Things to do after installing Ubuntu 19.04 Disco Dingo

Things to do after installing Ubuntu 19.04

Today Ubuntu 19.04 has been released along with the rest of its Disco Dingo brothers. If we have made an installation from scratch we may be lost: where do I start? All operating systems are ready to work as soon as you start the system after installation, but we can always make some changes that will improve the user experience. This post is about that, about things to do after installing Ubuntu 19.04 Disc Dingo.

Before starting I have to explain something: most of the suggestions that you will see in this post are typical of an Ubuntu user. By this I mean that what you will see will be an article that is mostly opinion, although there are always general things that would be good for any user. Once this is explained, I will explain some tips to make Ubuntu 19.04 more productive.

Where do I start when installing Ubuntu 19.04? Eliminating what we don't want

Probably many of you are thinking that the first thing is to update the packages in case there is an update, but that is not the first thing I do. Why? Well, because if I update directly I will waste some time updating packages that I will later delete. This depends on each one, but I prefer Ubuntu with Dualboot next to Windows and I prefer remove all bloatware which includes Ubuntu 19.04. In case you're wondering, my main computer has a total of 1128GB and has Kubuntu.

Among what I eliminate we have:

  • AMAZON. Does it still come with that installed? Out of.
  • Thunderbird. I don't need it.
  • The games it brings: GNOME Mahjongg, GNOME Mines, GNOME Sudoku, Solitaire Aisleroit
  • What you don't want.

We can remove them from the Ubuntu software center or with a terminal command, as long as we know the name of the packages.

Updating the system

The second thing I have to say depends on when you read this article. I say this because the first thing we can do is update the system. Logically, we will not see the same updates if we do it today than in a month, but this afternoon Kubuntu tweeted that they have released KDE Applications 19.04, which means that some of these applications could be updated even today. To update all the packages we can use the following commands:

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade

Another option that updates packages that are not updated with the above commands is:

sudo apt update && sudo apt dist-upgrade

Install additional drivers

More drivers in Ubuntu 19.04

We go to Software and Updates / More Drivers. There they will appear drivers are compatible with the hardware of our PC. In my case, the one you see in the previous image appears. The normal thing is that what appears is better for our computer than the generic one. I have always installed it and it has never given me major problems.

Install the software we need

The opposite step to the first is to install everything we need. For example, I install:

  • Kodi. The famous multimedia player that is used to play all kinds of content.
  • VLC. Do you need an introduction?
  • PulseEffects. One equalizer for the entire system.
  • Gparted. The partition manager that is no longer installed by default.
  • French. It is where I have Twitter, WhatsApp, Gmail ...
  • ksnip. To mark images. I have changed it for Shutter. Is here.
  • GIMP. The famous image editor.
  • Peek. To create animated gifs that you record from your PC screen.
  • SimpleScreenRecorder. To record the screen, I think it is the simplest and most functional that I have found. It also records the audio from the computer.
  • M. The famous arcade machine emulator.
  • AceStreamEngine. To view video content by P2P.
  • Audacity. To perform basic edits on audio files.
  • Kdenlive. The most famous Linux video editor alongside OpenShot. I choose Kdenlive because OpenShot crashes many times when encoding and freezes me.
  • Virtualbox. Although I don't use it much lately, it can be used to create tutorials or test installed systems, that is, other than in a Live Session.

Add support for Flatpak applications

I do not want to extend too much here because we have this tutorial in this article more detailed. In short, Flatpak packages are similar to Snap and we can find programs in Flathub and other repositories that we cannot find in the Snappy Store or APT repositories. I recommend installing them since, in fact, the version of PulseEffects that I install is the one in Flathub.

Customize Ubuntu 19.04

There are times that I do not like to complicate myself. There must be some command that allows us to move the close, minimize, and restore buttons to the left, but I'm lazy to look for it. I'm used to it and, whenever I can, I move them. This is one of the changes that I make as soon as I install Ubuntu.

  • The first thing I do: go to settings and configure the touchpad to move faster. If you do not like the speed at which it moves you can go to Settings, search for "touchpad" and change the values ​​from there.
  • I install gnome-tweak-tool from the terminal or «Retouching» from the software center. I go to the "Window title bars" section and change the buttons so that they appear on the left. Retouching can change more things, but personally I don't need it, so… I uninstall it as soon as I change the buttons.
  • Set Night Light. This will allow us to configure when to activate and what temperature the screen will have. If you are not used to it, surely you do not like how the screen looks, but the change makes it gradual and will allow us to sleep better at night. The "quick and bad" explanation is that, if we leave the screens in their natural color, our body "thinks" that it is looking at "a window" and that window is telling it that "it is daylight", so the body it takes longer to relax. By eliminating the blue tones, the body assumes that it is not daytime and prepares for the night.
  • Add and remove favorites from the dock. And, speaking of the dock, I usually put it down.

And this would be all that I do to any Ubuntu installation. I probably make more changes over time, but they are changes that I need at one point and that I don't always need when I install Ubuntu. Question for those who already know more about what Ubuntu is about: What things will you do after installing Ubuntu 19.04?

You can download Ubuntu 19.04 from here.


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  1.   Jose Francisco Barrantes placeholder image said

    When I had installed it in its Beta version. . . 'I couldn't install Amarok audio program. . . Does anyone know if it can be done by terminal? (I did not find it in the software by default as before) *

  2.   C Ivan González Anaya said

    Already left?

  3.   Froilan Ferry said

    How can I move the ubuntu budgie 19.04 Dock, please HELP ME

  4.   Alexandra said

    Hello
    Since I updated to 19.04 Disco I have problems with Clementine. Could you recommend another player than the same services.
    Thank you

    1.    Andrew said

      Actually clementine does not present a problem, only open it again to see it and in the settings of it, tell it not to hide in the tray, the problem is that when clicking the icon in the system tray it does not maximize the window and it stays there, it was hard for me to discover it

    2.    Frances Tafur said

      Hello, nice evening. Could you help me to confirm how I can activate the touch function of my PC. I have installed ubuntu 19.04 and I still can't configure it as I had it? help. Thanks!

  5.   Claudio said

    Hello Friend, I have a serious problem.

    I bought an I5 with mother Gygabyte
    Nvidia Video Card

    and I did a Dual Boot, with W10 and Ubuntu, with GPT boot

    and I can't get the audio to work for me, if in the terminal I write

    alsamixer

    shows me the sound of Intel and NVIDIA

    But it does not take them in the sound configuration so it is mute.

    Now the funny thing is that in the Chrome Browser if sound comes out, but in no other program.

    I would appreciate if you can give me a hand, since I have been with this problem for 15 days and I work with the machine.

    Claudio

  6.   pcfan5 said

    Hi, thanks for this tutorial. How do I create shortcuts from GUI or from the file manager. There is no option to create symlinks or anything like that in lubuntu 19.04. I come from using Mint, Zorin, LXDE. Greetings!