Xubuntu – Initial Installation

apt-get update
apt-get install libqt4-core
apt-get -f install
Skype: Download the deb package from the site
Opera: apt-get install libqt3-mt & download it from the website
Flash: Download the .deb from the official site

apt-get install gThumb – to import photos from a camera (File->Import photo)

Filezilla: download it from the official website – you don’t need installation

apt-get install gparted if you need to edit the existing partitions

MP3: apt-get install libxine1-ffmpeg libxine-extracodecs. You also need GStreamer extra plugins (trying to play an MP3 file with Totem Movie Player should prompt to install it)

GStreamer ffmpeg video plugin to play other media (trying to play an MP3 file with Totem Movie Player should prompt to install it

sudo wget http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/intrepid.list –output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get update

https://help.ubuntu.com/community/Medibuntu

sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2
sudo apt-get install w32codecs
sudo apt-get install mplayer [to play .mov and quicktime movies]

sudo apt-get install tilda
[to move among tabs, use CTRL+PageUP]
[to start it automatically at the startup: Applications->Settings->Settings Manager->Autostarted Apps]

apt-get install frozen-bubble

For screenshots, you can use Gimp: File > Create > Screenshot

To add new shortcut in your ‘Places’ (in your upper Panel), you need to add it in the left pane of your Thunar (by dragging and dropping).

Add any Rsync script for backuping (see related article).

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