Backup list of Installed applications - Debian based distributions

To back up a list of all installed applications:

Backup installed package list on current machine
dpkg --get-selections > installed_stuff.txt

move installed_stuff.txt to the new machine

dpkg --set-selections < installed_stuff.txt

Ubuntu 12.04 - classic menu

http://www.ubuntugeek.com/how-to-install-classicmenu-indicator-in-ubuntu-12-04precise.html

From the link above:

Open the terminal and run the following commands

sudo apt-add-repository ppa:diesch/testing
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install classicmenu-indicator

Restart the computer

LXDE - Screensaver settings

Found out that you can change the screensaver settings with the LXDE window manager by going to a terminal and typing xscreensaver-demo. This pops up the demo window, which has the controls available,