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wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb | wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb | ||
sudo gdebi google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb | sudo gdebi google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb | ||
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| + | Adobe Flash is built in the Google Chrome web browser. For other browsers you can install Flash Player, see: Install [[Update Flash Plugin Ubuntu]]. | ||
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| + | === The Ubuntu Synaptic package manager === | ||
| + | Synaptic comes with Ubuntu and Muon package manager comes with Kubuntu because it is for KDE. If you prefer Synaptic you can install it too. You can have them both. | ||
| + | sudo apt-get install aptitude synaptic gdebi-core software-properties-gtk | ||
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| + | === Dolphin Root actions === | ||
| + | A quick way to open a folder having sudo. | ||
| + | * Go to "Configure Dolphin" > Services tab and click Download New Services. Search for root and find the service named Root Actions. Click Install. | ||
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| + | === Those pesky encrypted DVDs === | ||
| + | DVD encryption is lame. It is easy to crack and only holds up the end user experience when wanting to watch a movie! | ||
| + | sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras libavcodec-extra | ||
| + | sudo apt-get install libdvdread4 | ||
| + | sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh | ||
Revision as of 15:27, 2 March 2015
This section is part of Kubuntu and Ubuntu Linux Distribution Reference.
Contents
Install rar and unrar utilities
File compression often used by newsgroups and torrents
sudo apt-get install rar unrar
Quick Access Plasma widget
sudo apt-get install plasma-widget-quickaccess
Other web browsers
Firefox is considered a superior web browser when coupled with the NoScript and Ghostery plugins. Some web sites are not Firefox friendly. There are other web browsers that run under KDE Linux including: Chromium and Google Chrome.
Install Chromium, the open source version of Google Chrome.
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
Install the commercial version "Google Chrome" for Debian Linux.
Google Chrome for 64bit Linux
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb sudo gdebi google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
Google Chrome for 32bit Linux
wget https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb sudo gdebi google-chrome-stable_current_i386.deb
Adobe Flash is built in the Google Chrome web browser. For other browsers you can install Flash Player, see: Install Update Flash Plugin Ubuntu.
The Ubuntu Synaptic package manager
Synaptic comes with Ubuntu and Muon package manager comes with Kubuntu because it is for KDE. If you prefer Synaptic you can install it too. You can have them both.
sudo apt-get install aptitude synaptic gdebi-core software-properties-gtk
Dolphin Root actions
A quick way to open a folder having sudo.
- Go to "Configure Dolphin" > Services tab and click Download New Services. Search for root and find the service named Root Actions. Click Install.
Those pesky encrypted DVDs
DVD encryption is lame. It is easy to crack and only holds up the end user experience when wanting to watch a movie!
sudo apt-get install kubuntu-restricted-extras libavcodec-extra sudo apt-get install libdvdread4 sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/install-css.sh
