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11TipsToSpeedUpComputersRunning Ubuntu12.04/LinuxMint13(Maya) Somereaderscontactedmeaboutthepossibilitytowriteanarticleaboutthingstodoaftera freshinstallationofUbuntu12.04PrecisePangolin.Infact,therearemanythingstodoafter anewinstallationofUbuntu12.04,butinthisguideIwilltrytogiveyouwhatisimportant.If youthinkwehavemissedsomethinginterestingforUbuntu12.04,pleasementionitinthe commentformgivenbelow.

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1.UpdatingYourRepositories
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ThefirstthingtodoistoconfigureUbuntutodownloadpackagesfrommainUbuntuservers insteadoflocationbasedserverstoavoidthenotorious404errorwheninstallingpackages fromtheterminalusingthe"aptgetinstall"command.Todothis,starttheterminal(Ctrl+Alt+T)andrunthiscommand: sudosoftwarepropertiesgtk Makesurealloptionsunder"Downloadablefromtheinternet"arecheckedon,thenselectDownloadfrom:Main server:

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Inthesamewindow,openthe"OtherSoftware"tabandcheckonalluntickedsources(Canonical,Independent,etc.):

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Closethewindowandupdatenowyourrepositorieswiththesecommands: sudoaptgetupdate sudoaptgetupgrade

2.InstallingHardwareDrivers
Opentheterminalandrunthiscommand: sudojockeygtk Inthewindowthatappears,installproposedhardwaredrivers(wifi,keyboard,proprietarygraphicscarddrivers,etc.):

IfyouownahighendgraphicscardfromNvidiaorAMD,youneedtoinstallthelatestopensourcedrivertogetbetter graphicssupportandperformance.WehavewrittenmanyarticlesabouttheinstallationofNvidia/AMDdriversinthis blog.Youcancheckthemhere.

3.AddSupportForDoubleLayerDVDInUbuntu12.04
TobeabletoreadDoubleLayerDVDsonUbuntu12.04,youneedtoinstallthelibdvdcss2packagewiththese commands: sudowgetoutputdocument=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_releasecs).list sudoaptgetquietupdate sudoaptgetyesquietallowunauthenticatedinstallmedibuntukeyring sudoaptgetquietupdate sudoaptgetinstalllibdvdcss2

4.InstallingMultimediaPackages(UbuntuRestrictedExtras)
Ubuntuneedssomepackagestobeabletoplaycertainaudio/videoformatsuchasMP3,AVI,Mp4,etc.Toinstallthem, opentheterminalandrunthiscommand: sudoaptgetinstallubunturestrictedextras

5.ManagingUnity&DesktopVisualEffects
Ifyouneedtodosomemodificationforexampleonthelauncher'siconsize,transparency,backlights,window decoration,adddesktop3deffects,andsoon,thebestchoiceistousesoftwarelikeMyUnityandCompizConfig SettingsManager.ToinstallthemonUbuntu12.04,runthefollowingcommands: CompizConfigSettingsManager:

sudoaptgetinstallcompizconfigsettingsmanager MyUnity:

sudoaptgetinstallmyunity

6.CleanupUbuntuWithUbuntuTweak

UbuntuTweakisanapplicationwithGUIthatallowsuserstoviewsystemdevicedetails(CPU,Memory,etc.)andclean

upyoursystemfromjunkfilesthatareunnecessary.YoucaninstallitonUbuntu12.04orolderwiththefollowing commands: sudoaddaptrepositoryppa:tualatrix/ppa sudoaptgetupdate sudoaptgetinstallubuntutweak

8.InstallingOracleJava7
ToinstallJava7underUbuntu12.04,runthefollowingcommandsfromtheterminal: sudoaddaptrepositoryppa:upubuntucom/java sudoaptgetupdate sudoaptgetinstalloraclejava7installer

9.AddingThemesToUnity&GnomeShell
IfyouwanttoinstallGTK+themesforUnity/GnomeShell,youcangetmanyofthemhere.TheGnomeShellinterfaceis installedbydefaultinUbuntu12.04(PrecisePangolin).Ifitisnotthecase,youcansimplyinstallitwiththiscommand: sudoaptgetinstallgnomeshellgnometweaktool Toenablethisinterface,logoutthecurrentsession,selectGNOMEfromthesessionmenu,thenlogbackin:

ToinstallGnomeShellthemes(notGTK+themes)onUbuntu12.04,youcanrefertothisarticle.ForGnomeShell extensions,gotothiswebsite,orcheckthispostthatwehavepublishedrecentlycontainingmanyextensionsforGnome Shell3.4.YoucanalsofindherealistofapplicationindicatorsforUnity.

10.DownloadManager
Ifyouwanttoperformmassdownloadswiththeabilitytopause/resumefiledownload,youcaninstallonUbuntu12.04 theUGETdownloadmanagerwiththiscommand: sudoaptgetinstalluget

11.GraphicsApplications
TherearemanygraphicsapplicationsyoucanuseonUbuntu12.04.Herearesomepopularonesthatyouneedtoinstall: GIMP2.8 sudoaddaptrepositoryppa:ottokesselgulasch/gimp sudoaptgetupdate sudoaptgetinstallgimpgimppluginregistrygimpresynthesizer InkscapeVectorGraphicsEditor sudoaptgetinstallinkscape Pinta1.2 sudoaddaptrepositoryppa:pintamaintainers/pintastable sudoaptgetupdate sudoaptgetinstallpinta

12.MediaPlayers
TherearemanyotherpowerfulmediaplayersotherthanRhythmoboxsuchasVLC,Clementine,SMPlayer,and Audacious. VLCInstallation: sudoaddaptrepositoryppa:videolan/stabledaily sudoaptgetupdate sudoaptgetinstallvlc ClementineInstallation: sudoaptgetinstallclementine AudaciousInstallation: sudoaptgetinstallaudacious SMPlayerInstallation: sudoaptgetinstallsmplayer

13.VideoEditingSoftware
YoucansimplyusetheOpenshotvideoeditor: sudoaptgetinstallopenshotopenshotdoc

14.BittorentClient
Ifyouwanttodownloadtorrentfiles,youcanuseTransmission.ToinstallitonUbuntu,runthiscommand: sudoaptgetinstalltransmissiongtktransmissioncommon

15.Chat&CommunicationSoftware
ThebestcommunicationsoftwareforUbuntutostayintouchwithyourfriendsandfamilyisSkype,aMSN,and Pidgin.YoucaninstallSkype4.0withthesecommands: sudoaddaptrepositoryppa:upubuntucom/chat sudoaptgetupdate sudoaptgetinstallskype aMSkwiththiscommand: sudoaptgetinstallamsn ForPidgin,runthiscommand: sudoaptgetinstallpidgin

16.InstallWindowsApplicationsOnUbuntu12.04
TherearemanyemulatorsthatallowtorunWindowsapplicationsandgamesonUbuntu.ThemostpopularoneisWine. Youcaninstallitwiththesecommands: sudoaddaptrepositoryppa:ubuntuwine/ppa sudoaptgetupdate sudoaptgetinstallwine1.5

17.VirtualizationSoftware
YourbestfriendhereisVirtualBoxwhichallowstoinstallvariousoperatingsystemsunderUbuntu.Youcaninstallitwith thesecommands: sudoshc"echo'debhttp://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debianprecisecontrib'>>/etc/apt/sources.list" wgetqhttp://download.virtualbox.org/virtualbox/debian/oracle_vbox.ascO|sudoaptkeyadd

sudoaptgetupdate sudoaptgetinstallvirtualbox4.1

18.InstallingMoreWebBrowsers
Ifyouwanttousemorethanonewebbrowser,youcaninstallGoogleChromeorOpera. GoogleChrome: wgetqOhttps://dlssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub|sudoaptkeyadd sudoshc'echo"debhttp://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/stablemain">>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list' sudoaptgetupdate sudoaptgetinstallgooglechromestable Opera: wgetOhttp://deb.opera.com/archive.key|sudoaptkeyadd sudoshc'echo"debhttp://deb.opera.com/opera/stablenonfree">/etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera.list' sudoaptgetupdate sudoaptgetinstallopera

19.InstallingAWebServer
Ifyouarewebdeveloper,youcansimplyusetheLAMPwebserveronUbuntu.Atutorialhereexplainsitsinstallationon Ubuntu12.04.

20.SynapticInstallation
SynapticisnolongeravailableinUbuntu12.04.Thistoolallowstoeasilyinstall,remove,andupgradeUbuntupackages. Ifyouwanttorestoreit,youcansimplyinstallitwiththiscommand: sudoaptgetinstallsynaptic That'sit!
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