Tuesday, July 5, 2011
Things To Do After Fresh Installation Of Ububtu For Beginners
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This is my first post on this series. In this post I will be writing about some basic configurations you need to do after installing ubuntu. I will also be writing on some of the basic application
to install after the fresh installation of ubuntu.
After installing Ubuntu, beginners bang their head and say " Where to start with?". Installing ubuntu is not a big deal. It is only the first step. The ubuntu you installed is raw. You should configure it to use it the way you want. Here are simple but important things you must perform after the fresh installation of Ubuntu.
Enable the repositories
Every time I do a fresh install of Ubuntu, the first thing that I do is to enable the universe, multiverse,backport and Canonical’s ‘partner’ repositories. These repositories open up new application choices and allows you to install popular third party software easily and quickly.
Go to System -> Administration -> Synaptic Package Manager.
Click on Settings -> Repositories.
Checked all the boxes.
Update Repositories
- Goto System - Administration - Synaptic Package Manager and hit 'Reload' button OR simply do the following in Terminal.
- sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Ubuntu-Restricted-extras
Can’t listen to MP3? Can’t watch Youtube video? Can’t run Java? Don’t worry, all you need to do is to install the ubuntu-restricted-extras package and it will install all the necessary files/codecs for you. Some common applications in the package include MP3 codec, Adobe Flash player, Java runtime and Microsoft core fonts.
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
Check For Availability of Proprietary Hardware Drivers
- In my case, all the hardware drivers including graphics and wireless drivers were enabled automatically. But this may not be the case with everyone.
- If you are on the other side, simply goto System - Administration - Hardware Drivers and check whether if there are any drivers available and activate the ones you want.
Install Compiz Config Settings Manager
Compiz desktop effects are available in your Ubuntu by default and if you have any kind of 3D acceleration available(graphics driver ie), you are good to go with Compiz.
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-setting-manager
Install VLC Media Player
VLC media player is arguably the most comprehensive multimedia application available for Ubuntu. It is fast and has support for almost all multimedia formats.
sudo apt-get install vlc
These are some of application I add or changes I make after installing a fresh copy of ubuntu. This dosen't mean that this should be always done the same way. This is my personal choice and may differ to person to person. I will be writing on more application to install in my upcoming posts.
This post was written by: MOHIT BASKOTA
Mohit baskota is a computer Engineering student at NIT,Jaipur.A tech enthusiast and a FOSS advocate with interest in photography.Follow him on Twitter
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