Comments on: 10 Tips for After You Install or Upgrade Ubuntu

By: me

me — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 06:40:11 +0000

i have been using linux for 5 years at least (no firewall, no virus protection) no crashes no viruses on my computer EVER! any extra programs/hacks i have had to get are easilly found ! beat that while you reboot,defrag,remoove maleware/viruses and wait for an eternity for the overly laden and utterly problem prone microsoft $#!%

By: t0ka7a

t0ka7a — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 10:57:50 +0000

I was bored to install again and again my preferred softwares each time I reinstalled Ubuntu. So, next step, I created a post-installation script infondlinux https://code.google.com/p/infondlinux/

It gives a model to personnalize user’s own script. It is opensource and is security oriented.

Enjoy!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 02 May 2010 01:49:10 +0000

i can’t even get java6 to install, could you help me out?

By: Warren T. Void

Warren T. Void — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 20:19:35 +0000

I have been using Ubuntu (and variants) since Dapper Drake but I still like coming to your site to refresh my mind. I was just reading some of the comments here and I couldn’t help but laugh at the windoze users. Why is it that they can’t seem to wrap their tiny little minds around the fact that there will be post install task (not that different from windoze) to perform. What I really want to know is what makes the post install tasks so difficult? If your a windoze user and you want to make the transition a little easier, please.. refer to a wiki. Try googling “Unofficial Ubuntu Wiki” and go from there. CTRL+F is your friend.

By: SacroFiducia

SacroFiducia — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 20:44:39 +0000

THANK YOU “sacha” Much appreciated… it should read as you said :

1. Run Windows applications with the latest WINE

New WINE releases arrive every two weeks; the version in Ubuntu 8.04’s repository is already out-of-date. To be able to run Windows applications as well as possible, you should stay with the latest WINE releases.

Open System->Administration->Software Sources, and select the Third Party Software tab. Click Add and paste in the official WINE Ubuntu repository:
deb http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt hardy main

When prompted, reload the repositories. Install the package wine from your package manager. Whenever a new version of WINE is released, you should see it in your Ubuntu updates.

*** To install wine you will need to add the authentification key.

Type this in a term :

wget -q http://wine.budgetdedicated.com/apt/387EE263.gpg -O- | sudo apt-key add -

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:25:18 +0000

While you still got to it eventually I for one greatly appreciate that at least 70% of your guide isn’t about installing Compiz and Mac-replicating effects. It’s rare to see an ubuntu post install tip guide that doesn’t make the community as a general look like a bench of trend following goons. Great contribution.

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By: Chris

Chris — Mon, 08 Jun 2009 04:14:53 +0000

Yeah, just ignore them when they don’t have anything constructive to say. That’s what I do. Those that preach about using only FOSS packages, “Windoze,” “n00buntu,” etc., are, more often than not, not worth listening to as OS fanboyism clouds their view of the bigger picture.

ubuntuforums.org is a respectful community as was linuxforums.org last time I visited.

By: BD

BD — Sun, 31 May 2009 01:59:22 +0000

Maybe because firefox 3 is out and has been out for a long time.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 15:37:21 +0000

So is there a safe way to be a linux newbie and avoid being flamed by all these snobbish linux “Experts”?