Hey everybody,
I've recently launched a Debian/Ubuntu package installation bash script, which comes with highly optimized configuration defaults (replacing the defaults that come with the packages).
You can find the repository at https://github.com/syntaqx/configurator
This is aimed to help both people who aren't fluent with the command line and need a little extra hand getting their servers set up, as well as those of us who don't like repeating the same installation procedures over and over.
Don't take the configurations as 100% perfect for your individual project, they are just recommendations based from a lot of optimization googling and goodies I've found over the last few years.
Let me know your thoughts, and I hope it helps