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It really really depends!
Whats the "new linux" will be used for? is it a desktop PC for an accountant? a php developer laptop? a web hosting server? a proxy server? or video transcoding or streaming server?
From my opinion there's no such thing. Because there're hundreds of scenarios for new linux installation, and each linux distribution have different setups and configurations.
Ubuntu -> Terminal -> sudo su
#SHELL SCRIPT update.sh
#!/bin/bash
sudo apt-get install update
sudo apt-get install upgrade
sudo apt-get install update pkg name
# END OF SCRIPT
Terminal > sudo crontab -e0104111 update.sh
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CentOS/Fedora -> Terminal -> su
#SHELL SCRIPT update.sh
#!/bin/bash
yum install update
yum install upgrade
yum install pkg name
# END OF SCRIPT
Terminal > sudo crontab -e0104111 update.sh