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Install Debian as Desktop Server

Add User to SUDO

su
vi /etc/group

Add bpopp to sudo group.

Add Hard Drives to FStab

# <device>             <dir>         <type>    <options>             <dump> <fsck>
/dev/sda1              /             ext4      defaults,noatime      0      1
/dev/sda2              none          swap      defaults              0      0
/dev/sda3              /home         ext4      defaults,noatime      0      2

Install NVIDIA Driver

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free
deb-src http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian/ jessie main contrib non-free

apt-get update

apt-get install nvidia-driver nvidia-xconfig

Run XConfig

nvidia-xconfig

Restart and then run nvidia settings

nvidia-settings

Install Multimedia Tools

Add something like this to /etc/apt/sources.list (with your preferred mirror):

deb http://ftp.us.debian.org/debian jessie-backports main

Then

apt-get update
apt-get install ffmpeg

Install PlexMediaServer

Download 64 bit .deb file from plex.tv

Install Conky

sudo aptitude install conky

Install Mumble Server

sudo aptitude install mumble-server
sudo dpkg-reconfigure mumble-server

Install Mumble Extension for PHP

Needed for conky integration.

aptitude install php-zeroc-ice

Add Ice directory to php.ini include path. May need to be done twice if you need integration in apache and CLI:

include_path=.:/usr/share/Ice-3.5.1/php/lib
sudo systemctl restart apache2

Install PHP5/MySQL

sudo aptitude install php5 php5-mysql php5-curl mysql-server

Install Google Chrome

Download google chrome from https://www.google.com/chrome/browser/desktop/

Install SabNZBD/Sickbeard

Install prereqs

sudo apt-get install python-gdbm python-cheetah python-openssl par2 unzip -y

Add to apt

echo "deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/jcfp/ppa/ubuntu precise main" | tee -a /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sabnzbdplus.list

sudo apt-key adv --keyserver hkp://pool.sks-keyservers.net:11371 --recv-keys 0x98703123E0F52B2BE16D586EF13930B14BB9F05F
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade -y

sudo aptitude install sabnzbdplus

Install Samba

sudo aptitude install samba

Enable at startup

sudo systemctl enable smbd.service nmbd.service

Add a user and password

smbpasswd -a bpopp

Install Deluged

Add to /etc/systemd/system/deluged.service

[Unit]
Description=Deluge Bittorrent Client Daemon
After=network-online.target

[Service]
Type=simple
User=bpopp
Group=debian-deluged
UMask=007

ExecStart=/usr/bin/deluged -d

Restart=on-failure

# Configures the time to wait before service is stopped forcefully.
TimeoutStopSec=300

[Install]
WantedBy=multi-user.target

sudo aptitude install deluged deluge-console
systemctl enable deluged
systemctl start deluged

Add a user

echo "bpopp:MyC0mpL3xPass:10" >> ~/.config/deluge/auth

Allow remote connections

deluge-console "config -s allow_remote True"
deluge-console "config allow_remote"

Install Plex Home Theater

Easiest way to install plexhometheater is using https://github.com/RasPlex/OpenPHT/releases/