Workstation Setup

.bashrc

Additions to .bashrc:

# Some applications read the EDITOR variable to determine your favourite text
# editor. So edit the line below with the editor of your choice :-)
export EDITOR=/usr/bin/vim

#alias
alias dir='ls -lAh --group-directories-first'
alias vi="vim"
alias cls="clear"
alias svi="sudo vim"
alias ping='ping -c 3'
alias mv='mv -iv'
alias cp='cp -iv'
alias rm='rm -Iv'
alias zypper='sudo zypper'
alias wget='wget -c'

#Fancy colored prompt, that shows full working path
PS1="[\e[1;34m\u\e[m@\e[0;35m\h\e[m]:\w \$ "

Icons

Error creating thumbnail: Unable to save thumbnail to destination - Tux the penguin. Sized for an app launcher icon (48x48).

SSH Settings

Edit /etc/ssh/ssh_config and add (or un-comment) the line(s):

StrictHostKeyChecking no - You won't have to type in "yes" every time you connect to a new host.
ServerAliveInterval 60 - Sends "keep-alive" packets to prevent the session from timing out.