Things To Do After Install Of Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic & 14.04 Trusty
Most awaiting release Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr LTS is arrived, Ubuntu team is heading towards great way and has done really great work, unlike previous releases this release got many new features and improvements. Unity 7 is much faster, responsive and a lot of things further you can see the release post of Ubuntu 14.04. After digging in this version I was wondering what tweaks/things a normal user should do with this release and make it much better than any other OS available out there. All tweaks are tested by NoobsLab, so hopefully you won't get any problem with them and if you encounter any problem feel free to ask.
Tweak Tools:
Install Tweak Tools with following command:
Enable one-click to minimize feature:
Minimize on click has landed in Ubuntu 14.10 Utopic/14.04 Trusty and it is disabled by default. You can enable it from Compiz settings manager.
To install CCSM enter following command in Terminal:
Go to Dash and Search "CCSM" > Then go to Unity plugin > Tick 'Minimize Single Window Applications' feature
Disable online searches from dash:
Enter this command to disable online searches for Dash:
Disable overlay Scrollbars:
Enter following command in terminal to disable overlay scrollbar:
If you want to get back overlay bars, enter following command:
Enable recursive search for Nautilus:
Recursive search
To enable recursive search for Nautilus, enter following command in Terminal:
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Type-ahead Search
To disable recursive search (Enable Type-ahead search) for Nautilus, enter following command in Terminal:
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Show username on panel:
Enter following command in terminal:
To remove name from panel, Enter following command:
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Enable Locally Integrated Menus & Scale Title + Menus:
LIM (Locally Integrated Menus)
Local Integrated Menus display on the Title bar of any un-maximized Window. By default it is disabled, if you like it you can enable it easily. Go to System Settings > Appearance > Behavior > under 'Show the menus for a window' > select "In the window's title bar"
Scale Title bars & Menu
A new feature added to Unity, now you can increase/decrease size of Menus & Title bars easily. Go to System Settings > Displays > under 'Scale for menu and title bars' > adjust as per your needs.
Shutdown, Restart, options from Dash (Only for 14.04 Trusty):
This stuff is developed by atareao and you can use their PPA to install it.
From Dash you can: Shut Down, Suspend, Hibernate, Log Out, Reboot, and Lock Screen.
Enter these commands in terminal to install power commands:
Firewall for Ubuntu:
Linux don't need Anti-virus but Firewall is important for any kind of Operating System. UFW is installed by default in Ubuntu but it is command line and disabled by default. You can install best firewall GUFW enable and manage it graphically.
Enter following command in terminal to install firewall:
After installation open Dash and Search "GUFW" to configure it.
Install Adobe Flash Plugin:
Flash player isn't available by default , So you can install flash player easily from Ubuntu repositories.
Open Terminal and enter following commands:
Alternatively: install Adobe flash from canonical partner repository, open Software-Sources > Tab 'Other Software' and tick'Canonical Partners'
Now enter these to commands to update and install adobe flash:
Integrate online accounts in Ubuntu :
Ubuntu has Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo, Hotmail and other accounts support. It offers you different features of your online account within Ubuntu desktop. Go to Settings > Online Accounts and configure accounts.
Install Restricted Extras:
There are some Restricted extras available in Ubuntu repositories which can't be install while installation but you can install these Restricted extras by yourself. Restricted extras contains: mp3 playback and decoding, support for various formats, fonts, java, flash plugin, lame, dvd playback.
Codecs and Enable DVD Playback:
If you are multimedia user and use Ubuntu for multimedia then these codecs are very useful for you. You can install them by single command.
Following command for Enable DVD Playback:
For Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty install more codecs:
Compression/Decompression tools:
You can compress and decompress 7z, zip, gzip, rar, xz, tar, bz2, xar, tar.gz, tar.bz, and many others.
Enter following command in terminal to install:
Disable System Crash Reports:
If you are experiencing something crashes in your Ubuntu, and you don't like to be notify with reports. You can disable them easily.
Enter following commands to disable crash reports:
Now text file will open, In the last line you will see "enabled=1" change it to "enabled=0". Save and close file.
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