Setting up ubuntu (Apr 2017)

By David
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First published 1st April 2017 (Last Modified 21st May 2017)

Since I'm in the progress of setting up an Ubuntu machine on another older machine as a server I want to record my steps...

All based on Ubuntu 16.04.2 LTS

  1. To ensure latest level of Ubuntu:
    1. sudo apt-get update
    2. sudo apt-get dist-upgrade
  2. To select 2D graphic effects instead of 3D:
    1. Add the older UI via:

      sudo apt-get install gnome-session-flashback

    2. logout, and then in the login window, click on the Ubuntu logo next to your user name and select "GNOME Flashback (Metacity)".
  3. Modify Brightness and Lock to adjust the screen saver timeouts