Tweaking Privacy Settings in Ubuntu 13.04
April 28th, 2013
By default, when you do searches in Ubuntu, you'll see online results (from Amazon, as of Ubuntu 13.04—in future versions they may include other online results), too. Some people don't like this. Fortunately, you can turn this behavior off.
Search for Privacy. Select the real result at the top (not the web results below it).
Installing software in Ubuntu 13.04
April 28th, 2013
The best way for new users to install software in Ubuntu is using the Ubuntu Software Center. This is a similar process to using Apple's App Store or Google's Play Store to install applications—one central location to manager your applications.

First, find the Ubuntu Software Center icon, which will oddly have an A on it instead of something indicative of the name Ubuntu Software Center. Click it to launch.

Once it's launched, you can search in to the top-right corner for part of the name of the application you're looking to install. In this example, I'm trying to install ubuntu-restricted-extras.
Once you've found what you want, click Install.

Enter your password when prompted.

Wait for the installation packages to download and install.

If you notice a gray question mark appear on the bottom-left corner, you may have to click it to take care of a dialogue (e.g., agreeing to some terms of use).

When you see the green check mark on the application package's name, it's all done installing!
Installing proprietary drivers on Ubuntu 13.04
April 27th, 2013
Okay, I'm silly and didn't even remember my old tutorial. The additional drivers is part of Software Sources. More details in the old tutorial for Ubuntu 12.10.
For a lot of hardware drivers, Ubuntu will just automatically recognize what you have and have it all set up for you. Some proprietary drivers you may have to get working post-install.
There's a tool for this that in Ubuntu 13.04, unfortunately, through the graphical user interface (GUI) is a bit clunky to get up and running.
It also requires an active internet connection, so if the proprietary driver you need is for a Broadcom wireless card, you will need a wired connection in order for this to work.

From the sidebar, find the icon for the Ubuntu Software Center, and click to launch it.
Once the Ubuntu Software Center launches, search for additional driver in the search box at the top-right corner.

Additional Drivers should show up as a search result.
Click on More Info.


You'll see that the installation is in progress.

When the installation of the Additional Drivers tool finishes, you'll see this.

The Additional Drivers icon will show up in the side bar. Click it to launch the application.
Find the driver you want to install, and then click Activate.

Enter your password when prompted.

Wait for the driver to download.

When it's finished installing, you may get a message saying the driver won't be useful until you reboot. You may not find this to be the case (e.g., your wireless connection may work without reboot), but you may actually have to reboot, depending on your situation.
Installing Ubuntu 13.04
April 27th, 2013
Note:If you are planning to install Ubuntu on a Windows-preinstalled computer built after 2010, please read this first.
If you're installing Ubuntu on a Mac, read this
After you have gotten Ubuntu and made a bootable USB from it, you're ready to install Ubuntu!
If you are using a standard Windows or build-your-own PC, there should be a special key you press to boot via USB or CD/DVD. If you don't know what that is, search for your model computer.

If it's booted up correctly, you should see this mostly dark screen appear. You can just wait or, if you want special boot options, you can press any key during this screen to get those special boot options to appear.

You should get an option to either Try Ubuntu or Install Ubuntu. I would highly recommend selecting the Try Ubuntu option.
This will allow you to try out Ubuntu without affecting your current Windows installation (assuming you're coming from Windows, as most new Ubuntu uses are).

Once the desktop has loaded up, if you decide you like Ubuntu enough to install it, double-click the Install Ubuntu 13.04 icon to start the installation process.

Select your language and then click Continue.

If Ubuntu recognizes your internet connection (should definitely for a wired connection, might for your wireless), you can choose to Download updates while installing and Install this third-party software.
If you don't know who Richard Stallman is or what the difference is between open source and proprietary software is, you most likely want to select that second option. It will require a working internet connection, though.



If Windows is already on your computer, you'll then be presented with three options
- Install Ubuntu next to Windows
- Replace Windows with Ubuntu
- Do something else
Before you do this, make sure your Windows installation is fully backed up. In the eight years I've been using and installing Ubuntu, I've never had a dual-boot corrupt or destroy the Windows partition, but this highly unlikely event still could occur. So back up! You should be backing up any way.

Once you've chosen to install Ubuntu alongside Windows as a dual-boot, you'll have the option to drag the division to the left or the right to allocate more space to Windows, more to Ubuntu, or about an even split for both.

After you decide on your changes, this is the real turning point. Once you click Continue here, the Ubuntu installer will begin resizing your existing Windows partition, make space for Ubuntu, and start installing Ubuntu.

Fill out your first user's information.


Then you just wait for Ubuntu to finish installing. Depending on your computer's specifications, this can take anywhere between ten minutes and a half hour, usually closer to ten minutes.

When the installation is done, you'll have the option to reboot into your permanent Ubuntu installation or continue using the live session.
If you set up Ubuntu alongside Windows, when you reboot, you'll have the option to pick Windows or Ubuntu. The first time you boot into Windows, Windows may do a disk check. Let the disk check complete—don't skip it.
Pure Lubuntu 13.04
April 27th, 2013
These removal commands were created based on what Ubuntu, Kubuntu, etc. packages were added to a default Lubuntu 13.04 installation. It's possible that the commands might remove some other packages you have since added to the default and want to keep. If that's the case, keep track of which packages those are and reinstall them. Theoretically, your settings should still be there. I am not responsible for any damage you do to your *buntu installation. If you're worried about breaking anything, do a full back up of your *buntu installation.
Remove Ubuntu
Paste this command into the terminal.
Remove Kubuntu
Paste this command into the terminal.
Remove Xubuntu
Paste this command into the terminal.
Remove Edubuntu
Paste this command into the terminal.







