Top-10 things to do after installing LinuxMint 17.3 to make user friendly

8a) Install other softwares

Install Below punch of other software Apps which is not available from LinuxMint & Ubuntu repository.

Install Viber

$ sudo wget http://download.cdn.viber.com/desktop/Linux/viber.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i viber.deb

Install Telegram

# wget https://updates.tdesktop.com/tlinux/tsetup.0.9.15.tar.xz
# tar xf tsetup.0.9.13.tar.xz
# cd telegram
# ./Telegram

9) Install other Desktop Environments

Initially you had installed a different desktop environment (In my case i have installed Cinamon) and want to install other desktop environment such as kde, xfce, lxde or mate try the below commands.

# Install KDE Desktop #
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:kubuntu-ppa/backports
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install kde-standard kubuntu-desktop

# Install MATE desktop #
$ sudo apt-get install mint-meta-mate

# Install XFCE desktop #
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:xubuntu-dev/xfce-4.12
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install xfce4

# Install GNOME desktop #
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:gnome3-team/gnome3
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install gnome

# Install Enlightenment desktop #
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:enlightenment-git/ppa
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install e20

10) Install Java

JAVA is mandatory to perform/run certain program on Linux Box. We can install it by simply running below commands. We can install OpenJDK or Oracle JAVA.

# Install OpenJDK #
$ sudo apt-get install openjdk-8-jdk

# Install OracleJAVA #
$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/java
$ sudo apt-get update
$ sudo apt-get install oracle-java8-installer
$ echo oracle-java8-installer shared/accepted-oracle-license-v1-1 select true | sudo /usr/bin/debconf-set-selections

Now, you will feel, your LinuxMint box become user friendly. What you are thinking ? Share your valuable commands in our comment section to improve our website quality…Stay tune with 2daygeek for latest LINUX GEEKS..)