Open
up update manager and do an update
From HUD look for "Additional Drivers" and check to see if there are any available. If there are additional drivers that need to be installed go ahead and install and restart
Note: If you "My Unity" application fails to open with the error "Your Ubuntu is enabled with 2 choice, its more often because of the additional display drivers that you may added. Deactivate them and you should be good
Install required s/w. Here are some of them I always install
From HUD look for "Additional Drivers" and check to see if there are any available. If there are additional drivers that need to be installed go ahead and install and restart
Note: If you "My Unity" application fails to open with the error "Your Ubuntu is enabled with 2 choice, its more often because of the additional display drivers that you may added. Deactivate them and you should be good
Install required s/w. Here are some of them I always install
- vim
- chrome - I remove Firefox
- IDLE with Python 3.2
- Audacity
- Cheese
- GParted
- Stellarium
- 7zip
- Skype
- MyUnity
- VLC Media player
-
Nautilus
plugin for opening terminal
- ShotWell Photo Manager
- Gimp Image Editor
When you are done
with all of your installation, open terminal
(Now comes the fun
part)
Save this command,
you may have to it execute more than anything
sudo apt-get
update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Install Ubuntu
Tweak
Using
Ubuntu Tweak you can install all needed applications with a simple
click, you can change the window buttons from Left to right…etc.
sudo
add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa && sudo apt-get update
&& sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak
Install
Cinnamon
If you don't like
UNITY theme and want to try something else, cinnamon is a good
choice, if you don't want Cinnamon and are happy with the way UNITY
is, skip this one
sudo
add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable &&
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install cinnamon
XBMC is a
wonderful opensource media player
sudo
add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc && sudo apt-get update &&
sudo apt-get install xbmc
Install common
CODECs
sudo apt-get
install libxine1-ffmpeg gxine mencoder totem-mozilla icedax tagtool
easytag id3tool lame nautilus-script-audio-convert libmad0 mpg321
To play
encrypted DVDs
sudo apt-get
install libdvdcss2 && sudo
/usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/./install-css.sh
Enable
Full DVD playback
Though installing the restricted extras
package will solve most of your problems, you may not be able to play
dual layer dvds yet in your Ubuntu. Most commercial DVDs are
encrypted with CSS (the Content Scrambling System), which attempts to
restrict the software that can play a DVD.
sudo wget
--output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list &&
sudo apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get --yes --quiet
--allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo
apt-get --quiet update
sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2
Install ccsm
sudo apt-get
install compizconfig-settings-manager
Install
restricted extras
sudo apt-get
install ubuntu-restricted-extras
Install
Unsettings
Unsettings is a
newer application with similar tweaking options as MyUnity. More
importantly, it has a useful 'Reset to Default' option
sudo
add-apt-repository ppa:diesch/testing && sudo apt-get update
&& sudo apt-get install unsettings
Install
XScreenSaver
sudo apt-get
remove gnome-screensaver && sudo apt-get install xscreensaver
xscreensaver-gl-extra xscreensaver-data-extra
Create a file
to auto-start Screensaver
sudo gedit
/etc/xdg/desktop/autostart.screensaver
paste the
following lines in the file
[Desktop Entry]
Name=Screensaver
Type=Applicaton
Exec=xscreensaver
-nosplash
Install Recent
Notification indicator
sudo
add-apt-repository ppa:jconti/recent-notifications && sudo
apt-get update && sudo apt-get install
indicator-notifications
Window Menus
If you want the
Minimize, Maximize and close buttons to right
Install gConf
Editor
sudo apt-get
install gconf-editor
open editor
gconf-editor
Go to the
following: 'apps' -> 'metacity' -> 'general' Find the
"button_layout" parameter,
Right mouse click,
and select Edit Key.
Change the value
to the following: menu:minimize,maximize,close then Press Enter
Change
Wallpapers
Download all
wallpapers from
http://www.noobslab.com/2011/12/best-ubuntu-wallpapers-collection-for.html
Unzip the
downloaded file and move them into /usr/share/background
Enable Nautilus
to show amount of free space left
Open Nautilus file
browser. Go to View - Statusbar. Enable it and you're done.
Calculator
Lens/Scope for Unity Dash
sudo
add-apt-repository ppa:scopes-packagers/ppa && sudo apt-get
update && sudo apt-get install unity-lens-utilities
unity-scope-calculator
