Optimize sources.list

apt-get install netselect
netselect-apt lenny
cp sources.list /etc/apt/


Desktop
apt-get install x-window-system
apt-get install gnome
apt-get install gnome-volume-manager

Locale

dpkg-reconfigure locales
echo "LC_CTYPE=zh_CN.UTF-8" >> /etc/default/locale
aptitude install scim-pinyin


VMware

aptitude install build-essential
aptitude install linux-headers-`uname -r`
sudo ./VMware-Workstation-6.5.0-118166.x86_64.bundle


Firewall

mkdir /etc/sysconfig
iptables-save > /etc/sysconfig/iptables
vim /etc/sysconfig/iptables

Edit /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/iptables:

#!/bin/bash
/sbin/iptables-restore < /etc/sysconfig/iptables

This file needs to be executable so change the permissions:

chmod +x /etc/network/if-pre-up.d/iptables


Web Server
Please see Apache/MySQL/PHP on Debian