I see that my first post was very well received, I will try to continue posting useful material and some other humorous post ... I know it is a bit late but I bring you some tips for Elementary OS 🙂
1. Run the Update Manager
It is likely that after being released Elementary OS Moon new updates have appeared of the different packages that the ISO image distributed by the Elementary team comes with.
For this reason, after finishing the installation it is always recommended to run the Update Manager or by running the following from a terminal:
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
2. Install Spanish Language
Accede to language support from System Settings and from there you will be able to add the language you prefer.
3. Install codecs, Flash, additional fonts, drivers, etc.
Due to legal issues, Elementary OS cannot include by default a series of packages that, on the other hand, are very necessary for any user: codecs to play MP3, WMV or encrypted DVDs, additional fonts (widely used in Windows), Flash, proprietary drivers (to make better use of 3D functions or Wi-Fi), etc.
Fortunately, the Elementary OS installer allows you to install all of this from scratch. You only have to enable that option in one of the installer screens.
In case you haven't already, you can install them as follows:
Video card driver
Ubuntu should automatically detect and alert you to the availability of 3D drivers. In that case, you will see an icon for a video card on the top panel. Click on that icon and follow the instructions.
If Ubuntu doesn't detect your card, you can always install your 3D driver (nvidia or ati) by looking for the Hardware Configuration Tool.
PPA with drivers for ATI cards
I usually prefer the packages that come in the official repositories, but if you are eager to use the latest ATI drivers:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xorg-edgers/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install fglrx-installer
Problems with old ATI cards
Some ATI graphics cards will not work with Elementary OS unless you use ATI's “legacy” drivers and downgrade the X server. If necessary, you will quickly find out why Elementary OS will not boot properly. To fix it, run the following commands:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:makson96/fglrx
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get upgrade
sudo apt-get install fglrx-legacy
PPA with drivers for nVidia cards
Although I do not recommend it, in addition to using the Hardware Configuration Tool to install the drivers for your graphics card, it is possible to install the beta version of these drivers through a PPA created for this purpose:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:ubuntu-x-swat/x-updates
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install nvidia-current nvidia-settings
Proprietary codecs and formats
If you are one of those who cannot live without listening to MP3, M4A and other proprietary formats, as well as you could not survive in this cruel world without being able to play your videos in MP4, WMV and other proprietary formats, there is a very simple solution:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
To add encrypted DVD support (all "originals"), I opened a terminal and typed the following:
sudo apt-get install libdvdread4
sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
4. Install additional repositories
GetDeb & Playdeb
GetDeb (formerly Ubuntu Click And Run) is a website where Deb packages and more current versions of packages that do not come in the usual repositories are manufactured and made available to the end user.
Playdeb, the game repository for Ubuntu / Elemntary OS, was created by the same people who gave us getdeb.net, the purpose of the project is to provide Ubuntu users with an unofficial repository with the latest versions of games.
5. Install compression applications
In order to compress and decompress some popular free and proprietary formats, you need to install the following packages:
sudo apt-get install rar unace p7zip-full p7zip-rar sharutils mpack lha arj
6. Install other package and configuration managers
Synaptic - is a graphical tool for package management based on GTK + and APT. Synaptic allows you to install, update or uninstall program packages in a versatile way.
It is not already installed by default (as they say by space on the CD)
Installation: Search Software Center: Synaptic. Otherwise, you can enter the following command in a terminal ...
sudo apt-get install synaptic
aptitude - Command to install applications from the terminal
It is not necessary since we can always use the command "apt-get", but here I leave it for those who wish:
Installation: Search Software Center: aptitude. Otherwise, you can enter the following command in a terminal ...
sudo apt-get install aptitude
gdeby - Installation of .deb packages
It is not necessary, since when installing the .deb with double click the Software Center opens. For the nostalgic:
Installation: search Software Center: gdebi. Otherwise, you can enter the following command in a terminal ...
sudo apt-get install gdebi
Dconf editor - It can be useful when configuring Gnome.
Installation: Search Software Center: dconf editor. Otherwise, you can enter the following command in a terminal ...
sudo apt-get install dconf-tools
7. Find more applications in the Software Center
In case you can't find an application to do what you want or you don't like the applications that come by default, you can go to the Software Center.
From there you will be able to install excellent applications with just a few clicks. Some popular picks are:
- OpenShot, video editor
- Thunderbird, email
- Firefox, web browser (I don't recommend Chromium or Google Chrome)
- Pidgin, cat
- Transmission, torrent
- VLCvideo
- XBMC, media center
- fileZilla,FTP
- GIMP, image editor (Photoshop type)
- LibreOffice, Office suite (MS Office but free)
8. Personalization
Add the Elementary Update Community PPA
sudo sudo add-apt-repository ppa:versable/elementary-update
sudo apt-get update
Elementary Tweaks
Elementary Tweaks in a nutshell is what you can customize the most with Elementary
sudo apt-get install elementary-tweaks
Synapse
A very useful launcher! Install it you will not regret it 😉
sudo apt-get install indicator-synapse
Install Themes, Icons etc ...
sudo apt-get install elementary-blue-theme elementary-champagne-theme elementary-colors-theme elementary-dark-theme elementary-harvey-theme elementary-lion-theme elementary-milk-theme elementary-plastico-theme elementary-whit-e-theme elementary-elfaenza-icons elementary-emod-icons elementary-enumix-utouch-icons elementary-nitrux-icons elementary-taprevival-icons elementary-thirdparty-icons elementary-plank-themes elementary-wallpaper-collection
Advanced customization, jelly-like window effect
Let's get started 😀
Install XFCE4:
sudo apt-get install xfce4
Once installed we will close session and click on the nut and select Xfce Session and start session.
We start with default settings (Stand a little pantheon and xfce xD)
Now we install kwin:
sudo apt-get install kde-window-manager
And if you want you can install Dolphin and Ark (Recommended):
sudo apt-get install dolphin ark
We continue ..
We enter configuration and configuration to Session and Startup in the application autostart tab
And we add the following applications:
-plank
-wing panel
-kwin –replace
We hide the panels:
We close and log in.
And decorate to our liking:
kde-look.org
gnome-look.org
To change the kwin options:
that's how mine was 😛
- CPU: Intel® Atom ™ CPU N570 @ 1.66GHz × 4
- GPU: Intel Corporation Atom Processor D4xx / D5xx / N4xx / N5xx Integrated Graphics Controller (rev 02)
- HDD: 250 GB
- Brand: Acer
- Model: Aspire One 257
- RAM: MB 1024
The end…
Tips for Elementary: http://www.elementaryupdate.com/ (English)
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Why does it seem like a copy & paste of what to do after installing ubuntu 12.04?
The title can be a copy-paste, but the content, not.
ElementaryOS is a good distro, very fast and elegant
Personally, it is just a tuned Ubuntu and nothing else! : /
I'm afraid you're totally wrong, previously I used Ubuntu (I stopped using it certainly in version 12.04, after the disappointment of unity, although of course, one does not marry an environment, I installed others) and then I had to use a lap with less performance, my surprise was that Ubuntu in different environments was horribly slow (unity won by a lot of clear), my surprise when installing eos was a super stable and fast environment, not to mention that pantheon is much more beautiful than gnome unity and kde al while maintaining a user-friendly simplicity.
Install PearOS
Are you a fan of iCarly or any other Dan Schnneider production? Because always, in those shows that they cast on Nick, they replace apples with pears.
No, to begin with, I don't know what iCarly or Dan is, it's actually an objective comment, although it doesn't seem like it, because I already tested Elementary OS Luna, at first glance I was impressed but when I saw what it was based on and kernel (extremely outdated) to be what I assumed it was trying to be, to be an "open and use." In addition, that being and not being a copy of mac in a hypocritical way as Unity is, if Unity copies concepts of the Mac such as the Dock, that by putting it on the left and changing the appearance it hides very well, but the concept is himself, etc, etc. If Elementary impressed me, because for me Pear was established, and in a direct way as a MacOSX works, it is not a Mac, I know, but usability is what matters, after all the OSX is a great design, for example the Launchpad or expose, which I did not know what it was and thanks to Pear I know it now, and they are of essential utility, and I hardly know it. Before I was looking for a desktop to be able to evangelize Linux without making me feel ashamed (in GUI behavior) because I already found it.
Now, the Stallmantosos, the Open Source Puritans, trolls, etc. are going to beat me around my neck. etc. Well, don't bother, I'm not going to answer. If these puritans do not have something, it is freedom, yes, paradoxical but it is true, then let others choose, leave the tantrum when they do not like something, let Ubuntu carry out its projects. And finally it would be ideal if Elementary joined with Pear, Libre Office with Open Office, etc. etc. and a long etc. instead of "fork", "merge", "merge", "merge"….
Well, pearOS ceased to exist ...
Ok, eOS has very outdated software, but in Linux that is not a major problem, particularly what I always do when installing eos is update the kernel to the most current version, and the one based on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS is a great advantage since they present updates without having to format to install new versions.
Don't install the amd proprietary drivers, they won't work correctly with gala, it's a serious bug.
As our once said brother Stallmann:
Brother stallman would tell you worse things about nvidia XD, if anything, he would say buy intel lol
Since I can't buy a Leemote laptop then I will have to rely on the Intel chipset (NVIDIA is expensive and I prefer to get the most out of the processor graphics and Intel graphics).
PS: Buy Gigabyte boards, not Foxconn ones.
Gigabyte, Asus or Asrock.
Those three have never failed me (not even the models with architecture with AMD).
Like Stallman said that !!!!!!! thank god thank you I already have a semi-valid reason to kill him.
But you can use Kwin 😉
Regards!
-Ivan
I don't want to be a party pooper, but are you using Iceweasel ESR? Version 25 (release branch) runs like a charm. With the ATI / AMD graphics thing, I have very bad memories when I was using Windows XP and an ATI video card burned out.
With KDE, I finally found my peace of desktop-hopping. XFCE is just as useful as KDE, but I would only use it for PCs with a graphics card that wouldn't even work for playing Half-Life 1.
And by the way, thanks for taking the time to make your own Elementary QT. Let's see if I can do an Elementary KDE.
Your wishes are orders xDD
I'll create a post to do: Elementary OS KDE
If it's Iceweasel, I'm tired of sending data to Mozilla xD (I was recently using Debian and I fell in love with Iceweasel)
In my case, Iceweasel was love at first sight. Iceweasel turns out to be the Firefox I've always dreamed of, as well as giving me some peace of mind regarding my data.
The release branch has improved a lot in terms of compatibility with Firefox plugins, so it is doing wonders.
If they publish the post that is in review (mine), it will be a surprise for you and your KDE 😉
Regards!
~~ Ivan ^ _ ^
Well my Elementary KDE is still in beta. At the moment, it is in the polishing phase.
Can someone recommend me a distro that has good amd support, I have a HD8470 integrated card and with ubuntu 12.04.4 lts it does not start the system when updating the kernel ..
Long manjaro kernel 3.12 in stable that supposedly brings improvements for amd, the kernel is installed with a simple command and then you choose with which kernel to boot.
the kernel is too old, for your card, you will have to use ubuntu 13.10, with 3.11.
Thanks for the info pandev and jomada
And isn't Elementary OS supposed to be for novice computing users? Why would a novice user have to run all those commands?
Where is the easy?
I don't see how difficult it is to write a few commands 😉
Regards!
-Ivan
I have not seen that anywhere refer to Elementary as a distro for computer novices, perhaps for newbies in this world of GNU / Linux yes.
But for computer novices I do not think there is any distro and you do not have to go very far, recently they made an article in muylinux about how difficult it is for some people to find the Ubuntu download button on their page.
In the experience left by the OSX style interface. But if you want something really difficult, I recommend that you learn to build your distro with Linux From Scratch or use Gentoo.
It is exactly what I hate about Linux, you have to waste time installing a lot of programs, many of which could well already be incorporated.
The point is that ElementaryOS is already ready to use. This that comes later is if you want ...
@elav You are quite right, but why incorporate more programs that will not be useful to everyone and will only increase the weight of the OS? I think that Mr. @pedro has a wrong way of thinking about GNU / Linux, right?
Thank you for commenting on my post elav!
Regards!
~~ Ivan ^ _ ^
That hatred is based on your inexperience and ignorance (like almost all hatreds). If I want something with everything you need, download openSUSE, it is a full DVD (4.7) you install it completely and I doubt that you are missing something.
@Staff Ha that I mean the weight «4.7» GB few, right? xD
Thanks for commenting on my Staff post!
Regards!
~~ Ivan ^ _ ^
Debian DVD1, plz!
Or the Debian Wheezy DVD1. Nothing better than that.
Meh, if you don't want an After Install like that, I'd better suggest you install Russian Fedora Remix, which is a fork of Fedora for which you practically don't need to do an After Install.
Lol, in windows it is the same, that if the vlc, that if the itunes, that if the microsoft office, that if the codecs of so and pascual, that if the antivirus ...
Luckily antivirus in linux not ee
Regards!
~~ Ivan ^ _ ^
It is the same, only that in Linux most of them already come in the repos, without looking between Softonic and shit of that type.
When I had windows and linux, I missed the xD terminal
Greetings and thanks for commenting cookie!
~~ Ivan ^ _ ^
Nothing better than the terminal. Not even the Windows command prompt comes close to your heels.
Between Softonic slops and the official repo, I lean towards repos.
I have been using elementary OS for some time but I have some problems with it when I use my laptop disconnected from the charger, it becomes unstable and slow and maybe it is because the battery is a bit old and does not give optimal performance.
I am considering buying a new laptop, I would like it to be with an 11.6 ″ screen and an i3 or i5 processor. Which one do you recommend ???
Perhaps this question does not have much to do with the topic of the article, but as some messages talk about Lemote and hardware, that's why I decided to do it.
Have you tried installing jupiter? so at least you would know if your processor is at 100, well, rather configure it to save battery or increase performance.
ELementary OS is the distro that I have liked the most to date. It only comes with the elemental, and you decide what to put on it. THE look is incredible, personally I don't see the need to put another graphic environment.
I did almost everything via the software center from what I read on elementaryupdate.com, taking advantage of the fact that I was looking for a way to put the minimize and maximize buttons as in Windows.
Midori (the browser included) is a slop for the day to day, so I installed Chrome (where I have all my data synchronized) .. but the post does NOT recommend it. Is there any reason or nothing else for the pure desire you recommend Firefox?
Because it is from Google ¬_¬ and who knows what Google can do, I better recommend Iceweasel
Or Chromium (without logging in with your GMail, of course). Opera has already discarded its support for GNU / Linux (the current version is not available for the penguin, so I keep Opera 12.16 as a souvenir until they make a new version for GNU / Linux and it comes with Opera Link).
And if we fork Firefox with the blink engine and make it Free Software! ok ok, I got really excited xD
Regards!
~~ Ivan ^ _ ^
For now, the closest thing to that is Qupzilla, but I see that the result has been fatal.
I am using more Iceweasel and Firefox than Chromium / Chrome. The problem is not only Google, but in the case of installing Chromium / Chrome on Debian, it may be that you do not see HTML5 videos and certain Flash videos well (if you do not know how to configure the configuration to correct those errors).
Excellent, your desktop was very good, although I also tried Elementary OS in USB Live and I thought installing it on my lap as it did not convince me even though it looks very nice hehehehe, by design I better install Pear OS and if it is about applications configurations and others to avoid these steps better I install Linux Mint.
Something I don't like about Pear OS and L-Mint is that they have Adobe Flash Player installed
Greetings! 🙂
~~ Ivan ^ _ ^
Brilliant!
Thank you!
I have a problem installing Elementar OS. The screen looks like "pixelated" I can't explain it well, there are white stripes all over the screen. The OS is running smoothly and fine, the only problem I have is that. Any suggestion?
Hello friend thanks for the post, hey I want to ask you why when I install the OS I do not have wifi, you see, my driver is Ralink RT3290 802.11bgn Wi-Fi Adapter, I am not a newbie in linux, I have been using it for years and this distribution seems to me Excellent, I would ask you to please help me solve my problem, thank you very much in advance. By the way, the download and usb are fine, it is not a problem with the iso, since on another computer I used it without problems, I even tried with 32 and 64 bits.
Have you tried installing the newer kernel connected to ethernet?
the playdeb and getdeb repositories are no longer stable. That project stopped updating for a while now causes problems. do not install it
Hello, I personally liked ElementaryOS a lot, but I have two problems; One, I can't move windows with alt + click (I was very used to this), and two, why can't I put icons and folders on the desktop? and how I do it?
Great post!
install elemenatryosluna and when restarting the next morning I got the message.
elementaryosluna desingblacksystem-system-product-Name tty
elementaryosluna desingblacksystem-system-product-Name login:
i won't let me access the system
could you do me the enormous favor of helping me plesse.
It is the first time that I installed elementary and it caught my attention that when I clicked the right mouse button it did nothing, typical that it gives you options to create a new file, directory etc,
is this normal in elementary?
What can I do to give it those functions I don't know about you but I feel weird it's like wasting the button hehe
thank you very much in advance.
I am also half new in this matter, and like everyone I like to go around putting my hand and learning.
This concern of yours was also mine, as in pantheon itself it is not possible to enable the desktop, at least I reached that conclusion after days looking for something. I found a viable way out here. http://www.hongkiat.com/blog/elementary-os-luna-tips/
It is nothing more and nothing less than running Nautilus together so that it manages the desktop. It serves and you can put the elementary theme, even if it does not look totally the same.
If you know of something better, comment on it. The distro is good and it's a shame that it loses on that side.
Cheers.-
Thanks for the answer, for hardware reasons of my lap tube I have to remove and install xubuntu but I'm seriously thinking about getting a pc dedicated to eOS, and your info will help me a lot 😀
Can someone recommend me a brand, laptop model really compatible with eOS, on the official website they show Luna with a lenovo, what do you think is there any other compatible brand, without having video failures, fluidity, performance itself?
The lenovo are generally high in price, and if there is any other brand equal or better with eOs I would like to know.
I have a Hp g42 amd dual core but it is old due to use and it gets very hot, besides it had errors when using the eOS hotcorners, the window thumbnails were blurred. That is why I will buy a new one.
Thanks in advance 😀
Friend I already installed elementary os luna but the problem is that it goes too slow. It seems very strange to me how I can verify that I am not missing anything. It is the first time I install linux.
Hello people! I recently installed EOS in my note and I have a problem, I have a Samsung TV connected by hdmi and it recognizes it but the TV shows me a message that "it does not receive signal", did it happen to someone?
Hello, today I just installed Elementary OS and I have the following question:
I use two monitors (HDMI and VGA) the problem is that after placing my password and pressing enter, one of the screens turned black and the other white….
I use an ASUS RADEON HD 6570 graphic card.
I hope you can help me, Thank you.
I can't play mp3, I followed what you said and it throws me the message «the required GStreamer connector is not installed», anyway the system is being updated now, but just in case it is something else, I leave you the question, very good the info, thank you very much.
Hello
I just installed ELEMENATARY OS and also all the packages you recommend. Since I am new to linux, I ask you.
how can I put applications, folders, files, etc .. on the desktop. It just leaves me on the dock.
Thank you.
And after so much beating you hit a gallarda of the fifteenth as a reward for so much travel.
How to solve the problem that the OS in my HP laptop does not detect the WIFI network card, it appears as disconnected. What would be the codec to install? Thank you
A possible solution would be to connect the pc to the internet via Ethernet and give it an update of the drivers, so the ones on the wifi board would be installed automatically, try that and if it doesn't work we can find another solution, but this would be the simplest. Cheers
I have the same problem every time I update eOS. I have solved it moderately installing / inserting a wi-fi adapter via usb ... then in system preferences I look for the icon of additional Drivers and let it detect them and after that to activate. For this, an internet connection is required as I do not have ethernet that is why I use the external adapter. After that I can connect, although sometimes I have connection problems. My card is Broadcom. eOS is a good system. Before I use Pear OS x and I noticed that it also had many problems so although I am not an expert I like to try to solve things without using the terminal. I use my netbook as an internet server to test some open source systems (http://clavius.tij.uia.mx) and I have installed almost all the flavors of Ubuntu and eOS I did not like but now I am very comfortable with this distro.
Hello, thank you very much for your contribution, I decided to move away from Windows for a while (I definitely hope) and chose Elementary as the only system. So far everything works fine except that my wifi connection is constantly disconnected and that is too annoying. Help me correct this please. First of all, Thanks.!
I have an Acer V5 laptop. Intel Core i3.
A question, how do I install the drivers for the wifi antenna? I can't connect to the internet
Hello, I was trying to put the jelly-like windows and I can't find the user settings in xfce mode, you say go to configuration but I can't see it anywhere, how do I get to that window?
HI, great post, but I am having problems with the jelly windows. It turns out that I can't find the menu that Session and starup because I don't know where to go when you go to configuration, can you help me?
Hello?
Hello, several points, elementary-tweaks tells me that it is not there, or it will not let me install it. There is also the question of how to access the Session and user thing. Because the general configuration does not work for me, do I have to do or install something?
help me, I really want to put jelly windows
Well, thanks for posting, but I'm very new to elementary and I don't know much about Linux. I would like if any of the people who see this post will help me understand a little more about the operating system. A tutorial or something would be very appreciated.
I loved this OS, thanks for this input. Whenever something is finished installing it is good to have expert recommendations. Cheers!
Hello, I would love to continue using Elementary OS, as long as I could install applications without an internet connection, can someone tell me how to do this task?