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Ubuntu is a community developed, linux-based operating system that is perfect for laptops, desktops and servers. It contains all the applications you need – a web browser, presentation, document and spreadsheet software, instant messaging and much more.

List of things to be done after every Ubuntu install

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Here is a list of things that I must do every time I upgrade my Ubuntu version.

  1. Create root password
  2. Install multimedia codecs to play songs and other files
  3. Install VLC and Mplayer
  4. Install new graphic and sound drivers if available
  5. Install new version of Mozilla Firefox
  6. Install Gimp (Ubuntu 10.04 LTS)
  7. Install Mozilla Thunderbird
  8. Install Microsoft Windows Fonts
  9. Install Skype
  10. Install Xorg-edit
  11. Install TeamViewer

Stop CPU beep in Ubuntu-Debian

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The CPU beep is a really irritating thing in Linux distros and sometimes the graphical sound manager does not work when shutting it up. Fortunately there is a simple way to do it in terminal. In Ubuntu (and distros based upon it) type: gksudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist In Debian type:

su gedit /etc/modprobe.d/blacklist

And add the [...]