Installed Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr, What next?

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Are you a hug Ubuntu fan? Are you one of those who keep on waiting for the latest Ubunutu release? Well, i am one of you guys then. I ran the betas of Trusty Tahr on my system and had been eagerly waiting for the final release. Now, that its already out amoung us, its out on our systems too. Now, that you have installed Trusty, what next?
Well, here is what i did. Here are the first 10 applications i installed as soon as i put Trusty on my laptop.
To install everpad in ubuntu 14.04,
To install vlc media player in ubuntu 14.04,
As of now, firefox 29 can be installed using the tar ball. The tar ball is downloadable from the offical source
Follow these steps further:
Extract the archive: tar -xvf firefox-29.0.tar.bz2
Remove the older firefox: sudo rm -r /opt/firefox
Note: Make sure you back up the bookmarks, passwords and history before removing the older firefox or simply rename it to firefox-bak.
Move the extracted firefox to /opt : mv firefox /opt
create a soft link for the new firefox: sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
Now, you can easily launch the newer version of firefox with earlier shortcut.
To install shutter in ubuntu 14.04,
You will definitely find it better than the default app screenshot.
To install synaptic in ubuntu 14.04,
It is a must have app for you if you don'd find the terminal much user friendly. Don't like synaptic, go for software center.
You can install it simply through deb or source package which is available at the official source. And if you want to do it through the command line:
One another interesting tweaking application is folder color. To install it on Ubuntu 14.04, use the following commands:
With folder color, you can easily change the color of the folder icon.
To install indicator-stickynotes on Ubuntu 14.04,
Just note down anything quick with this amazing app.
Steam can be easily installed through debian pakage which can be downloaded from the official source.
The only requirement to install it on Ubuntu 14.04 is that you should already be running it on any of your mobile device as it requires a mobile number for registration. It can be easily installed using the debian package which can be downloaded from the official source.
When you install it on Ubuntu, it generates a code on your mobile number you register with and the installation can't be completed without the code.
It enables the support for mp3 playback and decoding, support for various other audio formats through gstreamer plugins. It also pulls in support for microsoft fonts, flash plugin, dvd playback, LAME (to create compressed audio files).
To install ubuntu-restricted-extras in Ubuntu 14.04,
Try all of them, you won't regret an app. Make your Ubuntu even more Ubuntier!
Well, here is what i did. Here are the first 10 applications i installed as soon as i put Trusty on my laptop.
- everpad
To install everpad in ubuntu 14.04,
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nvbn-rm/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install everpad
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install everpad
- vlc media player 2.2.X
To install vlc media player in ubuntu 14.04,
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:videolan/master-daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc
- mozilla firefox 29
As of now, firefox 29 can be installed using the tar ball. The tar ball is downloadable from the offical source
Follow these steps further:
Extract the archive: tar -xvf firefox-29.0.tar.bz2
Remove the older firefox: sudo rm -r /opt/firefox
Note: Make sure you back up the bookmarks, passwords and history before removing the older firefox or simply rename it to firefox-bak.
Move the extracted firefox to /opt : mv firefox /opt
create a soft link for the new firefox: sudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/bin/firefox
Now, you can easily launch the newer version of firefox with earlier shortcut.
- Shutter
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install shutter
sudo apt-get install shutter
You will definitely find it better than the default app screenshot.
- synaptic package manager
To install synaptic in ubuntu 14.04,
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install synaptic
sudo apt-get install synaptic
It is a must have app for you if you don'd find the terminal much user friendly. Don't like synaptic, go for software center.
- ubuntu tweak, folder color

You can install it simply through deb or source package which is available at the official source. And if you want to do it through the command line:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak
One another interesting tweaking application is folder color. To install it on Ubuntu 14.04, use the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:costales/folder-color
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install folder-color
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install folder-color
With folder color, you can easily change the color of the folder icon.
- indicator-stickynotes
To install indicator-stickynotes on Ubuntu 14.04,
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:umang/indicator-stickynotes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indicator-stickynotes
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install indicator-stickynotes
Just note down anything quick with this amazing app.
- steam
Steam can be easily installed through debian pakage which can be downloaded from the official source.
sudo dpkg -i steam.deb
- viber
The only requirement to install it on Ubuntu 14.04 is that you should already be running it on any of your mobile device as it requires a mobile number for registration. It can be easily installed using the debian package which can be downloaded from the official source.
sudo dpkg -i viber.deb
When you install it on Ubuntu, it generates a code on your mobile number you register with and the installation can't be completed without the code.
- ubuntu-restricted extras
It enables the support for mp3 playback and decoding, support for various other audio formats through gstreamer plugins. It also pulls in support for microsoft fonts, flash plugin, dvd playback, LAME (to create compressed audio files).
To install ubuntu-restricted-extras in Ubuntu 14.04,
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
Try all of them, you won't regret an app. Make your Ubuntu even more Ubuntier!
Well no need to install Firefox as the v29 will automatically install itself on first update ;)
ReplyDeleteYou should put your own installed binaries in /usr/local/bin and not in /usr/bin
ReplyDeletesudo ln -s /opt/firefox/firefox /usr/local/bin/firefox
If you place things in /usr/bin, you are asking for problems. Anything under /usr/local are yours to manage without being disturbed by any package.
Thank you a lot!!! It works!!!
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