ubuntu start optimizer

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Enable ctrl-alt-backspace to kill xserver
sudo apt-get install gnome-tweak-tool
to launch type:
gnome-tweak-tool

Install pipelight so silverlight works
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:pipelight/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install pipelight-multi

Enable silverlight plugin
sudo pipelight-plugin --enable silverlight

Enable widevine plugin
sudo pipelight-plugin --enable widevine

To get flash woking in chromium (chrome pepperflash)
sudo apt-get install pepperflashplugin-nonfree
sudo update-pepperflashplugin-nonfree --install

Install restricted extras
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

Install unrestricted version of libavcodec for encoding and decoding
sudo apt-get install libavcodec-extra

Install Java runtime env and web plugin
sudo apt-get install icedtea-7-plugin openjdk-7-jre

Java developement kit
sudo apt-get install openjdk-7-jdk

* Show Hidden Startup Apps:
sudo sed -i "s/NoDisplay=true/NoDisplay=false/g­" /etc/xdg/autostart/*.desktop

* Install Preload from Software Center

* Change Swappiness Value
1. Run terminal
2. Enter following line to see current swappiness value
cat /proc/sys/vm/swappiness
(default value in Ubuntu for swappiness is 60)
3. Open file /etc/sysctl.conf in a text editor, I did
gedit /etc/sysctl.conf
4. nter the following parameter
# Decrease swappiness value
vm.swappiness=10
5. Save the file and restart the computer