diff --git a/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/base.sh b/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/base.sh
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+++ b/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/base.sh
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+apt-get update
+apt-get -y upgrade
+apt-get -y dist-upgrade
+apt-get -y install linux-headers-$(uname -r)
+
+# to be removed
+#sed -i -e '/Defaults\s\+env_reset/a Defaults\texempt_group=sudo' /etc/sudoers
+#sed -i -e 's/%sudo  ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL/%sudo  ALL=NOPASSWD:ALL/g' /etc/sudoers
+
diff --git a/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/cleanup.sh b/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/cleanup.sh
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+++ b/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/cleanup.sh
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+apt-get -y autoremove
+apt-get -y clean
+
+echo "cleaning up guest additions"
+rm -rf VBoxGuestAdditions_*.iso VBoxGuestAdditions_*.iso.?
+
+echo "cleaning up dhcp leases"
+rm /var/lib/dhcp/*
+
+echo "cleaning up udev rules"
+rm /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
+mkdir /etc/udev/rules.d/70-persistent-net.rules
+rm -rf /dev/.udev/
+rm /lib/udev/rules.d/75-persistent-net-generator.rules
diff --git a/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/salt.sh b/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/salt.sh
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+++ b/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/salt.sh
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+#!/bin/sh
+curl -L https://bootstrap.saltstack.com | sudo sh -s --
+
diff --git a/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/vagrant.sh b/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/vagrant.sh
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+++ b/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/vagrant.sh
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+
+mkdir /home/vagrant/.ssh
+wget --no-check-certificate \
+    'https://github.com/mitchellh/vagrant/raw/master/keys/vagrant.pub' \
+    -O /home/vagrant/.ssh/authorized_keys
+chown -R vagrant /home/vagrant/.ssh
+chmod -R go-rwsx /home/vagrant/.ssh
diff --git a/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/virtualbox.sh b/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/virtualbox.sh
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+++ b/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/virtualbox.sh
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+apt-get -y install virtualbox-guest-utils
diff --git a/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/vmware.sh b/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/vmware.sh
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+++ b/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/vmware.sh
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+apt-get -y install open-vm-tools
+echo -n ".host:/ /mnt/hgfs vmhgfs rw,ttl=1,uid=my_uid,gid=my_gid,nobootwait 0 0" >> /etc/fstab
diff --git a/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/zerodisk.sh b/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/zerodisk.sh
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+++ b/ubuntu-14.04/scripts/zerodisk.sh
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+dd if=/dev/zero of=/EMPTY bs=1M
+rm -f /EMPTY