After the installation of the Kubuntu 9.04 was successful, you will boot in it. First you will have to select the user name that you entered in the final steps of the installation and the password. Then it will load the KDE environment. In my case, the connection to the Internet was automatically. Kubuntu recognizes and installs the network drivers from the beginning. You don’t have to do a thing. After that, I recommend that you install the updates and the video drivers.
Installing the updates:
First method: down on the task bar, there will be a wheel with a green arrow; double click it and wait ’till it loads the updates; then click on the “Apply all available updates” and wait again; after finishing the installation it is recommended to restart you computer.
Second method: go to the application launcher (the blue button with the letter K on it) -> Applications -> System -> Software Management (KPackageKit) -> Software Updates -> Apply all available updates -> Restart the computer !!!
Installing the video drivers:
Go to the application launcher (the blue button with the letter K on it) -> Applications -> System -> Hardware drivers -> Select the recommended package of drivers and press the “activate” button; after that you need to restart the computer in order to use the drivers correctly ! ( !!! this is presented in the video below !!!)
When this steps are finished you can start using Kubuntu at full capacity. You only need to “pimp it” (visual effects) and install all the software packages that you need. The standard configuration of Kubuntu 9.04 has the following software:
- audio player: Amarok (it is the best, it has everything, works perfectly and it looks very good)
- video player: Dragon Player (i really don’t like it; i prefer VLC, but you have to install it)
- web browsing: Konqueror (it’s good but i recommend to install Mozilla Firefox)
- file manager: Dolphin (it’s good; you don’t need more)
- CD/DVD burning: K3b (works fine)
- instant messaging: Kopete (it’s not the user friendly; you really need to install Pidgin)
- image viewer: Gwenview
- document viewer: Okular (very good; it’s a .pdf viewer)
- office suite: Open Office 3
- torrent client: KTorrent
In this video you can see some of the stuff that i tolled you earlier (the software, installing updates and installing the video drivers).
For better quality watch the movie in HD !!!
P.S.: Don’t forget to help kids with needs by clicking the link from the Socialvibe, watching and rating the video … it is for a good cause and we can make a difference !!!
I liked Amarok 1.4 a lot, though it had some pretty annoying bugs. Amarok 2 left me quite unpleased, I can’t find an enque option, it’s interface is not at all intuitive. So I moved to Songbird, which in spite of not having an enque option, being well integrated with gnome, or the ability to scan my music folder for changes it does a decent job.
So I’m looking for a new linux music player… Was thinking banshee or something.
Also I don’t really like Okular, in spite of having the AWESOME and very much NEEDED bookmark feature. I still think the only overall decent pdf viewer is adobe’s own and proprietary Adobe Reader.