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Ubuntu 13.10, codenamed Saucy Salamander has been released as per itsschedule on 17th October. If you did not upgrade from Ubuntu 13.04 to Ubuntu13.10 and instead you did a clean install of Ubuntu 13.10, you might beondering hat are the things to do after installing Ubuntu 13.10.

!his is one of the first "uestion that pops up after installing any ne OS, hatto do ne#t$ I ha%e pre%iously ritten on things to do after installing &lementaryOS 'unaand Ubuntu 13.04, and no I am here ith the list of must to do thingsafter installing Ubuntu 13.10. (hile different people ha%e different re"uirementand thus their to do list may differ from the one here, most of the things arestill essential after a clean install.

Must to do things after installing Ubuntu 13.10

Update Ubuntu 13.10:

)irst and foremost thing after installing Ubuntu 13.10 is to update the system.

Open a terminal *+trl-lt! and use the folloing command/sudo aptget update sudo aptget upgrade

Install Ubuntu restricted extras:

2Ubuntu restricted e#tras consists of se%eral codecs that are not installed bydefault. !he reason Ubuntu doesnt include these codecs by default is becauseof legal constraints in many countries. 5ut if you install these codecs, it is youho ould be held responsible for the usage and not Ubuntu. 6ont orry itssafe to install these codecs. (ith these codecs installed, you can play different

media formats such as 83, 84, -9I and se%eral other formats. Install it usingthe folloing command/

sudo aptget install ubunturestrictede#tras

Install Adobe Flash player:

&%en after installing e#tra codecs, you may face difficulties ith -dobe )lashplayer. :ou may not be able to run :ou!ube %ideos is one of the e#ample. :oucan install -dobe )lash player using the folloing command/

sudo aptget install flashplugininstaller

Install V! "edia player:

!he default %ideo player !otem is "uite good but 9'+ is the best open sourcemedia player for playing %ideos. -part from playing almost all ;ind of mediafiles, 9'+ can donload subtitles automaticallyand you can also play :ou!ube%ideos ith subtitles. Install 9'+ player in Ubuntu 13.10 using the folloingcommand/

sudo aptget install %lc

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I"pro,e battery life and reduce o,erheating:

One of the important things to do is to ta;e care of your laptops battery lifeand o%erheating issue. Until Ubuntu 1>.10,Bupiter as the best tool to reduceo%erheating, but since its de%elopment has stopped, you can use !'8 or+8U)=&Cinstead of Bupiter. Install !'8 using the folloing command/

sudo addaptrepository ppa/linrunner

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sudo addaptrepository ppa/gendallebihande%

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command to disable the shopping suggestions from Unity 6ash *my themecannot display the command properly, sorry for that/

gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.'enses disabledscopes GHmoreJsuggestionsamaKon.scope, moreJsuggestionsu1ms.scope, moreJsuggestionspopulartrac;s.scope, musicmusicstore.scope, moreJsuggestionsebay.scope, moreJsuggestionsubuntushop.scope, moreJsuggestionss;imlin;s.scopeLG

Of course this is not the end of it. !here are se%eral other things to do afterinstalling Ubuntu 13.10 but I had to stop somehere. I hope you find it useful.

:ou can also chec; another useful post on ho to speed up Ubuntu 13.10. (hatis your todo list after installing Ubuntu$ 6id I miss anything here$ 6o shareyour %ies.

http://itsfoss.com/speed-up-ubuntu-1310/http://itsfoss.com/speed-up-ubuntu-1310/