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+# Server setup - scripts and config files
+
+This is a collection of config files and scripts designed to get
+a vanilla Ubuntu server up to working speed as quickly as possible.
+
+Download this git repository, then run `setup.sh`.
+
+Daniel Vedder
+10/7/2018
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