10 Things To Do After Installing Ubuntu 12.10
Ubuntu is operating system for desktop and smartphone.Its is free of cost and suitable for both desktop and server use.It is among top Os.You can download and install it from any realevent site.But after installation you have to need guide and follow some steps to adjust its settings
1. Get Up to Speed:
If you are new user and don't know about ubuntu. This latest version has some amazing features. It allows you to install quick apps,BBC news,GMail and Facebook and alot of things to learn you will find.
2. Check for Updates:
Ubuntu automatically check for new updates every few days but in start you have to update this manually.
Open the Dash by clicking the button at the top of the screen and search for ‘Software Updater’.
The Software Updater app will then check for any upgrades, and install them.
3. Install Media Codecs:
Ubuntu is unable to provide certain music and film codecs ‘out of the box’.It does not mean that they can not be installed, Ubuntu installer gives an option to do this during installation.If you have not found this option then don't worry. The music and video codecs can be installed through the Ubuntu Software Center.
4. Add your Online Accounts
Ubuntu 12.10 has facility to chat apss and social media.Instead of adding enter same details in every app you can now add it once to "Online Accounts".
To get started with Online Accounts click the ‘System Settings‘ icon in the Unity Launcher, followed by the ‘Online Accounts‘ tile inside. Then hit the ‘Add Account’ button to begin.
Apps that
‘hook in’ to Online Accounts include IM app Empathy, social client
Gwibber, and photo managerShotwell.Something to note: when no accounts
are set up the Messaging Menu won’t be shown. Only as you add accounts
will this appear, and entries within it are ‘on-demand’.For example, if
you don’t use Thunderbird for e-mail, you won’t see a Thunderbird entry
in the messaging menu until you set it up.
5. Integrate Some Web Apps:
An amazing feature of Ubuntu is ‘Unity Web Apps’ that integrates over 30 popular websites with Ubuntu desktop.For example, add GMail and you get fancy Gmail options in the auncher and Messaging Menu; enable BBC News and you’ll get notification alerts on new headlines, and so on.
5. Integrate Some Web Apps:
An amazing feature of Ubuntu is ‘Unity Web Apps’ that integrates over 30 popular websites with Ubuntu desktop.For example, add GMail and you get fancy Gmail options in the auncher and Messaging Menu; enable BBC News and you’ll get notification alerts on new headlines, and so on.
To get started just visit one of the supported sites and look out for the ‘install’ pop-up as pictured in the screenshot above.
6. Adjust Your Privacy Settings:
This allows you to adjust your privacy setting as you want.
There is privacy option in settings by which you can choose files,folders which are logged which are not.You can also clear data from given period.
7. Enable Hardware Drivers
Its amazing feature is which allows you to enable hardware drivers and additional drivers.
Looking to play 3D games, you have to check for accelerated drivers.
To do this, open the Software Sources app via the Dash (or through System Settings) and hit the‘Additional Drivers‘ tab as in above image.
8. Disable the Shopping Lens
It is interesting feature that of Amazon product suggestions appearing in the Dash as you search for apps.
As the feature can be switched off in a click.Open the Privacy pane of System Settings and set ‘Include Online Results’ to ‘Off’.Be aware that switching this ‘off’ will also affect the Music, Google Docs and Video lenses.If you want to keep these working as normal, but don’t want this feature, open a Terminal and run:sudo apt-get remove unity-lens-shopping
9. Set up Ubuntu One
Ubuntu One is a free service. You get 5GB of space for free in-which to store files, photos, music and more.
To get started hit the ‘Ubuntu One’ icon on the Launcher and follow the prompts that appear.
If you already have an Ubuntu One account then hit the ‘Sign In’ button to start syncing your files to your new desktop.
10. Entertainment
Check your Facebook or Google+ profile, chat to your mates on Empathy, type up a letter in LibreOffice, find some awesome cat videos in the Unity Video Lens, etc.
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