+# I want sbin executables available
+export PATH=${PATH}:/usr/local/sbin:/sbin:/usr/sbin
+export PATH=${PATH}:~/bin
+
+# colors for newt/whiptail (for debconf, needrestart, etc.)
+# works better with selenized colorscheme
+# everything that seems irrelevant is set to brown
+NEWT_COLORS=''
+# foreground seems irrelevant
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};root=brown,blue"
+# text in the root window
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};roottext=yellow,blue"
+
+# box/window/button shadows
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};shadow=brown,black"
+
+# boxes/windows themselves
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};window=brown,lightgray"
+# box/window titles
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};title=yellow,lightgray"
+# box/window borders
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};border=gray,lightgray"
+
+# full buttons
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};button=black,red"
+# compact buttons
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};compactbutton=black,lightgray"
+# selected/active button
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};actbutton=green,gray"
+
+# checkbox itself and text
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};checkbox=black,blue"
+# selection marker for checkbox
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};actcheckbox=yellow,gray"
+
+# TODO FIXME: no clue what that is
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};entry=yellow,brown"
+# TODO FIXME: no clue what that is
+NEWT_COLORS="${NEWT_COLORS};disentry=brown,yellow"