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First boot

Turn a fresh installation into your preferred baseline.

Update the system

sudo apt update
sudo apt full-upgrade

Add your essentials

Replace this example with the packages you actually use:

sudo apt install git curl vim tmux

Continue documenting

Good first-boot documentation usually covers repositories, firmware, shell setup, SSH keys, backups, firewall rules, and desktop preferences. Keep secrets and machine-specific credentials out of this repository.