I’m still using Hardy (8.04 64 Bit) as I prefer to stick with LTS releases – This means another year to go with 8.04 before the next LTS (10.04). Until then, here’s the answers for the 10 things I do to customize a new Ubuntu Hardy installation: More here

Update June 16, 2009: Steven and Coder’s Wasteland has taken this post even further! In my opinion, he’s done a great job in providing a bash script that implements all the changes described in this post. Way to go Steven! You can read more about that (and get the script) at: Initial Ubuntu Install Items Script.