System Update and Initial Setup

Step 1: All-in-One Command

You can run all of these in sequence:

apt update && apt upgrade -y && apt full-upgrade -y && apt autoremove -y && apt clean

• update: This fetches the latest package information from Ubuntu’s repositories.
• upgrade: Download and install all available updates
• full-upgrade:
  • Can remove obsolete packages
  • Handles dependency changes better
  • More thorough than basic upgrade
• autoremove: Cleans up packages that were installed as dependencies but are no longer needed.
• clean: Frees up disk space by removing downloaded package files.

Step 2: Check if Reboot is Needed

After updates, check if a reboot is required:

[ -f /var/run/reboot-required ] && echo "Reboot required" || echo "No reboot needed"

If Reboot is Required:

reboot

Your SSH connection will drop. Wait 30 seconds, then reconnect:

ssh root@YOUR_SERVER_IP

Verify System Info

After reboot (if needed), check your system:

uname -a

Shows kernel version and system info.

lsb_release -a

Confirms Ubuntu version (should show 24.04).

df -h

Shows disk usage (you should see plenty of free space on your 160GB).

Step 3: install Fast-Fetch

# Download the latest release for Linux amd64
wget https://github.com/fastfetch-cli/fastfetch/releases/latest/download/fastfetch-linux-amd64.deb

# Install the .deb package
apt install ./fastfetch-linux-amd64.deb -y

# Clean up the downloaded file
rm fastfetch-linux-amd64.deb

Test It

fastfetch

Auto-run on Login (Optional)

echo "fastfetch" >> ~/.bashrc