Best thing to do after installing Ubuntu

Hey people! Hope you are fit, healthy, fine, and doing good in your life. In my previous post, we learned about some cool tools best suited for ubuntu beginners. This time I am sharing some tips for the ubuntu that will increase their productivity. 

So, First things first, whatever you do, there should be some purpose behind it. Now that if you have installed Ubuntu or any Linux distro, you must be thinking about your next step. If you are a gamer, then you must be downloading games and configuring the system graphic card, if you are a developer, then you must be downloading vs studio and other IDE for the development purpose.

1. So some people say that after installing any Linux distro, you should first update and upgrade the tools and the other applications. But according to me, before that, you should enable the additional repositories. 

For this, just search for "software and update". Then the canonical Partners option will be enabled and soon all the additional repositories will be enabled.

2. Update and upgrade 

After this, update and upgrade the system. There is no doubt that an updated system is the best one to work. This can be easily done with some of the simple command lines. 

Command: 

sudo apt update

sudo apt upgrade

sudo apt dist-upgrade

Then you must be asked to press y or n to complete a specific update or upgrade. So press "y"

in that case. 

 3. Install the latest graphic driver

 If you are a voracious designer and a gamer, then this is kind of a compulsory task to perform. For this, you must check the availability of the respective drivers for your hardware. 

So do this way "Applications Overview>> Software & Updates>>Additional Drivers>>Install /Apply changes"

4. Customize the Gnome Shell

If you love to customize stuff and all, then you must install the "Gnome Tweak Tool". This will help you to change and customize the fonts, the window style, animations, GTK themes, icons, and a lot of amazing things. 

Command:

sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool

5. Install the Gnome Shell Extension

This will help you to make your Linux development environment much more awesome, fantastic, and visually appealing. For this extension to be installed, you must activate the Gnome Tweak Tool.

Command:

sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool

These gnome-shell-extensions are similar to the add-ons and extensions of chrome, firefox, and opera mini. So you need a browser for the successful installation of these extensions. These extensions are so thrilling and appealing that you haven't imagined about. 

6. Install and Use the GTK and icon themes

There are a lot of fabulous gtk and icon themes. You may feel dull while working with the default themes and icons of your Linux distro. So to get rid of this, use the gnome tweak tool to install the gtk and icon themes. 

Command:

sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool

NOTE: after the installation of the gtk themes via the tweak tool, you can follow the instructions on how to install themes in Linux or your respective distro.

7. Enable night mode

I don't know about the other Linux distros but Ubuntu provides a blue filtered night mode feature like your android and iOS. It is really simple to enable this. So do this way:

"Setting> Devices> Displays and toggle the Night Light on."

8. Frequent System cleanup is a must

Be it a system or your own body, clean it every day. So there are many different terminal commands to do this. 

commands:

sudo apt-get autoclean          [to clean the partial packages]

sudo apt-get clean      [to auto clean apt-cache]

sudo apt-get autoremove         [to clean the unused dependencies]