diff --git a/Dockerfile b/Dockerfile
index 31fe197..796a525 100644
--- a/Dockerfile
+++ b/Dockerfile
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-FROM gliderlabs/alpine:3.2
+FROM ubuntu:wily
 MAINTAINER Langston Barrett <langston@aster.is> (@siddharthist)
 
 # If this file doesn't immedately work for you, please submit a Github issue:
@@ -10,7 +10,10 @@ MAINTAINER Langston Barrett <langston@aster.is> (@siddharthist)
 # Note that Distributive doesn't have access to certain system information when
 # run in a container.
 
-RUN apk update && apk add bash go git php-cli && rm -rf /var/cache/apk/*
+RUN apt-get update
+# network: net-tools
+# misc: lm-sensors, php5-cli
+RUN apt-get install -y bash golang git php5-cli lm-sensors net-tools && apt-get clean
 
 WORKDIR /gopath/src/github.com/CiscoCloud/distributive
 RUN mkdir -p /gopath/{bin,src}
@@ -19,11 +22,12 @@ ENV GOBIN /gopath/bin
 ENV PATH $PATH:/gopath/bin
 RUN go get github.com/tools/godep
 ADD . /gopath/src/github.com/CiscoCloud/distributive
-# Note: docker-machine on Windows / OS X sometimes gets its time out of sync, which can cause SSL verification failures.
-# If this happens, `go get .`, will fail. If you run into this problem, run this command at your terminal:
+# Note: docker-machine on Windows / OS X sometimes gets its time out of sync,
+# which can cause SSL verification failures. If this happens, `go get .`, will
+# fail. If you run into this problem, run this command at your terminal:
 # docker-machine ssh ${machine} 'sudo ntpclient -s -h pool.ntp.org'
 # After that, you can retry `docker build .`.
 RUN go get .
 RUN go build .
 
-CMD ["distributive", "-f", "/gopath/src/github.com/CiscoCloud/distributive/samples/filesystem.json", "-d", "", "--verbosity", "info"]
+CMD ["distributive", "-d", "/gopath/src/github.com/CiscoCloud/distributive/samples/", "--verbosity", "info"]
diff --git a/samples/misc.json b/samples/misc.json
index da05eeb..8ee3beb 100644
--- a/samples/misc.json
+++ b/samples/misc.json
@@ -2,22 +2,9 @@
     "Name": "Miscellaneous system checks",
     "Checklist" : [
         {
-            "Name": "CPU temperature threshold",
-            "ID": "temp",
-            "Parameters": ["80"]
-        },
-        {
-            "Name": "/sbin/init check",
+            "Name": "shell running check",
             "ID" : "running",
-            "Parameters": ["/sbin/init"]
-        },
-        {
-            "ID" : "module",
-            "Parameters" : ["ext4"]
-        },
-        {
-            "ID" : "kernelParameter",
-            "Parameters" : ["kernel.ctrl-alt-del"]
+            "Parameters": ["ps"]
         },
         {
             "ID" : "phpConfig",
diff --git a/samples/network.json b/samples/network.json
index a5b68c7..1b90aff 100644
--- a/samples/network.json
+++ b/samples/network.json
@@ -1,81 +1,37 @@
 {
     "Name": "Network checks",
     "Checklist" : [
-        {
-            "ID": "port",
-            "Parameters": ["80"]
-        },
-        {
-            "ID": "portTCP",
-            "Parameters": ["80"]
-        },
-        {
-            "ID": "portUDP",
-            "Parameters": ["80"]
-        },
         {
             "ID" : "interfaceExists",
-            "Parameters" : ["docker0"]
-        },
-        {
-            "ID" : "interfaceExists",
-            "Parameters" : ["wlp1s0"]
-        },
-        {
-            "ID" : "interfaceExists",
-            "Parameters" : ["lo"]
+            "Parameters" : ["eth0"]
         },
         {
             "ID" : "up",
-            "Parameters": ["wlp1s0"]
-        },
-        {
-            "ID" : "ip4",
-            "Parameters" : ["wlp1s0", "10.60.91.12"]
-        },
-        {
-            "ID" : "ip6",
-            "Parameters" : ["wlp1s0", "fe80::59bf:babe:f7bb:a327"]
-        },
-        {
-            "ID" : "gateway",
-            "Parameters" : ["192.168.0.1"]
-        },
-        {
-            "ID" : "gatewayInterface",
-            "Parameters" : ["wlp1s0"]
+            "Parameters": ["eth0"]
         },
         {
             "ID" : "gatewayInterface",
-            "Parameters" : ["docker0"]
+            "Parameters" : ["eth0"]
         },
         {
             "ID" : "host",
-            "Parameters" : ["google.com"]
+            "Parameters" : ["github.com"]
         },
         {
             "ID" : "TCP",
-            "Parameters" : ["google.com:80"]
+            "Parameters" : ["github.com:80"]
         },
         {
             "ID" : "UDP",
-            "Parameters" : ["google.com:80"]
+            "Parameters" : ["github.com:80"]
         },
         {
             "ID" : "UDP",
-            "Parameters" : ["yahoo.com:80"]
-        },
-        {
-            "ID" : "routingTableDestination",
-            "Parameters" : ["192.168.0.0"]
+            "Parameters" : ["github.com:80"]
         },
         {
             "ID" : "routingTableInterface",
-            "Parameters" : ["docker0"]
-        },
-        {
-            "ID" : "routingTableGateway",
-            "Parameters" : ["192.168.0.1"]
+            "Parameters" : ["eth0"]
         },
         {
             "ID" : "tcpTimeout",
diff --git a/samples/packages.json b/samples/packages.json
index d368b4c..50d7a5f 100644
--- a/samples/packages.json
+++ b/samples/packages.json
@@ -3,19 +3,7 @@
     "Checklist" : [
         {
             "ID" : "installed",
-            "Parameters" : ["urxvt"]
-        },
-        {
-            "ID" : "repoExistsUri",
-            "Parameters" : ["rpm", "http://apt.sw.be/fedora/$releasever/en/$basearch/dag/"]
-        },
-        {
-            "ID" : "repoexists",
-            "Parameters" : ["rpm", "core"]
-        },
-        {
-            "ID" : "pacmanIgnore",
-            "Parameters" : ["pulseaudio"]
+            "Parameters" : ["git"]
         }
     ]
 }
diff --git a/samples/systemctl.json b/samples/systemctl.json
deleted file mode 100644
index 13b5831..0000000
--- a/samples/systemctl.json
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,25 +0,0 @@
-{
-    "Name": "Systemd checks",
-    "Checklist" : [
-        {
-            "ID" : "systemctlLoaded",
-            "Parameters" : ["docker.service"]
-        },
-        {
-            "ID" : "systemctlActive",
-            "Parameters" : ["boot.automount"]
-        },
-        {
-            "ID" : "systemctlSockListening",
-            "Parameters" : ["/var/run/docker.sock"]
-        },
-        {
-            "ID" : "systemctlTimer",
-            "Parameters" : ["man-db.timer"]
-        },
-        {
-            "ID" : "systemctlTimerLoaded",
-            "Parameters" : ["man-db.timer"]
-        }
-    ]
-}
diff --git a/samples/users-and-groups.json b/samples/users-and-groups.json
index b545bfc..1fa7c49 100644
--- a/samples/users-and-groups.json
+++ b/samples/users-and-groups.json
@@ -3,11 +3,7 @@
     "Checklist" : [
         {
             "ID" : "groupExists",
-            "Parameters" : ["wheel"]
-        },
-        {
-            "ID" : "userInGroup",
-            "Parameters" : ["root", "wheel"]
+            "Parameters" : ["sudo"]
         },
         {
             "ID" : "groupExists",
@@ -25,17 +21,9 @@
             "ID" : "userHasUID",
             "Parameters" : ["root", "0"]
         },
-        {
-            "ID" : "userHasGID",
-            "Parameters" : ["lb", "100"]
-        },
         {
             "ID" : "UserHasHomeDir",
             "Parameters" : ["root", "/root"]
-        },
-        {
-            "ID" : "UserHasHomeDir",
-            "Parameters" : ["lb", "/home/lb"]
         }
     ]
 }