What to do after installing Ubuntu 18.04 LTS?

Hello guys, well in this new post we will share with you some of the things to do after installing Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, especially for those who chose a minimal installation, that is, they only installed the system with basic functions and the Firefox web browser.

In fact, it is the best option for those who already know a little about the system as it is the perfect choice to be able to customize it. The applications described here as well as some configurations are based on the most popular, it is nothing official only I hope you like this little compilation.

Activate Live Patch

After installing the system, When user login for the first time in the system, a wizard will appear configuration which It will ask us if we want to activate this function.

For those who do not have the notion that Live Patch is basically the application allows us to install kernel updates, without the need to restart the system.

If you did not activate this function at the moment and you want to do it, don't worry You can do it from "Software and updates" and in the "Updates" tab you can activate it, it is important to know that for this you will have to create an account in Canonical.

Install private video drivers

Taking advantage of the fact that we are In "Software and updates" we will now position ourselves on the "Additional Drivers" tab and here we can activate the box so that the private drivers of our video controllers are enabled.

If nothing appears in this, it is necessary that you check the compatibility with the version of Xorg on the website of your provider, which in this version of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is Xorg 1.19.6

Select the fastest repository

Usually in these first days after the official launch of the new version of Ubuntu 18.04 LTS servers tend to get saturated And many times we have the wrong idea that the closer it is to us, the faster it will be and this is where the saturation part comes in., for this we have the possibility of choosing a faster server to which we have assigned by default.

For this we continues in «Software and updates» and we position ourselves in the tab of «Ubuntu Software» and we are going to click on the option of «Download from» and on «Other». Here a new window will open with a list of available servers.

Here we are going to click on "Select best server" and begin to perform a simple test to verify which of all responds faster, finally it will show us which one it is and we click on select the server.

Install Synaptic

This great tool It will help you a lot to be able to install, uninstall and manage all the software on your system. For those who have not tried or know Synaptic I can only say that I recommend it, Well in a few words it is a GUI to work with APT.

To install it you can do it by searching for it from the Ubuntu Software Center or if you want to install it from the terminal, you just have to execute the following command:

sudo apt install synaptic

Install the Communitheme

This was supposed to be the new topic that we would find in Ubuntu 18.04 LTS even though that way was ruled out, but for those who want to install it on their computers and leave Ambiance aside, the installation is very simple, we just have to search for "Communitheme" in the Ubuntu Software Center and install it from there.

Install Gnome Tweak Tool

We can't let go an important tool which is almost essential. Gnome Tweak Tool will help us to configure our equipment, because with the help of it we can enable the extensions, change the theme, icons, configure some actions among other things.

To install it we can do it from the Ubuntu Software Center looking for it as "Gnome Retouching" or if you prefer you can do it from the terminal by executing:

sudo apt install gnome-tweak-tool 

Without further ado I think it is the most basic and the most functional for your system.