I put this helpful guide together for my sons 9th grade computer tech friends using Kubuntu 17.04.
First open this link in Firefox in Kubuntu or Ubuntu. Then find the terminal in the start menu called Konsole. You guys can copy these commands and enter them there:
Install Google Chrome
Add the key
wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
Setup the repository
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb [arch=amd64] http://dl.google.com/linux/chrome/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google-chrome.list'
Update repo and install Chrome
sudo apt update && sudo apt install google-chrome-stable
Press Y on the keyboard to continue
Install VLC Media Player for Linux
sudo apt-get update
Then:
sudo apt-get install vlc
Press Y on the keyboard to continue
Installs the FireFox and Chrome Browser extention to play videos
sudo apt-get install vlc browser-plugin-vlc
Ppress Y on the keyboard to continue
Install ClamAV Linux Antivirus
ClamAV can be found for Ubuntu in the apt repository. Run this command to install ClamAV:
apt-get install clamav
If you need clamd, you may also want to run:
apt-get install clamav-daemon
If you require support for scanning compressed RAR files you first need to enable the non-free archive, and then you can install the RAR-plugin using:
apt-get install libclamunrar6
Install Sublime Text3
Open a terminal window and add the key:
wget -qO - https://download.sublimetext.com/sublimehq-pub.gpg | sudo apt-key add -
Then add the apt repository via command:
echo "deb https://download.sublimetext.com/ apt/stable/" | sudo tee /etc/apt/sources.list.d/sublime-text.list
Then
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install sublime-text
Install Steam – Gaming
Run these two commands:
sudo add-apt-repository multiverse
sudo apt update && sudo apt install steam
Important: type UPPERCASE Y then enter. It should continue and give you a progress bar.
OPTIONAL – Install open VM tools so you can share files and copy & paste between host and guest OS’s
sudo apt-get install open-vm-tools
Press Y on the keyboard to continue
Type:
reboot
Install Thunderbird Email Client
sudo apt-get install thunderbird
Install Darktable – Photo Management App
sudo apt-get install darktable
Install Atom – Text/Code Editor
Add PPA – Open terminal and run the command:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/atom
Type in password when it prompts and hit Enter, then:
sudo apt update; sudo apt install atom
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:audacity-team/daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install audacity
Install Ardour Music Production – 64bit
cd /tmp
wget http://goo.gl/tyxxHT -O ardour_2.8.16-0_amd64.deb
sudo dpkg -i --force-depends ardour_2.8.16-0_amd64.deb
sudo apt-get -f install
Install LMMS Music Production Studio 32/64bit
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:irie/lmms
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install lmms
Last but not least, there are a ton of software titles available from the “Ubuntu App Store”. It’s not a store really, it’s just the /Ubuntu Linux version of the Apple or Microsoft App store. You can pretty much one click install all the Apps here and everything is FREE!.
Some fun apps to install and try are GIMP, InkScape, Scribus and Krita.
