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launch the terminal from the menu or use the shortcut key Cntrl + Alt + T and enter the following command.
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y |
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2. Enable Partner Repositories
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To enable additional repositories,
Go to Software & Updates.
Head over to the Other Software tab and select all the additional repositories other than Source Code Repositories.
3. Install Missing Graphic Drivers
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To do this, enter the command in terminal:
sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras |
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5. Install Microsoft Fonts & Core Fonts
apt install ttf-mscorefonts-installer & fonts-indic |
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6. Install Popular and Most useful Ubuntu software
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Open your terminal either by using the Ctrl+Alt+T keyboard shortcut or by clicking on the terminal icon.
Use wget to download the latest Google Chrome .deb package.
Installing packages on Ubuntu requires administrative privileges. Running the following command as a user with sudo privileges to install Chrome .deb package on your system
sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb |
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When prompted, enter your user password, and the installation will start.
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7. Install common software
sudo apt install emacs vim vlc filezilla |
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cheese inkscape htop smartmontools nmap ethtool iperf ubuntu-restricted-extras libavcodec-extra gimp nautilus-image-converter ttf-mscorefonts-installer uget |
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Performance
Tweak swappiness
By default most Linux distros still assume people need a swap at all. That's unlikely, but in case it's present, it should be at least tweaked to only be used when RAM is 80% full and not 60% like by default. For this, add the following line to the end of /etc/sysctl.conf
vm.swappiness = 20
and reboot the machine to finalize everything.