8 Things to do after installing Ubuntu 18.04

4 min readApr 3, 2019

If you have installed Ubuntu then still after installation, you may not get the proper setup of the linux system. So, follow the following process:

Proxy Setting

If you are using an authenticated network like college wifi and lan network then you won’t be able to update the system or download any software from Ubuntu Software Center. So, I have already written a blog on that, just follow the steps. Click here

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Update the System

Press Windows button and search software. You will get following applications. Select the Software & Updates.

Select the Main Server and mark all the four options.

Now, navigate to Other Software and you will find Canonical Partners. Mark it.

Now, click Close. It will ask you to Reload. Click on reload and it will start updating cache.

Now, search for Software Updater

It will start downloading the updates and once it finishes downloading, it will ask you for installing the update.

It’s done. Now, move to next.

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Right Click (only a problem for laptop’s trackpad)

You will not be able to use right click on laptop’s trackpad as you were using in windows. So for that, do the following thing:

Press Ctrl + Alt + T to open terminal. Then, enter the following two commands:

sudo add-apt-repository universe

sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool

It will start installing the tool. Once completed, press windows key and search tweaks.

In the Keyboard & Mouse tab, you will find Mouse Click Emulation. Select Area option.

It’s done, enjoy pressing right click.

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New Document Option on Right Click Menu

Press Ctrl + Alt + T to open terminal. Then, enter the following code:

touch ~/Templates/Untitled\ Document

Now, you will have the New Document option in the Right Click Menu.

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Media Codecs

You won’t be able to play MP4, AVI files initially. You have to download media codecs to play videos on Ubuntu. For that, run the following command:

sudo apt install ubuntu-restricted-extras

It will ask you to accept some terms and conditions.

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Gimp (photoshop for linux)

If you want to edit or photoshop your photos in Linux then you have the a life saver software called Gimp. Open Ubuntu Software Center and click on search icon and type gimp.

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Battery Percentage

Open the Tweaks tool. In the Top Bar tab, you will find Battery Percentage option.

It’s done.

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Brightness Controller

Some people along me, are complaining that they are not able to control the brightness from shortcut keys or display setting. So here is a simple solution for that:

Press Ctrl + Alt + T to open terminal and run the following commands: