15 Things to Do After Installing Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)
1. Install Your Favorite Web Browser
Install google Chrome
Open Terminal and run this command
Install Brave Browser
sudo apt install apt-transport-https curl gnupg
curl -s https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/brave-core.asc | sudo apt-key –keyring /etc/apt/trusted.gpg.d/brave-browser-release.gpg add –
echo “deb [arch=amd64] https://brave-browser-apt-release.s3.brave.com/ stable main” | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/brave-browser-release.list
sudo apt update && sudo apt install brave-browser
2. Install GNOME Tweaks
With GNOME Tweaks you can can do a lot thins on your Ubuntu 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo)
– Change GTK theme & icon theme
– Move your window buttons to the left
– Change your desktop font and font size
– etc
You can install gnome-tweaks via terminal window and simply run the following commands
sudo apt-get install gnome-tweaks
3. Install Multimedia Codecs
To play MP3 and other MP4 media files, you need to install multimedia codecs in your Ubuntu system. These multimedia codecs are available on Ubuntu repos, but they are not installed by default due to copyright issues in some countries.
You can install Multimedia Codecs easily on your Ubuntu 21.04
open a terminal window and simply run the following commands
4. Install p7zip and rar Archive Tools
for the purposes of zip and unzip or open rar files you need to install this software
Open Terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and enter the following command.
sudo apt-get install p7zip-full p7zip-rar rar unrar
5. Install Top Tier software
– VLC (multimedia player like mp4, mp3, mkv and other)
– GIMP (image editing like pothoshop)
– Telegram (Multiplatform instant messenger service application)
– Zoom Client
– Freecad
– Openshot (video editor)
– Inkscape (Vector image editor)
– Steam
6. Install Flameshot
Flameshot is a super powerful yet simple and easy to use screenshot software
You can install flameshot easily with this command
sudo apt install flameshot
7. Install Synaptic Package Manager
Synaptic is a GUI package management tool for apt.
To install Synaptic Package Manager
Open Terminal (Ctrl + Alt + T) and enter the following command.
sudo apt install synaptic
8. Change Your Default Application
Open activities and then type Default Application
Now you can change it according to the application you want
9. Create Keyboard shotcut for volume up and down
Open setting and then click keyboard shortcut and then click volume up /volume down and then press your keyboard
I associate Volume Up with Shift + F12 and Volume Down with Shift + F11
10. Enable dark mode
You can enable the dark mode easily. First Open Settings and then click Appearance and select dark
11. Install JAVA in Ubuntu
To install JAVA in Your Ubuntu system run the following command:
sudo apt-get install openjdk-11-jdk
12. Install KeePassXC offline password manager
KeePassXC is Cross-Platform offline Password Manager
sudo apt-get install keepassxc
13. Move close button to the left
Open gnome-tweaks and then click to Window titlebar tab and then move the toggle button to the left
14. Enable Night Light
GNOME Night Light will helps to protect your eyes by making the screen color warmer. To enable Night Light on Ubuntu
Open Settings, then Click Displays and click Night Light and then move night light toggle button
15. Clean your Ubuntu System
Open Terminal Ctrl + Alt + T and run this command
sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt clean && sudo apt autoremove