Few Usefull Things to Help SetUp UBUNTU 16.04

Rename the PC

sudo gedit /etc/hostname /etc/hosts

Change the names in both the files and save. Restart immediately to reflect changes.

Fix display brightness button

sudo touch /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf
sudo gedit /usr/share/X11/xorg.conf.d/20-intel.conf

Add the following lines to this file:

Section "Device"
        Identifier  "card0"
        Driver      "intel"
        Option      "Backlight"  "intel_backlight"
        BusID       "PCI:0:2:0"
EndSection

Restart Wifi

sudo service network-manager restart

Mount NTFS disk when Windows has hibernated in read-only mode

sudo mount -o ro /dev/sda2 /mnt

Open current directory in GUI from terminal

xdg-open .

Open any file as if you had double clicked it in GUI from terminal

xdg-open filename

Create launchers on the Desktop

sudo apt install gnome-panel
gnome-desktop-item-edit --create-new ~/Desktop

CTRL+ALT+DEL

Add custom keyboard shortcut: gnome-system-monitor

Sticky Notes

sudo apt install xpad

Offline Documentation Browser

sudo apt-get install zeal

Snipping tool on Ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:shutter/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install shutter

Install Skype

Canonical Partners should be enabled

sudo apt install skype

Enable ‘Minimise on Click’

gsettings set org.compiz.unityshell:/org/compiz/profiles/unity/plugins/unityshell/ launcher-minimize-window true

Move The Unity Launcher

gsettings set com.canonical.Unity.Launcher launcher-position Bottom

Fix 'WiFi constantly disconnects' problem

Make sure that power management is turned off

iwconfig

This should display a line with Power Management: Off. If it says On, you have to run:

sudo iwconfig wlan0 power off

Install Vivaldi web browser

echo "echo deb http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/deb/ stable main > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/vivaldi.list" | sudo sh
curl http://repo.vivaldi.com/stable/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add - sudo apt-key adv --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv-keys 1397BC53640DB551
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vivaldi-stable

Install Brackets.io web dev editor

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:webupd8team/brackets
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install brackets

Scheduling a shutdown

Wait 60 mins before starting the shutdown sequence
sudo shutdown -P +60

To shutdown at 1 AM
sudo shutdown -P 1:00

To shutdown now
sudo shutdown -P now

Cancel a pending shutdown
sudo shutdown -c

Install .deb package through Terminal

sudo dpkg -i filename.deb

If dpkg reports an error due to dependency problems, you can run sudo apt-get install -f to download the missing dependencies and configure everything.

To fix the UTC / local time difference between Ubuntu and Windows from Ubuntu

timedatectl set-local-rtc 1

You can then check if Ubuntu uses local time, you can then use the following command:

timedatectl

Which should display: "RTC in local TZ: yes"

GRUB Customizer

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:danielrichter2007/grub-customizer
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install grub-customizer

Add Aliases to Terminal

nano ~/.bashrc

Add the following to the File:

alias python='/usr/bin/python3'

Save it and exit To load the alias file in the current terminal type the following, else the new alias file will load when you open a new terminal

source ~/.bashrc