Things to do after installing Ubuntu

Things to do after installing Ubuntu.md

Things to do after installing Ubuntu

##Performance

• Update your system.
• Install additional drivers (for ATI VGA cards check this and this).
• Install powertop via apt-get, then run it as root (via sudo), go to Tunables tab, and change all items to be Good instead of Bad.
• Install Jupiter app (for Ubuntu 13.04 check this, for older versions check this, launch it and set performance to be Power Saver or Power On Demand.

##Basics

• Add Arabic to keyboard layout & set change layout buttons.
• Change LibreOffice settings to support RTL.
• Install dconf-tools then execute: dconf write /org/gnome/gedit/preferences/encodings/auto-detected "['UTF-8', 'WINDOWS-1256', 'ISO-8859-15', 'UTF-16']"
• Fix ﻷ character, execute: sudo update-alternatives --set xinput-all_ALL /etc/X11/xinit/xinput.d/default-xim
• Check startup applications

##Useful stuff

• Google Chrome
• SublimeText Editor
• Skype
• Team Viewer
• qBittorrent
• Filezilla

##Useful Utility

• Unity Tweak Tool
• guake
• rar
• zip
• vim
• faenza-icon-theme
• faience-theme
• zukitwo-theme
• Focus Writer
• Oh My Zsh
• f.lux

##Fonts

• ttf-droid (including: Droid Kufi).
• Open Sans
• Menlo
• Helvetica Neue

##Web Development

• Install git
• Install nginx
• Install mysql
• Install php5
• Install node.js
• Setup virtual server for every project