<Linux> Something to do after NEW Linux install

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* make sure using the command "cp" to backup your files before edit!

Edit boot information, e.g. make MS Windows as the default choice:
/boot/grub/menu.lst
default n (n equals to the count of "title" minus 1)

Let Linux not check the Windows FAT disks when boot:
/etc/fstab
change the last figure to 0

Change the sourses list:
/etc/apt/sources.list

Before using http proxy in xterm (Terminal):
export http_proxy=http://Username:Pass...@Proxy.Server:Port

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In order to start scim automatically in English locale:
Create a new file "75input" in "/etc/X11/Xsession.d/", contents as:
XMODIFIERS=@im=SCIM
GTK_IM_MODULE=scim
scim -d