UBUNTU 14.04 LTS | POST INSTALL – part II

Now, after installing my software of choice, I’m gonna make my experience as smooth and optimal for me.

THIS IS A WiP. So it will be updated according to my need, laziness and findings.

IF YOU HAVE any suggestions to this humble guide, I will be forever thankfull. So please let me know (:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS | Post Install – part I

 

First things first: you’ll need to update you’re software sources. Feel free to copy mine, for the time being. Don’t forget to update the mirrors as close to your location as you can.

Now, let’s begin…

Format usb stick using command line

Login as root once in root, plugin the usb stick and run

fdisk -l

you’ll find the usb stick somewhere, mine being as shown.

now if the usb is under 4gb run

mkdosfs -F 16 -I [path to your usb stick]

if it’s larger than 4gb run

mkdosfs -F 32 -I [path to your usb stick]

Ubuntu 14.04 Alpha | Post Install – part I

First things first: you’ll need to update you’re software sources. Feel free to copy mine, for the time being. Don’t forget to update the mirrors as close to your location as you can.

Now, let’s begin…

How to Install darktable | elementaryOS Luna and Ubuntu 12.04 without PPA’s

darktable is an open source photography workflow application and RAW developer. A virtual lighttable and darkroom for photographers. It manages your digital negatives in a database, lets you view them through a zoomable lighttable and enables you to develop raw images and enhance them.

Install Sigil: elementaryOS Luna and Ubuntu 12.04

Find more abou Sigil, here: http://goo.gl/JH85MD

1. Add the PPA’s

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:sunab/sigil-git

And you also need to add this, for not getting QT dependencies errors

$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-sdk-team/ppa

2. Update and install

$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install sigil -y

After this, if you want to remove the ppa’s may do so by:

sudo apt-add-repository --remove ppa:name_of_ppa

SOURCE: http://goo.gl/XrDYyU

Install Google Chrome on Ubuntu 12.04/ElementaryOS

I personaly use Chrome as a secondary Internet Browser. ElementaryOS comes with Midori, wich I hate. So to me second best to Firefox is Chrome. And if you want the original flavor and not Chromium. So here’s how to install it via CLI on Ubuntu 12.04 and or ElementaryOS.

ElementaryOS Luna | Post Install – part II

Now, after installing my software of choice, I’m gonna make my experience as smooth and optimal for me.

THIS IS A WiP. So it will be updated according to my needs and laziness