What have been your next step after your first Installation ...

[djibrilcoulibaly]

hello ,

always the begging story . evrything belonging one let's talk .
like I , everybody here has his own story with Ubuntu ( linux generally ) ..
in my case I'm still at beginning step , Install internet usb Modem , walking trought in and next coming .*
and yours after installation , what have been priority . what steps did you followed ?
introduce us how and what's followed once installtion have finished .
:lolflag: no forgot also to let's know about what pain you endure while reaching .

[PaulInBHC]

I'm on ethernet so no messing with wifi or other.

ubuntu Restricted Extras

Synaptic

ATI drivers

Then desktop settings and other preferences.

[djibrilcoulibaly]

and now chief , now too steps .. we haven't ADSL there then Usb=obligatory

[JRV]

After installation my first step is to check for additional drivers.

Then I run a script that I wrote which installs all the software I need.

Then run grub-customizer, ubuntu-tweak, and ccsm to customize my system to my liking.

[Dragonbite]

Assuming everything went off without a hitch, and internet is running then first, run all updates.

Probably next is installing Chromium or Chrome and setting it to synchronize with my Google account. This gives me bookmarks, extensions and passwords. Then it is a case of logging into my usual places once (Gmail, Ubuntu Forums, Facebook ,etc).

Install Flash and codecs.

Then I start looking at my additional applications, starting with Dropbox to synchronize my files. Preferably I also have my desktop on the same network so I can run "Sync over Lan" and reduce a 90+ minute ordeal to ~ 20 minutes!

Oh, and I bookmark my usual folders on the LAN.

Then I start adding other programs, depending on my planned use.

[cariboo]

The first thing I do after a fresh installation is check for updates, then I install the following:


Aptitude, mc and synaptic
Closed source Nvidia drivers
Chromium browser
Grsync
VLC
Qbittorrent
Xcaht
Zim
Handbrake from ppa
Ubuntu-restricted-extras

[kio_http]

Kubuntu Default installation

Basket - Really nice application to organise notes and todos
Google-chrome - Because of pepper flash
Clementine - Music player
Calligra office suite
restricted extras
vlc
smplayer (video player mplayer frontend)
kdegames
wallpapers
kde devel packages
aptitude
gimp
virtualbox
monodevelop
buildessential
Crystal window decoration - A really cool glassy theme that I have been using even on KDE 3 (different version)

[johnnybgoode83]

sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get upgrade

[Thehitman57]

Quake drop down terminal

Compiz manager

And mac os windows theme

makes it look pretty
also run alot of script

[Dragonbite]

Quake drop down terminal

You mean Guake (gnome)?

[eriktheblu]

I really don't have any order, but my priorities normally include:

Restricted extras
Package update
Set static IP

For my server/MythTV box:
Configure MythTV (this takes me a long time)
Set up shares
Minecraft server
SSH

For desktop:
GPU drivers
Xmarks
Wine PPA
Coolkey
Oracle Java (it is needed for certain things)
Second browser (Firefox and Chrome)
Mangler
Configure Ubuntu One
Add server to FSTAB

[Frogs Hair]

1. Run the update manger and install updates.
2. Install programs/media plug-ins.
3. Install Themes.
4. Clean up via the terminal or Bleachbit.
5. Download/sync all documents/wallpapers from Ubuntu One that are carried from release to release but this was not applicable to my first installation.