After installing Ubuntu you may need to install some programs and tools to make about our team.

Restricted-extras

In order to install programs that have legal or copyright restrictions we use restricted-extras. This metapackage can install other related support MP3 and DVD playback. Microsoft TrueType fonts, Java, Flash plugin for Firefox, video playback codecs, tools, compression and decompression of files, etc..

sudo aptitude install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Install the Flash plugin for Firefox

sudo aptitude install flashplugin-nonfree-extrasound

Install Microsoft fonts

sudo aptitude install msttcorefonts

Oracle Java installed ^ ^

sudo aptitude install sun-java6-fonts sun-java6-jre sun-java6-plugin

Install support for compressed files

sudo aptitude install rar p7zip-full unace unzip

Installed the manager Compiz effects and theme manager. With fusion you can easily access these features from the notification area.

sudo aptitude install compizconfig-settings-manager emerald fusion-icon

Medibuntu

To install some codecs, DVD support and other multimedia options we use the Medibuntu repositories

We opened our sources.list

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

And we add

# # Medibuntu - Ubuntu 9.04 "jaunty jackalope"
deb http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jaunty free non-free
deb-src http://packages.medibuntu.org/ jaunty free non-free

Saved, closed and returned to our terminal.

We get pgp key and update the repositories:

wget -q http://packages.medibuntu.org/medibuntu-key.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add - && sudo apt-get update

Install support for DVD viewing

sudo aptitude install libdvdcss2 libdvdread3

Install codecs to watch other video formats

sudo aptitude install w32codecs non-free-codecs

Essential programs

We install the following video players, mplayer, videolan or smplayer

sudo aptitude install mplayer
sudo aptitude install vlc
sudo aptitude install smplayer

I use Pidgin as messenger program, but there are pretty good. Amsn and emesene as:

sudo aptitude install amsn
sudo aptitude install emesene

To use p2p networks can install amule, emule equivalent and as complete deluge bittorrent client

sudo aptitude install amule
sudo aptitude install deluge

After that you can install other programs like VirtualBox , Ubuntu Tweak or Shutter .

Update

To burn CD or DVD discs can install the Brasero program with the following command:

sudo aptitude install brasero

But invites us to uninstall the integrated utility in Nautilus CD burning. Can be found in Applications -> System Tools -> Creator CD / DVD. Alternatively we can install k3b.

sudo aptitude install k3b

What do you add to your newly installed Ubuntu?

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