A common problem for a beginner with a fresh installed Ubuntu distribution is the lack of support for mp3. The required codecs must be

installed on your own. How can you do that in a simple way ? If you have installed the Ubuntu 6.10 (Edgy 386) Version make following

$ wget  http://www.getautomatix.com/apt/dists/edgy/main/binary-i386/automatix2_1.1-1.11-6.10edgy_i386.deb
$ sudo dpkg -i automatix2_1.1-1.11-6.10edgy_i386.deb

Now use a mp3 player, like the xmms, and play your favorite mp3 file .

If you not have the xmms, install it

$ sudo apt-get install xmms

$ xmms &

On a fresh installed Ubuntu you may have problems with Flash enabled sites. The problem is that you don’t see the text on the pages.

To fix this problem you need to install gsfonts-X11 package.

Simply enter at the prompt $  sudo apt-get install gsfonts-X11

After installing gsfonts-X11 the text displayed correctly on the flash pages.