5 Things To Do After Setting Up Ubuntu Intrepid

below is a list of things I consider “Must-Do’s” of things that all new users should do upon installing a fresh copy of Ubuntu.

Let’s get started!

1. Installing essential audio/video codecs, DVD Support, Flash and Java

Open up a terminal window and paste the following:

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list -O /etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list && wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add – && sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install -y ubuntu-restricted-extras non-free-codecs w32codecs totem-mozilla libdvdcss2

2. Configure Compiz Settings

Although Ubuntu installs with Compiz, it doesn’t allow you to configure it’s many, many options available to you.

Open up another terminal window and type in:

sudo apt-get install simple-ccsm

After running that, you should find a new option under System –> Preferences, called CompizConfig Settings Manager.

This will allow you to tweak the many options that are available with Compiz.

3. Winrar and 7zip support

Type the following in a terminal window:

sudo apt-get install p7zip-full

This will allow you to read and open up winrar and other zip files.

4. Customize your Ubuntu theme

Under System –> Preferences –> Appearance

You’ll be able to select from a half-dozen or so of various themes that ship with a fresh copy of Ubuntu Intrepid.

However, if you find all of them not to your tastes, the best place to find new themes can be found at www.gnome-look.org

5. Installing Conky

Conky is a “hit-or-miss” with some folks, but its a very handy program for displaying vital information to you while working in Ubuntu.

To install and customize Conky, visit my previous blog post here.

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