Ubuntu Reformat
Just wiped my Ubuntu Installation to have a fresh 8.10 start.
This is my archive of what I did after installation 
OpenSSH
To install openSSH I used this guide, but basically the command is as follows:
# sudo apt-get install openssh-server
Transmission
Installing Transmission was incredibly easy.
Applications > Add/Remove > Transmission
Then you can also install the daemon so it runs automatically on launch (from this site):
# aptitude install transmission
# wget http://www.vanutsteen.nl/wp-content/uploads/2008/12/transmission-daemon -O /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon
# chmod +x /etc/init.d/transmission-daemon
# adduser --home /dev/null --shell /bin/false --no-create-home --disabled-login transmission
# mkdir /etc/transmission
# chown transmission:transmission -R /etc/transmission
update-rc.d transmission-daemon defaults
LAMP Server
Referenced this guide for my installation process. A LAMP server is one that uses “Linux, Apache, MYSQL and PHP”…and it’s fortunately easy to setup in a desktop Ubuntu installation:
First, we’ll set up apache2:
sudo apt-get install apache2
Now, because I backed up my apache docs and whatnot, I have to make sure to enable all the modules referenced by my apache configs. Time to install WebDav! I referenced this website for this part…
# sudo a2enmod dav davfs dav_lock auth_digest
PHP comes next:
# sudo apt-get install php5 libapache2-mod-php5
Then MySQL (from this site)
# sudo apt-get install mysql-server
# sudo apt-get install php5-mysql
Lastly, PHPmyAdmin as well as the modules to allow MySQL to work with Apache:
# sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-auth-mysql php5-mysql phpmyadmin
You can verify PHP and mySQL are running correctly by navigating to /phpmyadmin and logging in using the root / password combo you set during the phpmyadmin setup in the step above.
Boxee!
via Boxee.tv:
- Go to System > Administration > Software Sources.
- In Sources Software dialogue, select Third-Party Software tab, click Add, and enter: deb http://apt.boxee.tv intrepid main
- After closing this dialogue you can either use Synaptics and select Boxee for download, or use a terminal window, and enter sudo apt-get install boxee.
Then, to run Boxee:
Applications > Sound & Video > Boxee
…and fix Boxee playback…via this site
# sudo rm /etc/X11/Xsession.d/70pulseaudio
# killall pulseaudio
# sudo apt-get remove pulseaudio
# sudo apt-get install esound
Also important: enable the restricted video drivers (proprietary) for best results in Boxee.
Samba
From help.ubuntu.com, a Samba installation is pretty easy…
sudo apt-get install samba