Ubuntu 12.10 Post Installation Guide
In this post installation guide we are trying to do everything in
terminal because it is a little bit faster than Software Updater. Just
open the terminal (press Ctrl+Alt+T) and then paste the command the into
the terminal. On GUI way you just open the Ubuntu Software Centre then
search the software and press the install button.
Post Installation Steps here
Update Ubuntu 12.10
One : Update the repositories and Install Updates into ubuntu 12.10
paste the command given below and press enter.
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade
Or the update
manager will pop-up after the first login into ubuntu 12.10.
Install Ubuntu Restricted Extras in Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu restricted extras is a single package contains lot of use full
plugins and extras that essential for ubuntu. It is not installed by
default due to the license restrictions of various softwares. Restricted
Extras contains softwares given below.
- flashplugin-installer
- gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg
- gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3n
- gstreamer0.10-pitfdll
- gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad
- gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly
- gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse
- gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse
- icedtea6-plugin
- libavcodec-extra-52
- libmp4v2-0
- ttf-mscorefonts-installer
- unrar
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
Click Here to install ubuntu restricted extras.
This will take a while to install whole package. Keep your terminal
open until the whole package list will be installed. Otherwise you want
to start everything from the scratch. Installing from the command
terminal is much faster than from software centre.
Unity App Indicators for Ubuntu 12.10
App Indicators will help unity to be more usable. Here are some
appindicators for unity that may add additional functionality for the
desktop.
- My Weather Indicator – weather on the panel is a must for me, a feature that Ubuntu should really add by default;
- Google Calendar Indicator (link to post) – I use Google Calendar a lot, and this appindicator is very useful, displaying future events, notifications and more;
- Caffeine – because there’s nothing more annoying than watching a video / movie and having the screen lock pop-up in the middle of it;
- Glippy – in my opinion, a clipboard manager is a must. Glippy is my favourite, but any will do;
- Dropbox
– Ubuntu One is nice, but there are some features for which I prefer
Dropbox. It can be installed from the Ubuntu repositories repositories
too.
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Ubuntu tweak
is a nice software for tweaking ubuntu 12.10. Can change system
settings, login settings, cache cleaner and more with ease. The new
ubuntu tweak features a great interface.
To install Ubuntu Tweak open the terminal and type:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak
Install Gnome Tweak Tool on Ubuntu 12.10
Gnome Tweak Tool is a great piece of software to tweak the gnome settings. Ubuntu is
working on unity but the desktop working under the unity shell is gnome. Gnome Tweak tool helps to tweak various settings like font, icons etc..
sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool
if installed, Gnome Tweak Tool will be available as “Advanced
Settings” in the menu.This is an essential software for Gnome Shell.
Disable or Remove Amazon Shopping Results in Ubuntu 12.10
Disable the Shopping lens will remove the results from the dash.
There is a switch off facility in the privacy tab . Just open System
Settings > Privacy > Search Results and put the switch off
position. The problem is this will affect some other lenses. This will
also affect the Music, Google Docs and Video lenses.
If you don’t want this feature then open a
Terminal and run
sudo apt-get remove unity-lens-shopping
this will remove the
Amazon search results.
Unity Web Apps
Unity shell is coming with webapps feature. Using web apps you can
access extended menus of web application in unity launcher. That is if
you add GMAIL as a webapp then the gmail
options will like new
message inbox etc are available on the unity launcher. You can try Gmail, Yahoo, Facebook, Twitter, Grooveshark or LastFM.
Gnome Shell on Ubuntu 12.10
Unity is the default shell on ubuntu 12.10. Unity is built upon the
Gnome desktop. If you want to install gnome shell, the original shell of gnome desktop then just paste the command on terminal given below.
sudo apt-get install gnome-shell
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Click to install Gnome Shell
Install Cinnamon Desktop on Ubuntu 12.10
Cinnamon is a desktop shell over gnome. It is forked from the
original gnome shell by Linux Mint Team. It is much like classic gnome
interface. Lot of tweaks are applied to gnome shell to make the shell
much usable. It is another popular shell in Ubuntu 12.10.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gwendal-lebihan-dev/cinnamon-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install cinnamon
Cinnamon will give a much classic look with a
start menu in the bottom.
Install Classic Gnome Package on Ubuntu 12.10
You can get classic gnome environment by installing the gnome panel package.This will give the old gnome 2 style desktop.
sudo apt-get install gnome-panel
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Install Restricted Drivers (Graphics Drivers, Webcam Drivers and Wireless Drivers) in Ubuntu 12.10
If you are using a proprietary graphics card like
Nvidia or
Ati Radeon
then you want to install the restricted drivers for full performance
like 3D rendering, 3D gaming etc. In most of the cases, Ubuntu will
automatically detect your hardware cards and tell about additional
proprietary hardware drivers is necessary or not. All thing you need to
do is select the appropriate driver and click on Activate.
You can do this manually. Search Additional Drivers on Unity dash or Go to
System Settings -> Additional Drivers and a window will appear with driver options. Select the driver software you want to install and click on
Activate. After installing the driver – restart your computer. That is it.
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By using Compiz setting manager you’ll be able to tweak the Unity
launcher reveal mode, hide behavior, change Unity-specific keyboard
shortcuts, change the Unity launcher icon size, the top panel opacity,
tweak various animations and more.
To install just type in the terminal
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-plugins
Multimedia Applications for Audio Video Playback and Edit in Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu can handle all kind of multimedia format without any
problem. It can read and play all kind of media using various media
players. VLC, Mplayer, Xine are popular media players available in
Ubuntu. Open shot is a good video editor in ubuntu. Clementine,
Audacious, Banshee are the popular audio players are available in Ubuntu
12.10.
There are some other codecs available in ubuntu 12.10 to play
encrypted dvds and various kinds of discs.Here is a list of various
media players and editors available in ubuntu 12.10.
Install VLC Media Player in Ubuntu 12.10
VLC is the first
class media
player used in all linux distros and in other operating systems. It can
handle all the video that avilable now a days.It will play most of the
media without any other codec requirements.
sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-pulse
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Click Install VLC Media Player
Playing Encrypted DVD on Ubuntu 12.10
If you want to play encrypted DVD in ubuntu 12.10 then you should
also install CSS (Content Scramble System) decoder/unscrambler. The free
software library
libdvdcss2 is very popular for reading the encrypted DVDs.
To install libdvdcss2, paste the following commands on terminal.
sudo apt-get install libdvdread4 sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
Full DVD Playback on Ubuntu 12.10
For fullfledged dvd play back in ubuntu you need a small package called libdvdcss. For that just type or you can search it on the software center of ubuntu.
sudo wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list && sudo apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get --quiet update
sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2
This will install libdvdcss2 (Content Scramble System) decoder/unscrambler on ubuntu. The free software library
libdvdcss2is very popular for reading the encrypted DVDs.
MPlayer/SMPlayer on Ubuntu 12.10
Mplayer and
smplayer (mplayer’s
GUI) is excellent for video playback. It supports almost any video type,
external subtitles as well as DVD playback as long as you have the
needed codecs installed as shown previously. The Gnome Mplayer
integrates mplayer seamlessly into gnome desktop environment. This
player is a very light weight player with straight forward GUI. To
install Mplayer type:
sudo apt-get install mplayer smplayer gnome-mplayer
FFMpeg in Ubuntu 12.10
FFMPEG is a complete and free Internet live audio and video
broadcasting solution for all Linux Distros. It also includes a digital
VCR. It can encode in real time in many formats including MPEG1 audio
and video, MPEG4, h263, ac3, asf, avi, real, mjpeg, and flash.
To install it on ubuntu Open your Terminal, copy and paste:
sudo apt-get install libxine1-ffmpeg gxine mencoder mpeg2dec vorbis-tools id3v2 mpg321 mpg123 libflac++6 ffmpeg totem-mozilla icedax tagtool easytag id3tool lame nautilus-script-audio-convert libmad0 libjpeg-progs flac faac faad sox ffmpeg2theora libmpeg2-4 uudeview flac libmpeg3-1 mpeg3-utils mpegdemux liba52-0.7.4-dev libquicktime2
You can skip this step when you installed the ubuntu restricted extras.
Gstreammer in Ubuntu 12.10
Open your Terminal, copy and paste (when you get to the EULA prompt press Tab key):
sudo apt-get install gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 gstreamer0.10-gnonlin gstreamer0.10-sdl gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly totem-plugins-extra gstreamer-dbus-media-service gstreamer-tools
You can also skip this step if you attemplted ubuntu restricted extras
Clementine is a music player inspired by Amarok 1.4, focusing on a
fast and easy-to-use interface for searching and playing your music. It
can listen to internet radio from Last.fm, SomaFM, Magnatune, Jamendo
and Icecast. Also Visualisations from
projectM.
Lyrics and artist biographies and photos and more. Lyrics and artist
biographies and photos. Edit tags on MP3 and OGG files, organise your
music. Remote control using a Wii Remote, MPRIS or the command-line.
sudo apt-get install clementine
Audacious is an audio player for gnome. It look and feels like
winamp.
It has a native GTK UI in the last release. Lot of plug-ins and skins
are available for audacious. The best part of audacious is its
minimalistic GUI. But it cannot be used as a full fledged music player
on Gnome. But it provide a quick solution.
sudo apt-get install audacious
XBMC - The Ultimate Media Center Solution for Ubuntu 12.10
XBMC is an award-winning software media center for digital media. It
is available for Linux, OSX, Windows and the original Xbox. It has a
dedicated ubuntu varient called XBMCBUNTU . Currently XBMC can be used
to play almost all popular audio and video formats around.Once
installed, your computer will become a fully functional multimedia
jukebox. To install it type:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:team-xbmc
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install xbmc
Openshot – Video editor in ubuntu
Openshot, the best existing video editor for Linux. You can install
Openshot from Ubuntu software center, but if you want to install the
latest release, you can do that by adding the following repositories:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:jonoomph/openshot-edge
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install openshot openshot-doc
GTK pod is a good ipod manager. gtkpod will support iPod, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, iPod photo, and iPod mini
sudo apt-get install gtkpod
K3b – All in One CD, DVD, BluRay Burning Applicaiton for Ubuntu 12.10
K3b is a full featured disc burning tool which has all the features
of Nero Burning rom. The current version support Blu-ray burning also.
This is a KDE Application. If you install on Gnome It will download all
the KDE Libraries. This will be a real overload.
sudo apt-get install k3b
Minitube – Youtube Desktop Client for Ubuntu
Minitube is a flash free YouTube desktop application for Linux and
Mac OSX. Minitube is perhaps one of the cleanest looking YouTube desktop
client I have ever used in Ubuntu.
Audacity on Ubuntu 12.10
Audacity is a cross-platform multitrack audio editor. It allows you
to record sounds directly or to import files in various formats and
convert audio files into many different audio file formats too.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:audacity-team/daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install audacity lame libmp3lame0
HandBrake on Ubuntu 12.10
HandBrake is an open-source program designed to
convert MPEG video (including DVD-Video) into an MPEG-4 video file in
MPEG-4 Part 14 (.mp4) or Matroska (.mkv) containers.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:stebbins/handbrake-snapshots
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install handbrake-gtk handbrake-cli
Graphics Packages for Ubuntu 12.10
There are lot of applications available for image editing, drawing,
painting, animation, 3D Modeling in ubuntu. The state of art blender and
essential gimp is coming under graphics. Also dia for diagrams drawing
and editing etc..
GIMP – The Advanced Image Editing programme in Ubuntu 12.10
A great Photo Editing and retouching software that can do gif
animations . Will replace your Photoshop. A lot of plugins, brushes,
gradients are avilable for gimp. A newer version gimp 2.8 is available
on ubuntu 12.10
sudo apt-get install gimp
Click Install Gimp
For some extra set of brushes, gradients and plugins etc execute :
sudo apt-get install gimp-data-extras sudo apt-get install gimp-plugin-registry
Inkscape – Vector image editing and drawing application in Ubuntu 12.10
A great Vector drawing and logo creating software which will replace
Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw. It can also buid various patterns and
svg files. A great tool for every ubuntu artist.
sudo apt-get install inkscape
Click Install Inkscape
Pinta Image Editor
It is a very nice image manipulation program with some basic
features. it’s very easy to handle and it is most suitable for absolute
beginners. it looks very similar to MS paint program.
To install pinta execute the command -
sudo apt-get install pinta
Picasa – Photo and Album collection Manager from google
A Good Photo Manager from Google. This Package will be downloaded from Google Picasa Website.
http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/pool/non-free/p/picasa/picasa_3.0-current_i386.deb
All downloads are approximately 30 MB: Picasa software (13 MB), Wine (11 MB) and Gecko engine (6 MB).
To install the Google Picasa repository:
sudo sh -c "echo 'deb http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/ testing non-free' >> /etc/apt/sources.list"; wget --quiet http://dl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub -O - | sudo apt-key add - sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install picasa
Blender in Ubuntu 12.10
Blender is the award winning 3D modeling and Non Linear Editing
Programme in Linux. Blender supports from character drawing to timeline
editing . The Latest version 2.62 is the most powerfull solution for all
designing and 3D needs. There is a non linear editing tool set is also
coming with blender.
sudo apt-get install blender
Internet Utilities for Ubuntu 12.10
Firefox 7 is included in Ubuntu 12.10 by default. But you can try other browsers like google chrome, opera.
Chromium is the opensource project sponsored by google. Chromium
comes without google specific customizations.Chromium supports all the
extensions/themes that you use on Chrome. it’s one of the most popular
software in Ubuntu Software Center. To install it type:
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
You should install some codecs like FFmpeg for playing multimedia contents on web.
sudo apt-get install chromium-codecs-ffmpeg-extra
Google Chrome will be downloaded from
Google Website.
The flash support for linux is through google chrome browser only.
Adobe stopped supporting other flash players in linux. So if you want to
get the latest flash player install google chrome
wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add - sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list' sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install google-chrome-stable
Opera is a good alternative browser for good internet experience. You can Download Opera From
Opera Website.
Opera is offered free of charge for personal computers and mobile phones.
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://deb.opera.com/opera/ stable non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera.list' sudo sh -c 'wget -O - http://deb.opera.com/archive.key | apt-key add -' sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install opera
Also You can try other web browsers like Midori, Aurora, Rekonq, Eppiphany etc…
Email Clients for Ubuntu 12.10
Thunderbird is the default email client for Ubuntu 12.10. This is created by the mozilla team, people behind firefox.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:mozillateam/thunderbird-stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install thunderbird xul-ext-calendar-timezones xul-ext-lightning
To import Outlook PST files in Thunderbird:
sudo apt-get install readpst readpst -r nameofyourPSTfilehere
Chat Clients for Ubuntu 12.10
Empathy is the default IM Client for Ubuntu 12.10. Other IM Clients are pidgin,skype,amsn etc..
Pidgin is an open source IM application. It can handle various accounts . It is based on libpurple library.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:pidgin-developers/ppa && sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pidgin
Skype is a proprietary integrated VOIP and video conferencing program
similar to Ekiga. It is a complete audio video client for ubuntu. To
install Skype, first activate Canonical Partner Repository, then install
Skype via the Software-Center or via the Terminal.
.
sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner" sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install skype
Emesene
Emesene is an MSN messenger client that uses a simplified interface similar to the original client. To install it type
sudo apt-get install emesene
Social Networking Clients for Ubuntu 12.10
gwibber is the default social networking client for ubuntu. You can manage your facebook and twitter accounts from gwibber.
sudo apt-get install gwibber
Hotot Twitter Client for ubuntu
Hotot is slick twitter client for ubuntu. It is in its early stages
but it is worth take a look. Will be your favourite one soon.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:hotot-team
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install hotot
Bit torrent Clients for Ubuntu 12.10
Transmission
It is the bittorrent client for Ubuntu 12.10
sudo apt-get install transmission
Vuze is the next version of Azureus. It can handle torrents more
effectively. Uses Java to run, very complete but a bit heavy. And has a
wide variety of add-ons to choose from too. Search and download torrent
files. Play, convert and transcode videos and music for playing on many
devices such as PSP, TiVo, XBox, PS3, iTunes. To install it type:
sudo apt-get install vuze
The Deluge was designed to be a full-featured BitTorrent client.
Deluge uses libtorrent in it’s backend and PyGTK for it’s user
interface, and is currently usable on Ubuntu.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deluge-team/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install deluge
Installing the latest Java run time JRE
JRE stands for ‘Java Runtime Environment’. It’s an essential
application that many applications ‘depend on’. It provides the
libraries, the Java Virtual Machine, and other components to run applets
and applications written in the Java programming language.
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jre icedtea-7-plugin
Test your browser to make sure your Java is installed and working properly here:
http://www.java.com/en/download/testjava.jsp
If you want to install Sun Java JDK insted of Open JDK you can install that also
sudo apt-get purge openjdk-7-jre icedtea-7-plugin
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install oracle-jdk7-installer
Google Earth in Ubuntu 12.10
Google Earth
is a great tool to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings,
from galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can
explore rich geographical content, save your toured places, and share
with others. To install it type:
sudo apt-get install googleearth-package make-googleearth-package --force sudo dpkg -i googleearth*.deb
Flash Player for web browsers in Ubuntu 12.10
For Ubuntu 32 bit & 64 bit : To be able to watch videos and see
flash website in your browser (firefox/ Chrome..), you need to install
flash plugin, go to ubuntu software center and search word “flash” and
install it.
FTP Clients for Ubuntu 12.10
filezilla and gftp are the popular ftp clients in Ubuntu 12.10. Nautilus is also support ftp,sftp connections.
Filezilla is the best ftp client for Linux. It can handle all the FTP needs. Nautilus is also capable of connecting ftp.
sudo apt-get install filezilla
DropBox
Dropbox is a free service that lets you bring all your photos, docs,
and videos anywhere. This means that any file you save to your Dropbox
will automatically save to all your computers, phones and even the
Dropbox website. Dropbox also makes it super easy to share with others,
whether you’re a student or professional, parent or grandparent.
Download the Dropbox package:
Ubuntu (x86_64 .deb)
Ubuntu (x86 .deb)
Office Packages for Ubuntu 12.10
Libreoffice is installed by default. It includes Writer – A good
Document Editor, Calc – A Spreadsheet Editor, Impress – A Presentation
Creator and Manager and Draw – A Drawing creator. You can also try
Abiword and Gnumeric.
To install LibreOffice PPA:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:libreoffice/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install libreoffice libreoffice-java-common libreoffice-math libreoffice-gnome libreoffice-java-common
To enable PDF import capability:
sudo apt-get install libreoffice-pdfimport
To enable Mozilla Office plugin:
sudo apt-get install mozilla-libreoffice
Adobe Acrobat Reader
This will help to read pdf documents more effectively. The default
Document Viewer will handle pdf files. But you get more features with
this programme
sudo apt-get install acroread
Scribus is a good DTP application to prepare industry standard books for publishing and more …
sudo apt-get install scribus
Dia is a good diagram editor. Will help you to create a variety of
diagrams like Flow chart, Database, Circuit, Logic, UML etc ..
sudo apt-get install dia
Miscellaneous Applications for Enhance your Ubuntu 12.10 Desktop
Some applicaitons like cheese,xsane,stellarium,unrar,p7zip are nice applications for enhance your desktop.
Cheese – Take Photos and Record Videos Using Webcam
Cheese is a must install especially if you are a laptop user, since
most laptops/netbooks have a webcam these days. Cheese is a simple
application that lets you take photos and record videos using your
webcam.
sudo apt-get cheese
Xsane – A Scanner application for Ubuntu
Xsane is a great tool for your scanner control. This tool will help
to scan documents and pictures effectively. You can control resolution,
brightness, contrast etc …
sudo apt-get install xsane
Stellarium is a real-time 3D photo-realistic nightsky renderer. It
can generate images of the sky as seen through the Earth’s atmosphere
with more than one hundred thousand stars from the Hipparcos Catalogue,
constellations, planets, major satellites and nebulas. Near 40 MB.
sudo apt-get install stellarium
Rar, Zip applicaitons for Ubuntu 12.10
If you are downloading from the internet, you know how various forms
archives can have. Installing the following will allow you to deal with
most of these.
sudo apt-get install unace unrar zip unzip p7zip-full p7zip-rar sharutils rar uudeview mpack lha arj cabextract file-roller
Y PPA Manager
Y PPA Manager is a GUI tool to easily add PPAs, search a package in
all Launchpad PPAs, remove duplicate PPAs (only works with separate
.list files), backup PPAs and other PPA-related tasks. Check out the
Launchpad page for a complete features list.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/y-ppa-manager
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install y-ppa-manager
Samba Server
Samba is the windows share folder manager. You can add windows shares using samba server
sudo apt-get install samba smbfs
Wine The windows Environment - install windows programmes into Ubuntu 12.10
If you want to install and run windows programmes under Ubuntu 12.10
you need a windows environment emulator programme called wine.
- Support for multiple icon sizes in wine menu builder.
- Improvements to the help browser.
- Initial stab at DOSBox integration.
- Various MSI fixes.
- Some fixes to the Wine debugger.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-wine/ppa sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install wine1.3
RAM / CPU usage Indicator for Unity
Unity top panel doesn’t support any kind of applets, just
AppIndicators. Luckily, there’s an AppIndicator that displays the RAM
and CPU usage. Install it using the commands below:
- sudo add-apt-repository ppa:emptythevoid/syspeeknew
- sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install syspeek
If you using ubuntu one cloud service then here is a nice app indicator to help you .
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:rye/ubuntuone-extras
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntuone-indicator
Resize Images by right click them in Ubuntu 12.10
This is a quick tweak and it is greatly usefull. If you have some
large images and reduce its size to 50% or resize an image quickly. Then
there is a nautilus script by using this one just right click on the
image and resize for your desired sizes. Nice quick tool.
sudo apt-get install imagemagick
sudo apt-get install nautilus-image-converter
Eye Candy for Ubuntu 12.10
Incredible Themes for Ubuntu 12.10
A best theme combination is Equinox Evolution themes + Faenza icon
theme combination. As an added advantage, both are available from the
same PPA as well. Latest Equinox Evolution themes update brings with 3
new themes taking the total count to 5. To install Equinox GTK theme
collection and Faenza icon theme in Ubuntu 12.10 type in terminal.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tiheum/equinox
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gtk2-engines-equinox equinox-theme faenza-icon-theme
There are other great themes from
Gnome bisigi project. You have 12 great incredible themes for ubuntu.
Conky is a lightweight system monitor application for Linux. It can
be customizable in lot ways to look your desktop stunning. Type
following in terminal to install conky
sudo apt-get install conky
Screenlets for Ubuntu 12.10
Screenlets are small owner-drawn applications that can be described
as “the virtual representation of things lying/standing around on your
desk”. Sticknotes, clocks, rulers, the possibilities are
endless.Screenlets can be installed from Ubuntu software center,
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:screenlets/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install screenlets
This is a comprehensive to do list after install Ubuntu 12.10. Try to
cover all majour utilities for a common user. To install all these
packages a good internet connection is a must. There are lot of
applications for every purpose like scientific computing, Integrated
Development Environment etc… You can try all these softwares from ubuntu
software centre. Just search for the application and click install.
Other popular Things to do after installing ubuntu 12.10 Guides
Ubuntu 12.10 Guides
Ubuntu
includes a launcher on the left of your screen. If it appears that the
size of the icons on the launcher is too big, you can adjust it to a
smaller size you like.
Like
the way the Jump Lists do in Windows 7, you can enable almost the same
feature for Ubuntu's Launcher by installing Unity Window Quicklists.
Ubuntu
system places the application menu (File/Edit/View) on the top bar by
default. If you want to disable this feature and move the menu back to
the application's window, follow these steps:
If
your Ubuntu system sets the Minimize, Maximize and Close buttons to the
left in a window and you prefer to change them to the right, then
follow these simple steps:
In Ubuntu you can set nearly the same aero glass effect to window borders with alpha transparency as available in Windows 7.
If
the aero glass effect doesn't work, check if you have updated your
display driver. Go to Control Gear > System Settings > Hardware
> Additional Drivers, activate the recommended graphics driver and
restart the system.
Click the File Browser icon on the Launcher.
Click the Dash Home icon on the Launcher (or tap Super), then type 
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