1.Install Gnome Classic desktop
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# apt-get install gnome-session-flashback
Ubuntu Tweak Tool
Ubuntu Tweak Tool allows you to customize things like fonts, themes etc, that are otherwise difficult or impossible with the "unity-control-center" tool of Unity desktop.
# add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa
# apt-get update
# apt-get install ubuntu-tweak
$ ubuntu-tweak
Take window title bar buttons to the right
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout 'menu:minimize,maximize,close'
Disable overlay scrollbars
On Ubuntu with unity installed, the scrollbars are the overlay scrollbars. In order to revert to the old style plain scrollbar, run the following command
$ gsettings set com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode normal
Or run dconf-editor and go to com > canonical > desktop > interface and set the scrollbar-mode value to normal.
Fix the missing menu and button icons
By default, the gnome flashback session does not show icons in dropdown menus and buttons.
To enable these run the following commands
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface menus-have-icons true
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface buttons-have-icons true
Disable compositing in metacity to speed up
If your system is low on hardware and you need to speed up things, then use the metacity desktop and disable compositing.
Doing so would remove the desktop effects like shadows etc.
Open dconf-editor and go to the following path.
org > gnome > metacity
Find the setting called compositing-manager and uncheck it.
It would take effect instantly and windows would lose their shadows. But it would also speed up the desktop user interface.
Find another setting called 'edge-tiling' and uncheck it to speed up window dragging.
2.Adobe-Flash Player
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Open /etc/apt/sources.list file . Find and uncomment the below lines .
# vi /etc/apt/sources.list
...
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner
#
# apt-get update
# apt-get install adobe-flashplugin
Now just open http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ in your browser and you can see the flash player version details
3.Install Java browser plugin
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The java browser plugin enables the browser to run java applets.
Install the icedtea plugin to make java work inside firefox browser.
# apt-get install icedtea-plugin
OR
# apt-get install icedtea-7-plugin openjdk-7-jre
After installation, close firefox and reopen it and go to http://javatester.org/version.html to verify that the java plugin is working.
4.Install Multimedia Codecs
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# apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras libavcodec-extra
# apt-get install vlc
5.Hardinfo - System information tool
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Hardinfo is a gui tool that reports details about various hardware components in an easy to read format.
# apt-get install hardinfo
6.Install Archive utilities
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Certain proprietory archive utilities are not installed on Ubuntu by default.
Adding them would enable your system to read additional archive formats and extract files out of them without problems.
# apt-get install unace rar unrar p7zip-rar p7zip sharutils uudeview mpack arj cabextract lzip lunzip plzip
7. Install Wine
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Wine is a Windows emulator and allows you to run Windows applications on your Ubuntu system.
# apt-get install wine winetricks
8.Install a Torrent Client
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Ubuntu comes with “Transmission” which is a great torrent client, but it lacks a good interface and is not that practical.
Instead you can install qbittorent which has a more modern look and is much easier to use.
# apt-get install qbittorrent
9.Install Compiz
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Compiz provides different awesome desktop effects for your desktop.
Visual effects on the desktop like shadows and animations are managed by Compiz.
The compiz settings can be modified using the Compiz Settings Manager.
# apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-plugins
To run it, search for Compiz in the dash or run the following command
$ ccsm
10.Install package management tools
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Synaptic is a package manager that allows you to install/update/uninstall different packages as well as fix broken dependencies.
And all this, with an easy to use graphical interface.
The Gdebi tool is an excellent tool to install third party deb files along with necessary dependency packages.
# apt-get install synaptic gdebi
11.Get some Wallpapers and Themes
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By default Ubuntu ships with few wallpapers. There are plenty more wallpapers already there in the repositories and can be installed easily.
Install the following packages from the commandline
# apt-get install ubuntu-wallpapers-* ubuntukylin-wallpapers-* ubuntustudio-wallpapers
# apt-get install gnome-themes-* shimmer-themes
12.Install Gksudo
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The gksudo command is used to launch gui programs with root privileges from the command line
# apt-get install gksu
Now run gui application using gksudo to run them as root.
$ gksudo nautilus
13.Disable IPv6
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Add the following lines at the end of that file
# vi /etc/sysctl.conf
...
# IPv6 disabled
net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1
#
# sysctl -p
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# apt-get install gnome-session-flashback
Ubuntu Tweak Tool
Ubuntu Tweak Tool allows you to customize things like fonts, themes etc, that are otherwise difficult or impossible with the "unity-control-center" tool of Unity desktop.
# add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa
# apt-get update
# apt-get install ubuntu-tweak
$ ubuntu-tweak
Take window title bar buttons to the right
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.wm.preferences button-layout 'menu:minimize,maximize,close'
Disable overlay scrollbars
On Ubuntu with unity installed, the scrollbars are the overlay scrollbars. In order to revert to the old style plain scrollbar, run the following command
$ gsettings set com.canonical.desktop.interface scrollbar-mode normal
Or run dconf-editor and go to com > canonical > desktop > interface and set the scrollbar-mode value to normal.
Fix the missing menu and button icons
By default, the gnome flashback session does not show icons in dropdown menus and buttons.
To enable these run the following commands
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface menus-have-icons true
$ gsettings set org.gnome.desktop.interface buttons-have-icons true
Disable compositing in metacity to speed up
If your system is low on hardware and you need to speed up things, then use the metacity desktop and disable compositing.
Doing so would remove the desktop effects like shadows etc.
Open dconf-editor and go to the following path.
org > gnome > metacity
Find the setting called compositing-manager and uncheck it.
It would take effect instantly and windows would lose their shadows. But it would also speed up the desktop user interface.
Find another setting called 'edge-tiling' and uncheck it to speed up window dragging.
2.Adobe-Flash Player
--------------------------------------------------------------
Open /etc/apt/sources.list file . Find and uncomment the below lines .
# vi /etc/apt/sources.list
...
deb http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner
deb-src http://archive.canonical.com/ubuntu trusty partner
#
# apt-get update
# apt-get install adobe-flashplugin
Now just open http://www.adobe.com/software/flash/about/ in your browser and you can see the flash player version details
3.Install Java browser plugin
--------------------------------------------------------------
The java browser plugin enables the browser to run java applets.
Install the icedtea plugin to make java work inside firefox browser.
# apt-get install icedtea-plugin
OR
# apt-get install icedtea-7-plugin openjdk-7-jre
After installation, close firefox and reopen it and go to http://javatester.org/version.html to verify that the java plugin is working.
4.Install Multimedia Codecs
--------------------------------------------------------------
# apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras libavcodec-extra
# apt-get install vlc
5.Hardinfo - System information tool
--------------------------------------------------------------
Hardinfo is a gui tool that reports details about various hardware components in an easy to read format.
# apt-get install hardinfo
6.Install Archive utilities
--------------------------------------------------------------
Certain proprietory archive utilities are not installed on Ubuntu by default.
Adding them would enable your system to read additional archive formats and extract files out of them without problems.
# apt-get install unace rar unrar p7zip-rar p7zip sharutils uudeview mpack arj cabextract lzip lunzip plzip
7. Install Wine
--------------------------------------------------------------
Wine is a Windows emulator and allows you to run Windows applications on your Ubuntu system.
# apt-get install wine winetricks
8.Install a Torrent Client
--------------------------------------------------------------
Ubuntu comes with “Transmission” which is a great torrent client, but it lacks a good interface and is not that practical.
Instead you can install qbittorent which has a more modern look and is much easier to use.
# apt-get install qbittorrent
9.Install Compiz
--------------------------------------------------------------
Compiz provides different awesome desktop effects for your desktop.
Visual effects on the desktop like shadows and animations are managed by Compiz.
The compiz settings can be modified using the Compiz Settings Manager.
# apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-plugins
To run it, search for Compiz in the dash or run the following command
$ ccsm
10.Install package management tools
--------------------------------------------------------------
Synaptic is a package manager that allows you to install/update/uninstall different packages as well as fix broken dependencies.
And all this, with an easy to use graphical interface.
The Gdebi tool is an excellent tool to install third party deb files along with necessary dependency packages.
# apt-get install synaptic gdebi
11.Get some Wallpapers and Themes
--------------------------------------------------------------
By default Ubuntu ships with few wallpapers. There are plenty more wallpapers already there in the repositories and can be installed easily.
Install the following packages from the commandline
# apt-get install ubuntu-wallpapers-* ubuntukylin-wallpapers-* ubuntustudio-wallpapers
# apt-get install gnome-themes-* shimmer-themes
12.Install Gksudo
--------------------------------------------------------------
The gksudo command is used to launch gui programs with root privileges from the command line
# apt-get install gksu
Now run gui application using gksudo to run them as root.
$ gksudo nautilus
13.Disable IPv6
--------------------------------------------------------------
Add the following lines at the end of that file
# vi /etc/sysctl.conf
...
# IPv6 disabled
net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1
#
# sysctl -p