Tutorial of seven things to do after Installing Ubuntu 12.04 0:14 Change Update Server and Run Updates Speed up your downloads and get your system up-to-date 1:14 Install Proprietary Drivers eg nVidia / AMD ATI Graphics Card, Wireless network, TV Cards, etc… 1:38 Install Proprietary Codecs To Play Adobe Flash Videos, MP3 Audio, MP4 Videos, and a few other codecs 2:11 Customise Desktop with MyUnity MyUnity allows you to easily customise your desktop to change transparency settings, launcher size, and icon theme. 3:06 Keyboard Shortcuts Bring back familiar Windows shortcuts such as Win+E for Home Folder (Nautilus File Manager) Ctrl+Alt+Del to open System Monitor 4:06 Privacy Settings Prevent history being recorded for certain File Types, Folders, or Applications. 4:32 Setup Ubuntu One Cloud Storage Gives you 5Gb of online storage for free. Great for getting same configuration between different computers. Ubuntu One can synchronise between Windows, iPhone, and Android Smart Phones Wallpaper: imgur.com
Step by step guide on how to install Ubuntu 12.04 Precise Pangolin to be able to dual boot with Windows 8, 7 or XP. In this tutorial video I talk about which Ubuntu Download to go for (32bit or 64bit), how to create a bootable CD / USB Memory stick, and then I go through in detail all the aspects of the Ubuntu installer. 0:01 Intro 0:33 What to download 3:25 Booting into Ubuntu Installer Disk 4:10 Try Ubuntu (Testing out the OS before Installing) 5:02 Ubuntu Installer 5:57 Installing Alongside Windows 7:21 Configuration Options 10:39 First Bootup into newly installed Ubuntu OS Ubuntu Download: www.ubuntu.com UNetBootin: unetbootin.sourceforge.net Pen Drive Linux: www.pendrivelinux.com Manual Partition Editor: youtu.be GRUB Customisation: youtu.be Another GRUB Customiser: youtu.be Wallpaper: imgur.com
Introduction and Review of Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Codenamed Precise Pangolin. The latest Long Term Support release of Ubuntu now offers 5 years security updates for both Desktop and Server editions. Unity is now looking a lot better, and there are some new features such as: Heads Up Display (HUD) that allows you to easily search through applications menu items, New Privacy tool to control what history is saved More Customisation options in Unity Improved support for Dual monitors Chapter Timings: 0:01 Introduction to Ubuntu 0:16 System Features 1:49 Heads Up Display (HUD) 2:37 Customising Unity with MyUnity 3:50 Privacy Tool 4:09 Installing Applications with Software Centre 4:50 Pre-Installed Applications 7:20 Conclusion Ubuntu comes with just about everything you need to get going with, such as Firefox web browser, LibreOffice, Rhythm Box music player, Totem movie player, Shotwell photo manager, plus a few more apps. Website: www.ubuntu.com Download: www.ubuntu.com How to install Ubuntu to dual boot with Windows: youtu.be
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Tutorial on how to use the Ubuntu Manual Drive Partitioner (Something Else option on Ubuntu 11.04) provided in the Ubuntu system Installer. In this video I explain about drive partitioning and give an example of deleting an old Linux install, resize Windows partition, and explain what the other partitions on your harddrive might be. 2:48 Ubuntu Manual Partitioner 8:35 How to use GParted The Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEM) tend to leave a boot partition and a Windows recovery partition. FAT32 tends to be a small bootup partition NTFS is used for Windows and Windows backups I recommend using Ext4 for Ubuntu You’ll also need a Linux Swap partition, which should be at least 1Gb, but its worth allocating more if you have enough harddrive space available. GPartEd Download: gparted.sourceforge.net
Preview of Ubuntu 12.04, codenamed Precise Pangolin. In this video I show the new Heads Up Display (HUD) and Unity 5. HUD provides a method of accessing Application Menus via the Keyboard and typing the function that you want, it also learns from previous selections that you’ve made. At the moment Its in development and doesn’t work well in all programs. New features on Unity 5: Custom Colour on Unity Bar and Dash Switch Blur effect on & off on the Dash Unity Bar less sensitive when moving mouse to the left-hand side (no more making the Unity bar appear when trying to press Back button in Firefox) Other new features coming to Ubuntu 12.04: LTS Supported for 5 years Better support for Dual Monitors Global Menu can be switched off Unity Lens for using on Smart TVs Multiple Screenshots in Software Centre Customise wallpapers in Light DM wiki.ubuntu.com
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gufw is a great firewall front-end that will help you protect your data by blocking unauthorized access to your computer. If you have a hard wired connection to a router that has a firewall at home then this might not be that important to you because your router will protect your computer but if you have a wireless connection and you often use public access points then a software firewall is a must.