Support #442
Updated by Daniel Curtis over 10 years ago
Ubuntu is currently the most popular flavor of Linux, based heavily off of Debian. It has a huge community, lots of support from developers, and is a suitable platform for both workstation and server. With a Long-Term Support version every other major version, offering 5 years of support at no cost.
*Start by opening a Terminal*
h2. Overview
A few applications are necessary for a functional developer computer complete with an office suite, web browser, media player, development tools, and few extra goodies. Here are a few, more to come:
h2. Setup Third-Party PPA repositories
* VirtualBox PPA
<pre>
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:debfx/virtualbox
</pre>
* KeePass2 PPA
<pre>
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:jtaylor/keepass
</pre>
* Latest GIMP PPA
<pre>
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:otto-kesselgulasch/gimp
</pre>
* Android adb & fastboot PPA
<pre>
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nilarimogard/webupd8
</pre>
* Android SDK
<pre>
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:upubuntu-com/sdk
</pre>
h3. Refresh the software manager cache
<pre>sudo apt-get update</pre>
The following command will install:
* *Netflix*: Netflix streaming client
* *VirtualBox w/ Guest Additions*: Virtual computing software
* *LibreOffice*: Office suite
* *TrueCrypt*: High-grade encryption tool
* *Windows Network Browsing*: For connecting to Windows shares
* *Firefox*: Web browser
* *Thunderbird*: Mail client
* *Pidgin*: Instant messaging client
* *Chromium*: Open Source Chrome web
* *BleachBit*: Browser, mail, application cleaning application
* *GIMP*: Image editing
* *Filezilla*: FTP/SFTP Client
* *git*: Source code management
* *KeePass2*: Password management
* *VLC*: Media player
* *Flash*: Closed source media and content plugin
* *Restricted codecs*: Closed source audio and video codecs, i.e .mp3
* *Arduino*: Arduino Integrated Development Environment
* *Fritzing*: Prototyping software
<pre>sudo apt-get install netflix-desktop virtualbox virtualbox-guest-additions-iso libreoffice truecrypt bleachbit nautilus-share samba firefox thunderbird pidgin pidgin-otr gimp gimp-data-extras gimp-help-en filezilla git-core keepass2 ubuntu-restricted-extras vlc chromium-browser android-tools-adb android-tools-fastboot android-sdk arduino fritzing libqt4-sql-sqlite</pre>