Ubuntu 10.04 Post-Install Guide: What to do and try after installing Lucid Lynx

[Benjamin Humphrey]

I might post an article about it on OMG! Ubuntu! for ya :)

On Sun, May 2, 2010 at 3:14 PM, Danny Piccirillo <
danny.piccirillo at ubuntu.com> wrote:

> Thanks! I've been getting good reactions elsewhere but have had a few
> troubles. My main push last year was through Google Reader, and a bug in
> Google prevented me or anyone from sharing the post. My post hasn't reached
> frontpage digg or anything like it did last time because of this, and i'm
> not in the top results like i was last time, so there goes all my blog
> traffic for the next six months! Scary how a problem with Google can have
> this effect...
>
> Also, slightly off-topic, but i use Feedburner, which updates the time of
> the post every time i make an edit. This is a disaster because i can't
> update a post without it appearing on planet ubuntu every time i do. This
> post took me two days with few breaks even for food and sleep, and i still
> had several things that needed cleanup. I ended up unintentionally spamming
> the planet, but i see no way to prevent this. Anyone familiar with
> Feedburner/blogger know how i could fix this? And yeah i know blogger is
> shit, i do plan on migrating when i have the time
>
> As for Lucid, i've heard a couple of people say that Lucid is a disaster,
> but most people say that they've never been happier with Ubuntu. What i
> gather from this is that there are some major issues that seem to be
> affecting a small amount of people, the rest are very happy. The decision on
> the menu bars has also hurt a lot, and some people don't like the direction
> ubuntu seems to be going in with Ubuntu One. Other opinions?
>
> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 12:15, Benjamin Humphrey <humphreybc at gmail.com>wrote:
>
>> Danny, that's a great article. Good work!
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 9:42 PM, Alin-Andrei <nilarimogard at gmail.com>wrote:
>>
>>> Here's a script which takes care of every common action done after
>>> installing Ubuntu:
>>> http://www.webupd8.org/2010/04/what-to-do-after-fresh-ubuntu-install.html
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Fri, Apr 30, 2010 at 03:38, Danny Piccirillo <
>>> danny.piccirillo at ubuntu.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> After getting such a great reaction last year, i knew i had to make
>>>> another one this year. There was lots of feedback and i've put a lot
>>>> of effort into this updated post. Please let me know what you think
>>>> and help me spread the word if you can. I hope you'll find this useful
>>>> and that new users can learn from the instructions and explanations i
>>>> provided
>>>>
>>>> Direct:
>>>> http://blog.thesilentnumber.me/2010/04/ubuntu-1004-post-install-guide-what-to.html
>>>> Reddit:
>>>> http://www.reddit.com/r/linux/comments/by3eh/ubuntu_1004_postinstall_guide_what_to_do_and_try
>>>> Digg:
>>>> http://digg.com/linux_unix/TSN_s_Ubuntu_10_04_Post_Install_Guide_What_to_do_and_try
>>>> Identica: http://identi.ca/notice/30522431
>>>> Twitter: http://twitter.com/DPic/status/13099151114
>>>>
>>>> So Lucid is out! What does everyone think of it?
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> .danny
>>>>
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>>>> Every (in)decision matters.
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>
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