Hardware: - Intel NUC - 500 GByte SSD (overkill, but was what we had) OS: Ubuntu 16.04 "xenial" (as per EOTK supported) Download an Ubuntu 16.04 server .iso file, verify checksup, and `dd` it to a USB thumbdrive. Power on the Intel NUC with keyboard and monitor attached, hold F10 to get boot menu and select the USB drive (I didn't use UEFI). Install as english/USA. Hostname: ia-onion1 User: eotk Password: eotk-changeme Did not encrypt homedir; want device to come back up automatically after a power fault. Select unencrypted full LVM volume. Select "install security upgrades automatically". Install: - standard system utilities - OpenSSH server Have grub overwrite MBR Reboot, pull USB drive, login as eotk. sudo apt update sudo apt upgrade sudo apt install git sudo apt install build-essential cowsay manpages-dev apt-transport-https curl git htop iftop iotop iputils-ping less molly-guard mtr-tiny netbase net-tools openssh-server screen sudo tcpdump tree unattended-upgrades util-linux vim-nox wget ntp fail2ban rkhunter debsums whois lynis