10 Things You Should Do Immediately After Installing Ubuntu 8.10
1. Add the Medibuntu Repository
Medibutu stands for Multimedia, Entertainment & Distractions In Ubuntu and is a repository of packages that cannot be included in Ubuntu due to legal reasons. We need to add this repository to enable MP3, DVD playback, install certain codecs etc.
Take a terminal and enter:
sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get updateNow we’ll enable all repositories (including Universe and Multiverse repositories) that Ubuntu provides.
Take a terminal and enter:
sudo sed -i -e "s/# deb/deb/g" /etc/apt/sources.list && sudo apt-get update
2. Enable Playback of Encrypted DVDs in Ubuntu 8.10
Once the Medibuntu repository has been added as said above, take a terminal and enter:
sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2
3. Playing MP3, WMA, Real and Apple QuickTime Files in Ubuntu 8.10
Once the Medibuntu repository has been added as said above, take a terminal and enter:
For a 32 bit machine:
sudo apt-get install w32codecs
For a 64 bit machine:
sudo apt-get install w64codecs
For a PPC machine:
sudo apt-get install ppc-codecs
4. Install Skype in Ubuntu 8.10
Once the Medibuntu repository has been added as said above, take a terminal and enter:
sudo apt-get install skype
5. Install Adobe Acrobat Reader in Ubuntu 8.10
Once the Medibuntu repository has been added as said above, take a terminal and enter:
sudo apt-get install acroread
6. Install Google Earth in Ubuntu 8.10
Take a terminal and enter:
wget http://dl.google.com/earth/client/cu...EarthLinux.bin && chmod +x GoogleEarthLinux.bin && ./GoogleEarthLinux.bin7.
Install VLC Player in Ubuntu 8.10
sudo apt-get install vlc
8. Installing OpenOffice 3.0 in Ubuntu 8.10
Take a terminal and run:
echo 'deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/openoffice-pkgs/ubuntu intrepid main' >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/openoffice.sources.list && sudo apt-get update
9. Install Flash Plugin for Firefox in Ubuntu 8.10
The latest flash plugin (Flash player 10) can be installed using this command:
sudo apt-get install flashplugin-nonfree
10. Install Google Picasa in Ubuntu 8.10
F-Spot sucks if compared to Google Picasa. Run this command from a terminal to get Google Picasa:
sudo echo 'deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ stable non-free' >> /etc/apt/sources.list && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install picasa
What else do you do immediately do after installing a new distro?
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