====== Debian GNU/Linux Mate desktop environment post-install ======

====== System applications ======
  * system-config-printer
  * mate-system-tools (to manage users and groups, date and time, network options, services and NFS/Samba shares)
  * simple-scan, cheese (if you have a scanner and webcam)
  * axel (CLI download accelerator)
  * libdvdread4 (for DVD playback)
  * preload (memory-caching for low-memory systems)
  * byobu (for CLI text window management, shell multiplexing)
  * firmware-linux-free 
  * fonts-croscore fonts-crosextra-caladea fonts-crosextra-carlito fonts-liberation - metric-compatible fonts  with Microsoft fonts
  * update-notifier 
  * mate-media-gstreamer 
  * tlp if using a laptop

====== Desktop applications ======

  * brasero (CD/DVD/ISO burning), audacious (music player), sound-juicer (for CD burning, listening, ripping)
  * caja-image-converter
  * vlc, browser-plugin-vlc (media player, browser plugin)
  * shutter, gnome-web-photo (screenshot tool with plugin to capture entire web pages w/o scrolling)
  * flac (sound codec)
  * inkscape gimp (image editors)
  * audacious (audio file editor)
  * hplip-gui (for HP printers management, including networked scan and memory card reading)
  * gnome-mines gnome-hearts gnome-mahjongg aisleriot - games found in default Windows installs
  * solaar (for Logitech wireless mice/keyboard pairing and config management)
  * transmission (Bittorrent client)
  * torbrowser-launcher (privacy-oriented browser
  * keepass2 - password manager

Command line to install all at once:

''sudo apt install system-config-printer mate-system-tools simple-scan cheese axel libdvdread4 preload byobu firmware-linux-free fonts-croscore fonts-crosextra-caladea fonts-crosextra-carlito fonts-liberation update-notifier mate-media-gstreamer tlp brasero audacious sound-juicer  caja-image-converter vlc browser-plugin-vlc shutter gnome-web-photo lac inkscape gimp audacious hplip-gui gnome-mines gnome-hearts gnome-mahjongg aisleriot solaar transmission (Bittorrent client) torbrowser-launcher keepass2''



====== System configuration ======

  * Plymouth with "Lines" theme (for a nice Debian logo + animation at boot)
  * Latest LibreOffice, youtube-dl, Linux kernel from backports
  * Latest Firefox following the recent re-branding
  * Latest kernel from backports, if needed
  * Automatic security upgrades (optionally, automatic upgrades for everything on stable) - unattended-upgrades package installation, followed by dpkg-reconfigure unattended-upgrades
  * Packages for language support (*-l10n and similar)