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Having problems installing something on your new Ubuntu operating system? "Where's the EXE?" , "Where do I need to extract this to?" , "How do I run it?" , "Where did it go?" - have you been thinking questions like these? Don't worry, installing software, themes and other things on Ubuntu is actually very easy! This guide will help you understand with screenshots, instructional videos and to-the-point language. Translations: Português (Portuguese) , Magyar (Hungarian) The package manager Installing software with Synaptic The 3 steps: Search, mark and apply But what if my program isn't available through Synaptic? I installed it, but where did my program go? How do I uninstall the program? Installing software with the terminal Installing a package manually ( .deb , .rpm , .tar.gz , .package , klik:// → .cmg , .sh , .bin , .exe , ...) Appendix Enabling extra repositories Using CDs as offline repositorie...

This is a discussion on I have installed Linux.. What next? within the Getting started tutorials forums, part of the Linux Getting Started category; I have seen lot of questions like ... I have installed fedora 2/Debian on my PC. What next? I have installed Linux.. What next?

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Customizing Grub2 boot menu The grub boot menu Ubuntu uses has bothered me since I first saw the SUSE implementation of grub. So, after installing the latest 9.10 beta, I decided it was time to figure out how to get rid of that awful black grub menu. Two days later, here is what I have figured out. Find an image I used the cool heron image from a previous release of ubuntu. Find it here . My desktop resolution is 1280X1024 so that's what I trimmed down this image to match. You'll have to save this image in PNG/TGA format. You'll see why later so just make sure this is the format you use. Customizing Grub2 boot menu - Ubuntu Forums