Things to do after installing Linux Mint

Hello readers , today in this post we are sharing the things to do after installing Linux Mint  ....

1) Update the System

The first thing to do always is to make the system up-to-date. Run the following commands in the terminal.

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get upgrade

2) Get more browsers 

Linux Mint comes up with Mozilla Firefox pre-installed but having only one browser on your computer is not a good idea . You will need one extra for emergency .

OPERA .

$ sudo wget -O - http://deb.opera.com/archive.key | sudo apt-key add -
$ sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://deb.opera.com/opera-stable/ stable non-free" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera.list'
$ sudo apt-get update 
$ sudo apt-get install opera-stable 

CHROMIUM

$ sudo apt-get install chromium-browser 

You can download chrome from the official site in a .deb package .

LinuxMint has more & more Themes, extensions, desklets (desktop widgets) and applet indicators is available by default in System Settings simply navigate and install then feel the desktop experience. If you are feeling it’s not enough, you can get more by clicking Get more online Button.

3) Install Media Codecs . 

$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

4) Install Drivers .

Drivers are necessary for the important functions of your desktop . Install them by going to System Settings –> Administration –> Device Drivers.

5) Install a bit-torrent client . There are two best torrent clients for Linux mint (according to me) and they are Deluge and qBittorent . I prefer qBittorent .

For installing deluge :

$ sudo apt-get install deluge-torrent

For installing qBittorent :

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:qbittorrent-team/qbittorrent-stable sudo apt-get update
&& sudo apt-get install qbittorrent

6) Install Skype

$ sudo apt-get install skype

7) Instal Dropbox .

$ sudo apt-get install dropbox python-gpgme

You can also install dropbox by visiting official site dropbox.com and downloading the .deb package.

8) Install Clipboard Managers .

Clipboard managers allow you to maintain and access history of items that you copied in the past using Ctrl+C for example. There are many clipboard managers for Linux mint but I like clipit .

sudo apt-get install clipit

9) Install Conky.

Conky is a lightweight system monitor that displays statistics about various system resources like cpu, memory, network etc on the desktop using graphical widgets. Its not a necessary thing, but gets you some eye candy for the desktop.

$ sudo apt-add-repository -y ppa:teejee2008/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install conky-manager

10) Install some games . 

Linux does have some cool games that are quite entertaining and yet free. Note that some of these games like supertuxkart and 0ad require dedicated graphics processors for optimal performance.

You can do this by going to Software Manager . Open Software Manager by searching for it in Dash.

Click on games and after that you can install many games for your PC .

Good luck linux mint users :)