Configuration

Set english as system language

Example for a bad translation

$ cat /dev/net/tun
Die Dateizugriffsnummer ist in schlechter Verfassung

So let's set the system language to english:

$ cat /etc/environment

there must not be anything but

LANG=C

Find out where configuration changes are stored

See here

Schedule tasks

To schedule tasks to be execute at boot, during login or at a specific time see scheduling tasks.