Installing Ubuntu
Published at 2023-04-27
Last update over 365 days ago
Licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0
software-engineering
unix
terminal
ubuntu-installation
linux-setup
This is NOT a tutorial on how to install Ubuntu. I am just documenting some problems I encountered during my installation.
Editor and sudo
apt install vim sudo
User
Add a new user and make it a sudoer:
useradd -m <username>
visudo
Locale
Add this to your ~/.bashrc
(or ~/.zshrc
) if you use Z shell.
export LANG=en_US.UTF-8
Software
Package Manager
The first thing you need to do is configuring apt
’s mirror.
If you also want to use the mirror from Tsinghua:
See ubuntu | 镜像使用帮助 | 清华大学开源软件镜像站 | Tsinghua Open Source Mirror
To update your apt
repository, press Ctrl + Alt + T
to run a terminal, and run:
sudo apt update
sudo apt upgrade
Shell
Install fish shell and set it as your login shell:
sudo apt install fish
chsh --shell $(which fish)
Or if you want to use zsh
and config further, refer to: My Zsh Config
AppStore
You may try Spark-Store.
Browser
I use Microsoft Edge. It’s pretty easy to download the .deb
on its official website. But if you want to install it from command line:
See How to Install Microsoft Edge on Ubuntu 22.04 | 20.04 - LinuxCapable
Proxy
Maybe zzzgydi/clash-verge: A Clash GUI based on tauri. Supports Windows, macOS and Linux or Fndroid/clash_for_windows_pkg
CLI-APPs
See Awesome CLI Apps.
Q & A
Q: The operating system always freezes on the welcome page. A: Install / Update NVIDIA driver.
and ubuntu - nouveau 0000:01:00.0: DRM: failed to idle channel 0 [DRM] - Super User
Q: Why the Microsoft Edge always show This page is having a problem?
A: See This page is having a problem Error Code: SIGILL - Microsoft Community
and here
Q: Why does the settings disappear?
A: Run sudo apt install gnome-control-center
to (re)install gnome-control-center.