Ubuntu tips and recommendations

Pt. 10 of 10 | 4:38 |

Beginner's Guide to Installing Ubuntu

Friday October 1, 2010

Once you have

Ubuntu installed

, you'll probably want to get some software to try with it. By default, Ubuntu comes with several applications that you can use on a day to day basis, but there are many more

software packages

available for free. In this episode, we go over some

Ubuntu tips

and must-have apps.

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Show Notes

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- Click on System and Administration.

- Move down and click on Update Manager.

- The software that runs under Ubuntu is updated frequently. Here is where you'll find all the updates.

- Install them all or pick the ones you want.

- Click on Applications and select Ubuntu Software Center. Here, you can browse thousands of titles in a wide range of categories.

- You can also see what's installed already.

- Ubuntu Software Center offers lots of free software.

- We have selected a couple of choice downloads for you to look at.

- Google Chrome is one. Chrome is good because by turning on the Sync feature under Options, it loads all my bookmarks and even extensions.

- The other is Dropbox. Dropbox is a handy program that Dr. File Finder highly recommends.

- With Dropbox, you can drop a file onto your Ubuntu machine Dropbox and it will appear in every copy of Dropbox.

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