9 Things I Did After Installing Ubuntu 10.10 "Maverick Meerkat" | Linux Today

9 Things I Did After Installing Ubuntu 10.10 “Maverick Meerkat”

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Web Webster
Web Webster
Oct 13, 2010

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“The final release of Ubuntu 10.10 Maverick Meerkat is
here with a ton of improvements. I think, it’s time to stop talking
about the great strides Ubuntu 10.10 has made on the usability
fronts and lets just concentrate on the things you need to do and
you could do with the new Ubuntu 10.10 “Maverick Meerkat”.

“Update Repositories

* Every time you install a brand new Ubuntu, the first thing you
need to do is to update repositories and make sure you have the
latest updates installed.

* Goto System – Administration – Synaptic Package Manager and
hit ‘Reload’ button OR simply do the following in Terminal.”


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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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