"Do this first" list for Ubuntu (actions to do right after installation)

Tip: print this list on paper, so that you can strike what you've done.
Source: http://sites.google.com/site/easylinuxtipsproject
1 TEN ESSENTIAL ACTIONS:
1.1 Apply all available updates
1.2 Make sure all hardware is working properly and install missing drivers
1.3 Optimize your Solid State Drive (SSD)
1.4 Install some useful tools
1.5 Decrease the swap use (very important!)
1.6 Solve some known bugs
1.7 Install full multimedia support
1.8 Avoid 10 fatal mistakes!
1.9 Turn on the firewall
1.10 Install Xfburn for burning DVD's
2 TEN RECOMMENDED ACTIONS (NOT ESSENTIAL):
2.1 Install gnome-session-flashback and consider disabling the visual effects
2.2 Optimize Firefox
2.3 Install Chrome or Chromium as second browser and improve it
2.4 Improve the configuration of Libre Office
2.5 Disable advertisements in the Dash and normalize the appearance
2.6 Make NumLock turn on automatically
2.7 Have a laptop? Tame your touchpad
2.8 Speed up your Ubuntu
2.9 Enable the key combination Ctrl+Alt+Backspace
2.10 Migrate your e-mail from Outlook (Express) in Windows, to Ubuntu
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