1. Boot
ISO from either CDROM/USB Flash Drive, ensure LAN cable is connected with DHCP
enabled and HDD doesn’t contains any data or (clean).
2. Select
à
Install Ubuntu.
3. Desktop
version will automatically install the GUI and will try to connect to Ubuntu’s
Repository to download and install any latest patches/upgrades.
4. Language
= English.
5. Keyboard
Layout = English (US).
6. If
Wireless Adapter is available, it will be automatically detected (if
compatible) and it will prompt for connecting to any available Wifi Network.
This step can be skip for now as long as the LAN cable is connected.
7. Depends
on the usage & purposes, you can select either of the following
installation options :-
a. Normal
Installation (includes Libre Office Suites, Multimedia Applications, Tools
& Utilities).
b. Minimal
Installation (basic Tools & Browser only).
8. When
prompted, select à
Use Entire Disk à
Continue.
9. Select
the correct time zone à Kuala Lumpur.
10. On
the next page, it will prompt for some basic informations :-
a. Your
Name : [Preferred Display Name]
b. Your
Computer’s Name : [Hostname]
c. Login
Name : [Username]
d. Password
: [Password]
e. Login
automatically / Require my password to login.
11. It
will prompt for restart and automatically eject the CDROM drive (if any), once
ejected it will prompt you to press à [ENTER] key to
restart.
12. Once
restarted, open “Terminal” apps and key-in the following command line :-
a. sudo
apt-get update
b. sudo
apt-get upgrade
c. sudo
shutdown now –r
13. To
disabled Network Printer Auto-Discovery & Auto-Install of drivers, run the
following command line :-
a. sudo
nano /etc/cups/cups-browsed.conf
i.
Search for and change it to à
BrowseProtocols none
ii.
Save and exit.
b. sudo
service cups-browsed restart
c. sudo
service cups restart
d. sudo
nano /etc/avahi/avahi-deamon.conf
i.
Search for section à [server]
ii.
Type-in these line under it à
enable-dbus no
iii.
Save and exit.
e. sudo
service avahi-deamon restart
14. Install
and Run HDD defragmentation tools :-
a. sudo
apt-get install e2fsprogs
b. sudo
e4defrag /
15. To
install Google Chrome in Ubuntu Desktop :-
a. Open
Mozzilla browser à
https://www.google.com/chrome OR https://dl.google.com/linux/direct/google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb
b. At
the web page click à Download Chrome
c. Select
à
64bit.deb (for Debian/Ubuntu)
d. When
prompted select à
Save file
e. Once
download completed, open à Files à and search for “google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb”
f.
Double-click that file and it will auto install.
