This is my Ubuntu 10.10 configuration on the Samsung NC-10. Your mileage may vary. Mainly interested in getting a more respectable battery life - from 3:55 to
Change vim's behaviour by editing ~/.vimrc:
set nocompatible
Add all the usual repositories (Burg, Chromium-daily, Bisigi themes and Samsung tools):
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:bean123ch/burg ppa:chromium-daily/ppa apt-add-repository ppa:bisigi/ppa apt-add-repository ppa:voria/ppa sudo apt-get update
I don't know what the details are for Dropbox but click this Ubuntu 32bit.
Remove applications I don't need:
sudo apt-get autoremove tomboy gnome-games-common gbrainy
Install Burg, Chromium, Bisigi, Bluefish and VLC
sudo apt-get install burg chromium-browser bisigi-themes bluefish vlc
Samsung powersaving (NC10 with BIOS earlier than 11CA need samsung-backlight for screen dimming and if you have a Realtek wireless card you need samsung-wireless):
sudo apt-get install phc-intel samsung-tools