7 things to do after Installing Ubuntu 11.10


Tutorial of seven things to do after Installing Ubuntu 11.10

0:05 Change Update Server
Lets you get some faster downloads

0:25 Run System Update

0:40 Install Proprietary Drivers
e.g. nVidia / AMD ATI Graphics Card, Wireless network, etc

1:15 Install Proprietary Codecs
Play Adobe Flash, MP3 Audio, MP4 Video

1:31 Install Security Apps
No need for Anti Virus, but its still worth having a Firewall – e.g. Firestarter
To fix bug about Error Opening System Log – Open terminal and type
sudo gedit /etc/rsyslog.d/50-default.conf 
Remove hash comments as shown in video at 2:43

3:15 Keyboard Shortcuts
Remap Ctrl+Alt+Del to open System Monitor

4:41 Setup Ubuntu One Cloud Storage
Gives you 5Gb of online storage for free. Great for getting same configuration between different computers

How to increase Speed in Ubuntu

If you are suffering from Slow internet while surfing net in Ubuntu than now you just dont need to worry about it because i’ve found one simple solution to this problem. I’ll provide two different solutions if one doesnot work then the other will definitely work.
1. First Step
root@desktop:~$ vi /etc/resolv.conf
#Generated by NetworkManager
nameserver 208.67.222.222
nameserver 208.67.220.220

#press Esc and wq! and then enter
root@desktop:~$
2. Second Step
root@desktop:~$sudo gedit /etc/modprobe.d/aliases

Find the line “alias net-pf-10 ipv6″ and comment it.
#alias net-pf-10 ipv6
After you comment it copy that line and replace ipv6 with off
alias net-pf-10 off

Increase the Speed in Which Firefox loads pages

1. Type “about:config” into the address bar and hit Enter.
(Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, which really speeds up page loading.)
2. Alter the entries as follows:
Set “network.http.pipelining” to “true
Set “network.http.proxy.pipelining” to “true
Set “network.http.pipelining.maxrequests” to some number like 10.
This means it will make 10 requests at once.
3. Lastly, right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it “nglayout.initialpaint.delay” and set its value to “0“;.(Zero)
This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it receives. If you’re using a broadband connection you’ll load pages faster now.
Optionally (for even faster web browsing) here are some more options for your about:config (you might have to create some of these entries by Right Click –> New– > Interger or String
network.dns.disableIPv6: set “false” 
content.notify.backoffcount”: set “5“; (Five)
plugin.expose_full_path”: set “true”.
ui.submenuDelay”: set “0; (zero)

Reduce RAM usage to 10mb when Firefox is minimized:

This little hack will drop Firefox’s RAM usage down to 10 Mb when minimized:
1. Open Firefox and go to the Address Bar. Type in about:config and then press Enter.
2. Right Click in the page and select New -> Boolean.
3. In the box that pops up enter “config.trim_on_minimize”. Press Enter.
4. Now select True and then press Enter.
5. Restart Firefox.
These simple tweaks will make your web browsing with Mozilla Firefox 2-3 times faster and easier.