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 Taken scripts from https://lonesysadmin.net/2013/03/26/preparing-linux-template-vms/
 
+Notes: 
+
+The thin script is kinda flaky. This seems to work better.
+
+```bash
+dd if=/dev/zero of=thin bs=1M
+```
+
+and for Ubuntu, make sure you use apt instead of yum and make sure that your system is set to regenerate the SSH keys upon boot.
+
+in your rc.local file:
+```bash
+dpkg-reconfigure openssh-server
+```
+