Download Ubuntu Studio 10.04 [ 1.7GB DVD image] :-

Torrent:- i386 or amd64

Direct :- i386 or amd64

For details see the Official Download Page.

What’s New :-

Ubuntu Studio is undergoing heavy development. This time also, numerous improvements have been implemented. Here are some of the more prominent ones :-

Audio :

• Aeolus 0.8.2 from 0.8.1
• Alsa-tools-gui (echomixer, eny24 control, HDSPcontrol, DPSPmixer, RME digicontrol) 1.0.22 from 1.0.20
• Ardour 2.8.6 from 2.8.2
• Audacity 1.3.11 from 1.3.9
• Freqtweak 0.7.2 from 0.7.0
• GNE Denemo 0.8.10 from 0.8.6
• Hydrogen 0.9.4
• Jackbeat 0.7.4 from 0.7.2
• Mixxx 1.7.2 from 1.6.1
• Muse 1.0.1 from 0.8.1a
• Puredata 0.42.5 from 0.41.4
• Qsynth 0.3.4 from 0.2.5
• SooperLooper 1.6.14 from 1.0.8c
• SoundRecorder (gnome-media) 2.29.91 from 2.28.1
• Virtual Midi Keyboard (vkeybd) 0.1.18d from 0.1.17b
• Zynaddsubfx 2.4.0 from 2.2.1

Graphics:

• Blender 2.49.2 from 2.49a
• FontForge 0.0.20090923 from 0.0.20090622
• FontMatrix 0.6.0 from 0.4.2
• F-Spot 0.61.5 from 0.61.3
• Gimp 2.6.8 from 2.6.7
• Hugin Patch Processor 2009.2.0 from 0.8.0
• Hugin Panorama Creator 2009.2.0 from 0.8.0
• Inkscape 0.47.0 from 0.47~pre4

Video:

• Kino 1.3.4 from 1.3.3

New Applications:

• Rakarrack 0.3.0
• MuseScore 0.9.6
• Subtitleeditor 0.30.0

Removed Application:

• Creox

Applications Moved Into the Main Repository to allow for better integration:

• libffado
• JACK

JACK support for applications:

• Pulseaudio
• Portaudio
• Xine

Pulse Audio/JACK integration:

• Pulse Audio built against Jack is available (but qjackctl still disables Pulse Audio via pasuspender on start)

Note : Further integration between Pulse Audio and JACK should occur in Maverick most likely via DBus

Installation :- Download the ISO image & burn it into a DVD or make a bootable USB using UNetBootin and proceed with the installation.

As we have already discussed, Ubuntu Studio can be installed by 2 Methods :-

1) Upgrade Install – Synaptic Package Manager based installation. [requires Ubuntu 10.04 already installed]

2) Dedicated Install – Making a separate partition and installing Ubuntu Studio afresh. [requires a separate empty space, atleast 10gb]

For Detailed Installation Process & Screenshots Please Refer Our Previous Post.

Njoy !!!

For Software Developers/Providers

Personal Package Archive (PPA) service is provided for Ubuntu by Launchpad via which you can distribute software and updates directly to Ubuntu users. Create your source package, upload it and Launchpad will build binaries and then host them in your own apt repository.
Refer this link for more on how to create your own PPA to distribute software.

For Users (Like Us)

PPA (https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+ppas) can be easily used to add new sources for software not available in Software Centre.PPAs work like normal Ubuntu archives. You can install software in the usual way — for example, through apt-get or synaptic — and whenever there’s an update Ubuntu will prompt you to install it. Both the x86 & x64 architectures are supported by PPA.

Here is an example, to add the repository:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa: user/ppa-name

So pop up your Terminal and try adding few of them from below

Open Office : sudo add-apt-repository  ppa:openoffice-pkgs/ppa

Google Chrome Browser Beta : sudo add-apt-repository ppa:chromium-daily/beta

ClamAv Antivirus : sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-clamav/ppa

Remember to run sudo apt-get update after you are done with above

Here is a look at a successfull addition via PPA

If you still feel you are bit of a Linoob just try using Ubuntu Tweak

‘Ultimate Edition’ started off as Ubuntu Christmas Edition, and was made as a Christmas present for the Ubuntu community. The creator, Glen Cady aka TheeMahn, then created Ubuntu Ultimate 1.1. Ultimate Edition has more software pre-installed and ready for use even in the Live CD/DVD environment than Ubuntu. Ubuntu Ultimate 1.2 was released shortly after 1.1 with even more new software. To answer the call of gamers, TheeMahn then built Ubuntu Ultimate Gamers Edition. On October 18, 2007, TheeMahn received an e-mail from Canonical asking not to use the Ubuntu name or logo due to violation of trademark policy. Ubuntu Ultimate then became ‘Ultimate Edition’. Additional softwares such as Java, Flash, Acrobat Reader or Google Earth, which were removed due to licensing agreements, can be installed using an integrated custom repository. The latest release Ultimate Edition 2.6 is based on Ubuntu Lucid Lynx 10.04 LTS.

For newbies it is highly recommended if you have a PC with decent configuration since it contains all the features you need else will have to download and enable after default Ubuntu Installation.

Desktop Environment :-

Ultimate Edition comes with Gnome Desktop Environment by default. The special releases like Ultimate Edition Gmaers or Odd releases like Ultimate Edition 2.5 which gives the choice of KDE and XfCE before login.

Features :-

Ultimate Edition 2.6 includes all the features of Ubuntu with improved usability. The Ultimate repository includes the latest updates, as well as a big list of softwares that are not included in the official Ubuntu repositories including MP3  plugin support and Xvideo plugins support. A few preinstalled applications are :-

-Ubuntu Tweak.

-Wine.

-Compiz with CCSM

-Mplayer,VLC and Amarok

-Qemu launcher.

-Play on Linux (POL)

-MS core fonts and 35 extra fonts.

-Big list of themes and wallpapers.

-GIMP Image Editor

-ClamAV

-Brasero disk Burner

-Audacity

-Bootup and Startup Manager

-Inkscape Vector Graphics Editor

-ISOMaster.

-Ultimatix

-XBMC Media Center

-Frostwire

-QCad.

-Anjuta IDE

-Kopete Instant Messenger

-Firestarter Firewall

….. and much more.

The Ultimate Edition 2.6 Gamers is based as per the latest release i.e 2.6 gamers is built off Ultimate Edition 2.6 with all updates pre-installed and a few games also pre-installed for your convenience. Here is the list of the Games that are coming preinstalled in the OS :-

-Urban Terror & extra maps

-Aisleriot Solitaire

-Atomic Tanks

-Battle for Wesnoth

-Boswars

-Chromium B.S.U.

-Gbrainy

-Glest

-Gridwars

-Mahjongg

-Mines

-Neverball

-Quadrapassel

-Scorched 3D

-Warzone 2100

and more…

System Requirement

- 1.o Ghz Processor for 32bit and 2.0 Ghz for 64bit.

- 512 MiB of RAM for 32 bit and 2GiB for 64 bit.

- 10 GiB of Hard Disk space (separate partition recommended for dedicated install).

- OpenGL graphics support capable of running monitor at 1024*768 resolution for best results.

- DVD-ROM and USB 2.0 ports.

Download

1)Ultimate Edition 2.6 – 64 Bit

-HTTP  here

-Torrent here

-Gamers Edition here

2)Ultimate Edition 2.6 – 32 bit

-HTTP here

-Torrent here

-Gmaers Edition here

Installation

WUBI Install :- Installing Ultimate Edition via Wubi (Windows Based Ubuntu Installer) is same as installing basic Ubuntu Distro. Just double click Wubi.exe , select your preferences,then sit back an relax till it gets installed. To get details on Wubi, see our previous post.

Dedicated Install :- Refer this post for dedicated install (its just same as normal Ubuntu Installation)

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Here are the Torrent files for you to download from:

i386: http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.04/ubuntu-10.04-desktop-i386.iso.torrent

AMD64: http://releases.ubuntu.com/10.04/ubuntu-10.04-desktop-amd64.iso.torrent

For HTTP/FTP downloads, kindly visit this link: http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu/download

Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

Create professional documents and presentations

OpenOffice.org is fully compatible with Microsoft Office and has everything you need to create professional documents, spreadsheets and presentations. OpenOffice.org is easy to use, packed with the features you need and completely free.

Email and chat

Get chatting with Empathy. Quickly integrate your chat accounts from Yahoo, Gmail, MSN, Jabber, AOL, QQ and many more. Evolution Mail provides easy, intuitive email.

Buy music while you listen

New in 10.04. Ubuntu’s new music player includes an integrated store, so you can buy and download new tracks with just a few clicks. And thanks to Ubuntu One’s file-sharing magic you can store your music online and listen to it from other computers and music players. Ubuntu works with most music and media players.

Mobilise your digital life!

All Ubuntu users get a free Ubuntu One account. Ubuntu One allows you to store all kinds of files online so you can access them anywhere. Store bookmarks, contacts, music and pictures. Take everything everywhere with Ubuntu One.

Start fast with Ubuntu

Ubuntu loads quickly on any computer, but it’s super-fast on newer machines. After loading, opening a browser takes seconds, unlike other operating systems that leave you staring at the screen, waiting to get online.

Accessibility

At the core of the Ubuntu philosophy is the belief that computing is for everyone and access should be free and complete whatever your economic or physical circumstances. Ubun

We didn’t find one that good but came out with some wares that can do what they are really better than that. But still we found some of them worth satisfying.

Heres the list:-

1) Brasero Disc Burner.

2) K3B Cd and DVD Kreator.

3) Gnome Baker.

4) XfBurn.

5) Nautilus Cd/Dvd Creator.

Brasero CD/DVD Burner

Brasero was developed by Philippe Rouquier & Luis Medinas. Brasero is an application to burn CD/DVD for the Gnome Desktop. It is designed to be as simple as possible and has some unique features to enable users to create their discs easily and quickly. It is licenced under GNU-GPL & is a free software. It is available in Add/Remove and Ubuntu Software Center for installation in just 1 click.

Features:

• Supports multiple backends: cdrtools, growisofs and libburn

Data CD/DVD:

• supports edition of discs contents (remove/move/rename files inside directories)
• can burn data CD/DVD
• automatic filtering for unwanted files
• supports multisession
• can write the image to the hard drive
• can check disc file integrity

Audio CD:

• write CD-TEXT information
• supports the edition of CD-TEXT information
• can burn audio CD on the fly
• can search for audio files inside dropped folders
• full edition of silences between tracks

CD/DVD copy:

• can copy a CD/DVD to the hard drive
• can copy CD and DVD on the fly
• supports single-session data DVD
• supports any kind of CD

Others:

• erase CD/DVD
• can save/load projects
• can burn CD/DVD images
• song, image and video previewer
• device detection
• file change notification
• a customisable GUI
• supports Drag and Drop
• can search for files
• can display a playlist and its contents
• all disc IO is done asynchronously to prevent the application from blocking

K3B:  Cd/Dvd Kreator

The KDE tool for CD/DVD creation is called K3B aka KDE Burn Baby Burn! It is a free software CD and DVD authoring application for GNU/Linux operating systems designed for KDE. It provides a graphical user interface to perform most CD/DVD burning tasks such as creating an Audio CD from a set of audio files or copying a CD/DVD, as well as more advanced tasks such as burning eMoviX CD/DVDs. It can also perform direct disc-to-disc copies. The program has many settings which can be customized by advanced users. The actual disc recording in K3b is handled by the command line utilities cdrecord or wodim, cdrdao, and growisofs.

To install K3b open your Ubuntu Software Center (Applications->Ubuntu Software Center) and type k3b in the search field. Double click the search result and select the Install button. When installed close your Ubuntu Software Center and K3b can be found in your Sound  & Video list (Applications->Sound & Video)

Features:

• Data Cd/Dvd burning.
• Audio CD burning.
• CD tect support.
• Built in CD/DVD Rip.
• eMovix CD/DVD .
• Mixed mode CD (Audio and Data in one).
• Multisession CD.
• Disc to Disc CD /DVD copy.
• ISO image support.
• Erase CDs/DVDs
• Ripping Audio CDs/DVDs , Video CDs/DVDs.
• Video CD/DVD authoring.
• CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R, DVD-RW  support.
• K3B can also burn data CDs that support Linux/Unix based OS, Windows, DOS file systems.

GNOME Baker: The Gnome Weapon

GNOME Baker is a free CD/DVD authoring application build for GNU-Linux operating systems. This application has been built for the GNOME Desktop Environment. It requires a recent tools for the burning process like cdrecord, readcd , mkiofs etc. For DVD burning ,it requires gravisofs. It needs gstreamer 0.8 for audio processing. Goto Ubuntu Software Center or Add/Remove programs to install Gnome Baker.

Features:

• Create Data Cds/Dvds.
• RW Disks.
• Burn CDs/DVDs.
• Copy Data CDs/DVDs.
• Copy Audio CDs.
• Support Multisession Burning.
• Record-to & Burn ISO image to CDs/DVDs (including Bootables).
• Supports Drag ‘n’ Drop feature.
• Create Audio CDs from existing WAV, FLAC,MP3 Files.
• Gconf integrated for Storage of Application Settings.
• Can burn Cue/Bin files.
• Format  DVDs.

Xf-Burn

XfBurn is a simple CD/DVD burning tool based on libburnia libraries. It was developed to be the default burning application for the Xfce Desktop Environment. It can erase CD/DVD-RW, burn and create ISO images, audio CDs, data CD/DVDs. It has a simple GUI, drag n drop / copy – paste feature enabled. It is a freeware and is licenced under GNU -GPL for Linux based operating systems basically for the Xfce Desktops. It is available in Ubuntu Software Center or Add/Remove programs for the  installation.

Features:

• Blank CDs/DVDs.
• Burning Data CDs/DVDs.
• Create ISO images.
• Burn ISO CDs /DVDs.
• Audio CDs.
• Simple GUI.
• Copy n Paste feature .

Note : It a stable release but is undergoing constant development so keep an eye on the updates for more features.

Nautilus Cd/Dvd Creator

The Nautilus CD Burner package provides an easy method to write files to a CD or DVD burner through GNOME – by just drag-and-dropping files using the GNOME file manager aka Nautilus.

Features:

• Create Data Cds/Dvds.
• Burning .ISO images.
• Nautilus File manager Integration.
• Drag n Drop support.
• CD-RW & DVD-RW support.
• Duplicate CD/DVD

Enjoy!

Download:

all.deb : click here

tar.gz : click here

Installation:

Option 1) If you have downloaded the .deb file (recommended), you just need a double click to go . Easy, isn’t it

Option 2) For the second one, you can easily compile the downloaded source code (tar.gz file) using the following commands in terminal:-

$ tar -xvzf aptoncd-*.tar.gz
$ cd aptoncd/
$ sudo make install

How to Create an APTonCD image :

It creates an image of desired size from packages downloaded via Synaptic Package Manager / Apt-get. It requires Administrator privileges. Don’t worry, just type in the admin password and go.

Note: External packages that were not installed can also be put in the image file.

Steps to create APTonCD image:

1) Selecting installed packages:
By default, all the packages saved in /var/cache/apt/archives/ directory . We have the option to add/remove the packages for APTonCD media just checking/unchecking  them on the list. When we add/remove a package,the total file size is automatically updated.

2) Adding external packages:
We can also add those packages to the APTonCD image that weren’t installed on the system. There are two ways to do this: we can use the ‘Add Package’ button then find and open the .deb package to be added. The other way is simply drag-and-drog the package from hard-drive to APTonCD window.

3) Destination folder for image:
By default, the image generated by APTonCD is saved in /home/user/aptoncd directory . It can be changed by using the option ‘destination folder’ .

4) Burning Created Image:
When an APTonCD image is successfully created, we can burn it into CD/DVD

How to Restore APTonCD :

It restores an image from an already created APTonCD media and allows to select and install packages offline. This also requires Administrator privileges. Also, restoring a .ISO image created using APTonCD is also same.

Steps to restore a created image:

1) Open CD/DVD:-
Put the CD/DVD created by APTonCD in the drive.

2) Selecting packages to recover:-It shows a list with all packages available to restore. By default, all packages are checked, but you can just uncheck the packages at will.

3) Copying files to another system:-
The packages selected are copied from the APTonCD media to /var/cache/apt/archives/ directory.In this way,the packages are available and you can install them using apt-get or synaptic without need to download them.

It’s an easy way to get all the required softwares and packages to run Ubuntu just fine.

Note: By default, latest versions of all softwares are restored.

Njoy !!!

Ubuntu is considered as one of the most user-friendly Linux distributions  available today. But still, there are some hidden functions and settings that will improve your Ubuntu experience to a great extent. Though you don’t need a third-party program to unlock them, you just need Ubuntu Tweak. It will save a lot of time of yours as this application gives you a UI to control and configure your system settings yourself. Ubuntu Tweak makes it easy to change hidden system and desktop settings. Unfortunately, it is only for GNOME desktop environment. This is still under heavy development and a very good utility for Ubuntu users. Tweak is more or less like Ubun-student but a bit more stable and reliable with lesser bugs.But this application is also going heavy development, so watch for updates and latest releases regularly. It was basically build for the new Ubuntu users to help them getting a experience. We recon this a must have for your Ubuntu Desktop and we are sure that it will improve the usability of your Ubuntu desktop significantly.

Changes OverView:

• Support of Ubuntu 9.04 and before DROPPED.
• Use all native icon in UI.
• Migrate from policykit to policykit-1, no C code any more.
• Support dynamic-module, only load module what desktop supports.
• Redesign the sidebar and titlebar.

New Features :

• Application Center: improve from Add/Remove, supports online data sync.
• Add the option to disable user list in gdm.
• Add indicator-session dialog control.
• Improve the computer page, add “Change Hostname” feature.
  Source Center: improve from Third-Party Source, supports online data sync.
• Add the menu and button icon options to gnome settings. – Add the show desktop icon again.
• Update Manager: a simple but more human-readable update manager.

Lets move to the Old native way i.e the Terminal way to  Install (Refer Screenshots For Help)

Note : An easy way to add sources of Ubuntu-tweak(work since Ubuntu 9.10): Go to System / Administration / Software Sources, click on Other Software tab, click Add button, and enter

ppa:tualatrix/ubuntu-tweak

This will add the PPA repo and the GPG key automatically. You can also do it from command line by running:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ubuntu-tweak

To add the source of Ubuntu Tweak on your machine: Open your terminal, first import the key:

sudo apt-key adv –recv-keys –keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com FE85409EEAB40ECCB65740816AF0E1940624A220

type the command to run gedit to modify the sources.list:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

For Ubuntu 8.10 Intrepid:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu intrepid main

Or Ubuntu 9.04 Jaunty:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main

Or Ubuntu 9.10 Karmic:

deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu karmic main deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/tualatrix/ppa/ubuntu karmic main

Then update the source and install or upgrade Ubuntu Tweak:

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak

If you have installed, just type:

sudo apt-get dist-upgrade

and done.

We are good to go. Launch Ubuntu Tweak : Goto Applications > System Tools > Ubuntu Tweak

Ubuntu Tweak is a good ubuntu manager and will help you a lot with it . It will surely improve you Ubuntu experience by making things easier and faster .

Note : The latest release(Tweak 0.5.x) is only for Ubuntu-Karmic users. Older versions of ubuntu support the previous builds.

Here are couple of screenshots of the Interface (Ctrl+Click) xoxo Njoy…!!!

For this type:

kvm

in the terminal and see the result:

QEMU PC emulator version 0.9.1 (kvm-84), Copyright (c) 2003-2008 Fabrice Bellard
usage: qemu [options] [disk_image]

If you see the above message, then you should be smiling as you are green to go for virtualization with your hardware.

But if your CPU does not, in fact support Hardware virtuallization, you will get output such as the following:

$ kvm
Could not initialize KVM, will disable KVM support
Ubuntu does not support running KVM without hardware acceleration. Sorry.

So lets start our work with Virtualization  weapons at hand. First,  head on over to the KVM HOME PAGE

Best feature of KVM is that it is part of the OS and is not dependent upon a 3rd party vendor . Also, it’s very easy to maintain as you update your system, and load new kernel revisions, as the module will not break  like VirtualBox and VMware solutions would. Also, it’s far less problematic to manage than Xen, which is entirely unsuitable for a desktop system IMO . KVM really is more of a direct competitor to Xen than to a workstation solution like VirtualBox or VMware workstation, and has some very powerful features, I will never tap into here on my home system. By design however, it’s far less intrusive on a standard Linux desktop than Xen.

Now we have our kernel module working properly and rest everything in place so must get back to business . I will use Kubuntu for the testing purpose coz its my personnel favourite and it very light too.

Follow these steps to set up your virtual Machine :-

1. Launch :- Goto Applications>System tools and start KVM .Then choose the virtualizaton method to full virtualization if your processor supports that feature.
2. Installation Method :- Now choose the media from which the OS is to be installed to the machine . Also chose the OS type and its Variant .
3. Installation Media : Select he ISO image location (whether from External drive or already present image from HDD) .
4. Allocating Space:- Choose the disk space you want to allocate to the machine’s Virtual Hard drive. Allocate space wisely for stability issues .Then select to allocate the  whole virtual hard disk to the machine .
   Note: If you don’t allocate the whole virtual hdd to the machine , then the machine will allocate space for itself while it is running and if the space in that partition goes out , then the data in the virtual machine is likely to get corrupted. You can allocate additional space like network drives etc to your virtual drive.
5. Memory & CPU allocation :- Allocate RAM for your machine which it will be able to utilize to max. You have to allocate RAM for peak run and startup differently. Do it generously for proper running of he host and virtual machine . Eg: i have 2 gb RAM and i allocated 750 mb to the machine to max and for start-up , i gave it 512 mb. You can change the se settings in the hardware section of the GUI while running the machine.
6. Finishing Job :- Check your preferences and Click finish & let the magic happen. The installation of a virtual OS is totally same as installing a regular OS. So, now we are done with it .

Obviously , KVM is much more capable than we discussed just now. We were just able to do the basics, rest you can try on your own after installing the application.

Happy Virtualization !!!

Lets start with Terminal which is equivalent to the Command Prompt of Linux (but much more powerful than that of Windows).

It can be acessed by going to Applications —–> Accessories —–> Terminal

Since we’ll use Terminal too often , so just press Alt+F2

Type anything you wish to RUN  in terminal there & just check the “Run in Terminal“  before pressing Run.

Running commands as root/administrator

There is one user ‘root’ in Linux which has access to everything in the operating system with no restrictions,so it is the root of all evil . It is equivalent to Administrator in Windows Vista/XP .

The user account which you created while installing or in simple words, the account which you are using does not have full access to the system. Why? The reason is simple – to improve security. Moreover, to avoid messing & unauthorised changes to the operating system.

To exec commands as ‘root’, you’ve to prefix ‘sudo’ before every command.

Open terminal and type nautilus….Nautilus will get opened, but you can’t delete/modify the system files in folders like /etc, /var..

Now close nautilus…and type ‘sudo nautilus‘ in the terminal and then enter your password. Don’t worry, you’ll not be asked for the password everytime. This time, Nautilus has been opened as root and you can make changes & delete the system files. But don’t try doing that at the moment.

Typical users just have full access to their /home directories not to the system files.

This is actually controlled by the ‘Permissions‘ which can only be changed by the ‘root’ if root is owner of the files. As ‘root’ is the ‘owner’ of the system files, it has full access to them.

Installing softwares & Packages

You might be wodering how we install softwares in Linux. So, here is a bit of theory about ‘packages’ in Linux.

In Linux, softwares are installed using files known as ‘Packages‘.

There are mainly 3 types of packages:

• deb – Debian packages which is used by Debian linux and derivatives such as Ubuntu, Mint etc.
• RPM – this was originally used by Red Hat, but now it is also used by distributions like Fedora, openSUSE, mandriva etc.
• tar.gz – standard tar + gzip compressed packages, used by distributions like Slackware, Arch etc.

The packages are managed by a ‘Package manager’ which makes installing, upgrading and removing of the packages easy.

For Ubuntu, the common Package manager are ‘aptitude’, frontend for ‘dpkg’ &  Synaptic Package manager is the graphical frontend, which can be used to manage packages with a help of a GUI.

To access, Synaptic Package Manager ( go to System —–> Administration —–> Synaptic Package Manager )

To install a package, you can do either of following:

1. Open Synaptic Package Manager —–> Tick the package you want to install after searching in the categories —–> Click Apply.
2. Packages can also be installed by going to Applications —–> Add/Remove. This is basically a more user friendly version of Synaptic Package Manager.
3. Directly download packages from sites like:
   http://packages.ubuntu.co and http://www.getdeb.net
4. sudo apt-get install <package_name> in the terminal.
   Tip: You can search the Ubuntu package repository using the search box in Firefox.

And to remove you’ve can do either of following:

1. Open Synaptic Package manager —–> Uncheck the package you want to uninstall after searching —–> Click Apply. Alternatively, you can also use Add/Remove.
2. sudo apt-get remove <package_name> in the terminal.

Next time we’ll be talking about making your Ubuntu look really nice and will also let you practice a bit on installation procedures. Till then keep installing some really nice softwares using Add/Remove.