils x11-xserver-utils
Packages to install
- If Physical Machine
  - cpp dkms gcc make heirloom-mailx mysql-common nmap postfix smartmontools sysstat unzip telnetd
- If VM
  - cpp gcc make heirloom-mailx mysql-common nmap postfix sysstat unzip telnetd