-# connectivity
+# connectivity: ifupdown seems necessary everyhwere, isc-dhcp-client
+# unpredictably so
ifupdown
isc-dhcp-client
-# git
+# git for the setup directory; cloning works with ca-certificates
ca-certificates
git
-# to avoid constant warnings about no locale being found
+# to avoid constant warnings about no locale being found
locales
# we don't need to get more data than necessary.
apt -y dist-upgrade
-# If we have not yet set the shell for user plom, ensure it here.
+# Set Berlin localtime.
+#ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/Europe/Berlin /etc/localtime
+
+# If we have not yet set the shell for user plom, ensure it here. This
+# is mostly for convenience.
usermod -s /bin/bash plom