Things to do after installing Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat
A freshly installed Ubuntu is like a small baby, it will learn only if it is taught, likewise Ubuntu initially lacks video and audio codecs and the style, word processors, photo applications and many useful tools. It is good when you tweak and install the softwares you need and upgrade the user interface. I am going to show you the possible software and features you will be needing :
Note:- The commands used should be typed in the Terminal. (To open terminal go to Applications–>Accessories–> Terminal or press Ctrl+Alt+T). And you will also need Internet connection.
1. Update your system
Quote:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get full-upgrade
Now all your programs will run on the last version.
2. Anti-Virus
Windows equivalent : AVG AntiVirus, NAV, TrendMicro, F-Prot, Kaspersky
Ubuntu equivalent : ClamAV, Avast
ClamAV
Quote:
sudo apt-get install clamav clamtk
Access it through System Tools → Virus Scanner
Avast
Access it through Accessories → avast! Antivirus
3. Essential tools for Compiling from Sources
Quote:
sudo apt-get install build-essential checkinstall cdbs devscripts dh-make fakeroot libxml-parser-perl check avahi-daemon
4. Java runtime environment
Java is a very important thing to install, now that many programs like Azureus need it to run. So type:
Quote:
sudo apt-get install sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin equivs
Windows Equivalent Multimedia Applications is Ubuntu 10.10
5. Multimedia
Windows Equivalent : Windows Media Player, Real Player, vlc, Mplayer
Ubuntu equivalent : vlc, mplayer, Helix Player
To have Ubuntu playing all kinds of stuff, you need to install many codecs. So on the Terminal, type:
* Installing vlc and mplayer (plays almost everything):
Quote:
sudo apt-get install vlc mplayer
* Common packs
Quote:
sudo apt-get install non-free-codecs libxine1-ffmpeg gxine mencoder mpeg2dec vorbis-tools id3v2 mpg321 mpg123 libflac++6 ffmpeg libmp4v2-0 totem-mozilla icedax tagtool easytag id3tool lame nautilus-script-audio-convert libmad0 libjpeg-progs libmpcdec3 libquicktime1 flac faac faad sox ffmpeg2theora libmpeg2-4 uudeview flac libmpeg3-1 mpeg3-utils mpegdemux liba52-dev
* Gstreammer 0.10
Quote:
sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 gstreamer0.10-gnonlin gstreamer0.10-pitfdll gstreamer0.10-sdl gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-schroedinger gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse totem-gstreamer
* More programs
Quote:
sudo apt-get install gstreamer-dbus-media-service gstreamer-tools ubuntu-restricted-extras
* Enable dvd support
Quote:
sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2 && sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/./install-css.sh
* Flash
Quote:
sudo apt-get install gsfonts gsfonts-x11 flashplugin-nonfree
How to Run Windows softwares in Linux
7. Missing Windows software ?? Run Windows softwares in Linux!!!
Run Windows Applications such as 7zip, Google Sketchup, AutoCAD, Dreamwaver, Flash MX, Fireworks MX, IE6, IE7, Safari, Itunes, Windows Media Player and many more…
Play Windows Games in Linux like Age Of Empires, Call Of Duty, Diablo, Fear, Fallout, Far Cry, Grand Theft Auto, Half Life, Halo, Hitman, Max Payne, Need For Speed, Prince Of Persia, Sim City Star Wars, The Simsworld of warcraft , Tomb Raider, Warcraft, World Of Warcraft, Counterstrike and many other can be played. Install Playonlinux. It’s based on wine. Wine is a compatibility layer for running Windows programs in Linux.
Quote:
sudo apt-get install wine playonlinux
8. App Runner
App Runner is a small open source utility that makes it very easy to run any type of program/executable/script on any distro/OS that uses the nautilus file manager: Debian/Ubuntu/Super OS/Fedora/etc
Then right-click the file -> Scripts -> Run This App or Run This App (root)
9. Clipboard Management
By Default in ubuntu when u copy something from an application and closes the application u will not be able to access it from the clipboard. And also when u copy severals text in serial u only have the last on available to you in the clipboard. To solve that install either of the following but Glipper is better because it supports plugins.
Glipper
Quote:
sudo apt-get install glipper
Then right click ur panel → Add to Panel then drag Clipboard Manager to ur panel
Parcellite
Quote:
sudo apt-get install parcellite
10. Archiver/ Packing software
Windows equivalent : winrar, zip, 7zip
Ubuntu equivalent : tar, unrar, p7zip, arj, unace
It’s bad when you don’t have Internet on your computer/notebook, but you have to pack/unpack something but the file format isn’t recognized by the system. To prevent from this bad situation, you can install a bunch of packing software by typing this on the terminal:
Quote:
sudo apt-get install unace rar unrar zip unzip p7zip-full p7zip-rar sharutils uudeview mpack lha arj cabextract file-roller
11. Graphical web browser
Windows equivalent : Internet explorer, firefox, opera
Ubuntu equivalent : Firefox, opera, chromium
Opera
Quote:
sudo apt-get install opera
Firefox (installed by default)
Quote:
sudo apt-get install firefox
Chromium (open source equivalent of Google Chrome)
Quote:
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser chromium-browser-l10n