5 Things You MUST DO after Installing Pop!_OS COSMIC

With the release of Pop!_OS 21.04 COSMIC our last video reviewing some of the best things to do after install is now out of date. Thus here is our updated list reviewing 5 things everyone should consider doing after installing Pop!_OS. Important tweaks, tips, and updates are essential to making sure you have a positive experience with this new Ubuntu based distro of Linux.
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00:00 - 1. Update and Upgrade Pop!_OS
01:20 - 2. Backup Your System
03:29 - 3. Media Codecs and ms-fonts
04:46 - 4. Configure Your Desktop
06:55 - 5. Load up on Software!
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[@phucnguyen0110]

The Media Codecs + ms-fonts is really cool, didn't know that before actually!

[@MrWarneet]

Wow this is one productive channel, many thanks Brandon.

[@contenteater]

@@xxpatrick204xx was waiting for this in the comments 🤣

[@rmcellig]

Thanks Brandon!! All the best in 2022!😀

[@danielmelendrez1616]

Amazing video! Kudos. Cheers, dude!

[@ib_pcpp]

Hi I really like your videos and the channel in general, keep up doing this videos. Saludos de Argentina genio

[@ronguin7062]

New sub here, I enjoy your style and I NEEDED the help. I used mint for some time and being a windows refugee, I got by ok until this last upgrade and things broke. I decided to try pop OS and got a bit sideways but you got me back on track with your customization videos. I'm just stuck with needing a windowish desk top to feel right and I have cinnamon running well now. Going to try thi ubuntu codecs and fonts install next. Thank you for tossing us n00bs a life line!

[@francescom2027]

if you still need it, manjaro gnome has a very nice windows-like layout preset. you may launch live manjaro gnome from a usb, choose the "traditional" layout from the "layouts" app, take note of the active extensions, and install them on pop os. i want that kind of desktop as well, so this is what i'm going to do when i have some time

[@deadpool9432]

is disabling animation in pop os save battery and improve performancr ???

[@MrTyger2007]

Love the detailed information , Considering i love pop os

[@georgelempa565]

Very useful video...as always.

[@peterjol]

I could do with the DAY of the week displayed with the date and time..(I am often not sure what day of the week it is lol) but I have to say they have now made Pop almost exactly what I wanted... another thing I would like is for it to be possible to colour the title bars of open boxes/apps .....I do like the title bar to stand out, It seems to help with the clarity.

[@pokealong]

I know this is a year late and maybe not super helpful, but in case you haven't stumbled upon it you can hit Super+V and it will drop down a calender from the top which shows the day, weather, and notifications.

[@skerry9127]

Mate this really helped me out so glade I found this video thanks for the help

[@arunrao5628]

I'm upgrading from pop is 20.04 to 21.10, the thing I'm excited for the most are the gestures

[@SenorRossi70]

Good distro & good video ! 👍

[@eddas5175]

Thank you for the tutorials, nice video as always! I ended up uninstalling 21.04, I had problems with Bluetooth and sound output devices. I got a work-around but it involved going to the terminal every time I switched sound devices... Will try again in a few months, this is a great distro.

[@HadesTimer]

I don't know what your running but if you tried 21.04 prior to last week. I think most of your problems would be solved with the actual release version that just came out. All of mine were and I was having trouble with audio devices in the beta.

[@eddas5175]

@@HadesTimer I tried just last night unfortunately :( But thanks for the awnser!

[@eddas5175]

@gilkesisking Yep I installed it, in fact it was the last step I took that solved for me, but it wasn't automatic. When I disconnected my headphone, pavu would switch to my speaker but still no sound would come out. I had to open the settings, select another output and then select the speakers again for it to work. I will definitely try again in a few weeks, other than that issue everything else was pretty smooth. Hopefully things get resolved or I build enough patience to tinker some more before giving up haha.

[@eddas5175]

@gilkesisking yeah I came back to manjaro for now, my trusty xfce never lets me down!

[@eddas5175]

@gilkesisking @Hades Times and it's working! I was testing live yesterday and saw there was a bluez update. Installed pop and everything is working out of the box now. Pop is my new daily driver :)

[@nikparbhakar7724]

Amazing video, I just started using Linux just for the fun of it and i am loving it so far, but can you tell me more about the firewall settings because i remember in Linux Mint you have to manually enable it.

[@BJCaasenbrood]

Nice video! Its so weird to see someone running the same distro as you, with paths like "home/brandon" if you're own username is also brandon. It's like your on my PC, haha...

[@danielmcpherson9062]

I love your videos!!!

[@udishemesh4171]

Very helpful Thanks

[@stephanblack4558]

Great vid. Thank you Sir.

[@AnzanHoshinRoshi]

Thank you, Brandon.

[@vfletes1]

😆 just posted a question if those 5 tips were relevant still after Cosmic roll out.. And here i am.. Thank you

[@stevewillard8212]

Thanks!

[@crusherman96]

Hey man, could you please do a battery life test in the different power profiles? I am not seeing anyone who has done this test on KZbin

[@purovenezolano14]

How do I make a manually-installed application (e.g. Kitty that was installed via a curl + shell script) searchable on the PopOS launcher? Or even create a desktop shortcut

[@94D33M]

4:37 I was confused here, is it 'over' button? Later I just tried out and figured it is the Tab button

[@gordangrgic7532]

Cosmic is the absolute winner this year

[@MannyGraal]

Hey, Do you by any chance have Minecraft java? I've been having this lag on pop os only. I'm not the only one who's been having that problem. Problem: The game runs well/smoothly untill I want to chat with someone, the text is so delayed, also sometimes it types the letter t on it's own. This only happens on pop os for me

[@StrikerEureka85]

everything except i use it with no dock. good shout on the timeshift.

[@jaswantkumarmeheradarshmeh6887]

The best Linux KZbinr

[@helistorm98]

hi! could you teach me how to have the top bar in both monitors? i really want a clock on both screens, and is my first time on linux... so im pretty confused

[@adrianus13]

clearly Linus didn't watch this before his debacle

[@mauro2284]

Thanks! How do I save the nvidia brightness and gamma configuration?

[@allstarpawn396]

Running PopOS 21.04 and having issues with VLC.. i installed the ubuntu-restricted-extras and it is still not playing some of my media files. Dragon player will open the files but crash.. one of the other media players bundled with it says i am missing the following plugins, AC-3 (ATSC A/52) decoder. and H.264 (high profile) decoder.

[@carlesto]

Thank you for this guide. It is precise and easy to follow. But I do have an issues I recently installed Mint distro and it keeps on ' app not responding' even when im just installing softwares. I decided to give Pop OS a try and same thing happened what could be the issue with this? I run on Huawei Matebook D15 and I think that's more than enough to run Linux

[@jochenjo7607]

I'm new in pop os and i have some trouble with my monitor...i have a 21:9 3440:1440 screen but pop os doesnt show me this type of resulotion ? And what about gsync ? All in the nvidia driver selection?

[@FahadAli-ot5kn]

Thanks bos

[@saranshpachhai3959]

I have Lenovo Ideapad Flex 4 in which it supports Fingerprint while using on WIndows. Currently, I am using the latest version of Pop OS, so my problem is how to enable the fingerprint in POP OS?

[@vanja.lovretic]

hi! good channel, good tutorials! keep good work! please, just one question - does pop'os have standard copy&paste keyboard shortcuts?! i'm planing to try it, maybe to use it as everyday os, but that is big no-no if that is missing? i tryed some of your instructions and advices, and all what i needed to enter in command prompt must be pasted via right mouse click. is that normal or not? it was live session. thanks in advance!

[@ralsei7170]

It is I tried

[@hanoota]

When in the terminal you have to press ctrl+shift+v to paste :)

[@jasonlindquistmedia]

can u please help me? I need a Bootloader I guess for w10-PopOs ect. I dont want to have to go into bios everytime to switch between w10 or pop os. thanks

[@TerrenceHe-ls8td]

epik

[@novakkosanovic]

Was wondering if there's a spotify client for Linux, 1:11 answered it for me 😊

[@MrBobWareham]

I have downloaded, and I am using Pop OS, but can't find a way to get my caps lock indicator on screen, any help would be good, thanks.

[@Nearnface]

wowowoww

[@goticogordo]

for me it didnt work the ms fonts thingy, i got an error and had to close the terminal, now i cant even try again, says i have to run a sude dpkg or smt

[@believe_it712]

i'm on 20.04 LTS Pop OS how can I get the minimize function on folder ?

[@MattMcCullough]

Pop!_OS rocks

[@hackmau5992]

Hi can you help me i install pop os, make ntfs read write using ntfs-3g but cant run game its says running but never get in game.

[@dingo4601]

What's the download size of pop os cosmic...?

[@piotrkrala7627]

Is is possible to install global menu on pop os 21.10 which just has been released?

[@anthonyestevesfararoni3928]

How can I use the screen share option?

[@techgregory5253]

Pop OS is good for newbies, but pop shop lacks many apps. I think it has to include snaps like Ubuntu does. Because if, say, my grandmom will use Pop OS she won't be able to install some apps because she doesn't know about snap and only uses pop shop. I like Pop OS, it's the best distro for regular users (non computer geeks users) but has to include more apps in shop

[@aritgon9763]

Installed popos yesterday bcz I started hating windows 10. I am a programming student and I need an app for programming. Dev c++ or codeblocks were on windows, but here in Linux they don't work. Can you suggest me what should I do!

[@dstinnettmusic]

What specific apps would be missing? I can’t think of any that aren’t already on flathub or available natively.

[@dstinnettmusic]

@@aritgon9763 VS Code and extensions

[@mdsakibtahsinpod]

👍

[@deadpool9432]

is disabling animation in pop os save battery and improve performancr ???

[@jimkussler512]

Yes, I have to say it "Let's Go Brandon!!" Starting to dabble in Linux and found a great resource....your channel.

[@caylarabdk8389]

Is there a way to make this OS stop asking for password so many times?

[@daniel-kun6443]

When you install steam from the pop_store make sure you get the .deb package. The flatpak doesn't support multiple disks. Edit: my latest reply to this comment, will give you a lead on this if you struggle. this original comment is wrong

[@homosapiens...]

can you explain what do you mean by multiple disks?

[@daniel-kun6443]

@@homosapiens... yeah! by disks - as opposed to discs - i refer to the hard disks (hd) (ssd), i think it is generally that way

[@homosapiens...]

@@daniel-kun6443 i mean to say does flatpak steam not support external drive/partition?

[@daniel-kun6443]

@@homosapiens... Oh im sorry, Im new to this whole thing honestly. ~oopsie And I think you get what I meant, yes. I couldn't get it to see certain folders, and most importantly those where I mounted my drives, with my fairly limited knowledge of linux. Then I saw somebody point out there is a deb installation that is less of a hassle, and I got it working right away. I think the flatpak steam requires some experience with linux that I dont have.

[@homosapiens...]

@@daniel-kun6443 thanks for detailed explanation

[@smahire299]

I have tried several Linux distribution om my laptop but battery backup is getting affected severely. Also laptop is getting heated for casual use. Can anyone suggest me distribution which can mitigate the mentioned problems?

[@gunkymcsplunky]

Use Pop OS, it comes with the power options you’ll need right off the gate. Then install TLP. TLP should make it so that your laptop doesn’t get as hot and saves battery. Use integrated graphics instead of dedicated gpu if you have one!

[@kencole4850]

I used Windows for three decades, and Pop! OS for three months. You threw words around that I absolutely cannot understand.

[@kauarsm]

I can help you if you want, of course.

[@deottiveyoutube4919]

Is their any way to install pop shop in Ubuntu

[@oscannail274]

There's not a link to the full timeshift tutorial

[@TS-fh4un]

くわしい解説をありがとうございます。

[@RianY2K]

what your monitor size? is this distro suitable for 14 inch laptop?

[@lucapescara3220]

Yes

[@-..-_-..-]

yeah gnome is fine on 14 inch

[@kevyyar]

I’m having trouble installing this version for some reason. I can’t even log into the live environment it just throws me into the tty. Can I install a previous version and from there do an upgrade?

[@aravindkm2012]

If the ethernet cable is plugged in when you're trying to enter the live environment, it crashes. Try unplugging and only plugging it back in after the installation dialog comes up.

[@kevyyar]

@@aravindkm2012 i fixed it its all good now thanks

[@lcfawkes447]

why everytime i do open my pop os in VBOX begin the install process,again again,sucks

[@btceth9409]

Is there something that removes the cache ???

[@usoppgostoso]

Latest version is even better out of the box. Never going back to Ubuntu.

[@Nozomi89AceGaymer]

Boy: The Cosmic Desktop looks amazing! I want Pop_OS now!

[@Amarratt]

i'm not very good with tech but i was wondering if the HP 250 G6 15.6" 4GB 500GB Core i3 Laptop can run pop os ?

[@andrewf6813]

It most probably can.

[@HadesTimer]

It can, just not very well. It's going eat those 4GB of RAM pretty fast.

[@geovanneteixeira100]

For daily use, yes it can run, now games, i dont think so, but i sure any distro will perform the same.

[@robertwilson8056]

It can but for smooth experience i would suggest ssd .

[@swetank7]

Yes...I am dual booting windows and pop os on Lenovo Yoga 510 4gb ram, i3 6th gen, 1 tb hdd ...pop os works fine(booting up takes a little time because no SSD)...I allocated 100 GB space to Pop os but 50 GB would be fine if you are not storing big files and installing heavy softwares (games like CS Go)

[@stephanblack4558]

Is it lite for old pc's?

[@danielmiller1826]

My fresh Pop OS install has random freezes, anyone else seeing this and any fixes?

[@averagegentoouser3114]

lmao love the fact that the 5th step can just be called "bloat up your system" (this is a joke)

[@zweiwing4435]

Where I can download Cosmic OS?

[@robertwilson8056]

Is grub pre-installed with new popos??

[@arjunp9493]

No,I had to do it !!

[@geovanneteixeira100]

I had problems installing Pop OS 21.04, the only way to correctly install Pop OS 21.04 was to "Upgrade OS" through Pop OS 20.04.

[@pseudnyme]

same for me ... hope they will fix 21.04 soon (nvidia gpu)

[@geovanneteixeira100]

@@pseudnyme i discovered that you need to install without your lan cable conected to work.

[@pseudnyme]

​@@geovanneteixeira100 my lan cable was not connected, the problem was a permanent flickering of the screen. but thx for the info :)

[@geovanneteixeira100]

@@pseudnyme yeah, this version is broken, even after the install i had problems, pop os is no go for now.

[@dalaljamshed]

Hi mate really helpful video thank you. I am facing one issue though my 5ghz tplink wifi dongle is not recognised on pop os could you please if possible do a video how to install realtek driver of tplink ac600 dongle the current videos don't help

[@victortenedini9313]

I just upgraded from version 20.10 and my settings app stopped working does anyone experience this or have any idea what it might be?

[@victortenedini9313]

I previously had Gnome Settings and tweaks

[@victortenedini9313]

I found the solution and I'll leave it here if anyone needs it: www.reddit.com/r/pop_os/comments/ob36on/cant_open_settings_gnomecontrolcenter_after/

[@coughcough6692]

Kind of annoying how I have to hold the applications widget on touch screen to even see the applications on my touch screen Surface Pro

[@RockawayCCW]

Is Timeshift better than Grsync?

[@JahidulIslam]

Timeshift is pre-configured for system backup and has easier way to restore. You need to do those things manually in Grsync I guess.

[@rishabhprakash007]

the last time i used popos 20.04 it was really heavy on my system and use to freeze in kernel compilation. can anyone tell the present Scenario. My PC Specs: Ryzen 9 5900x, 32gb ram

[@ndahfr]

It is faster and smoothier and if it on ssd it will be great

[@EverettVinzant]

Consider improving your delivery by eliminating the verbal crutch of, “go ahead and.”

[@TechHut]

Go ahead and consider the fact this video is almost a year old.

[@s9209122222]

My recommendation, disable everything except Pop Shell extension.

[@motoryzen]

It install Linux Mint Cinnamon instead and deal with an easier to deal with Linux distribution. *shrugs*

[@M167A1]

After trying many distributions pop is the one that finally got me off Windows

[@Zakaros1000]

bien

[@chemicallust77]

There is no Desktop option in my menu

[@Huck9000]

I really don't like the dock. I tried POP OS for awhile, and I just can't get past it. Why does everyone want their OS to look like a MAC? Maybe I'm just too set in my ways, and not willing to change from the start button style. I really like your videos, and look forward to watching them.

[@BJCaasenbrood]

I believe you can disable the dock, so no biggy. Nevertheless, I agree with your there are a lot graphical parallels with OSX (although OSX is basically linux behind the scenes).

[@breadpirateroberts4946]

​@@BJCaasenbrood OSX is not "basically linux behind the scenes", I don't know where you got that information. apple uses their own hybrid kernel if I'm not mistaken, while linux is a monolithic kernel.

[@BJCaasenbrood]

@@breadpirateroberts4946 ah it seems your right, my bad. Thanks for informing me ;)

[@francescom2027]

it's also huge and that grey background omg... also the default application launcher is horrible. but there are many extensions that you can install to make averything look much nicer. they'll usually cost even more RAM though

[@chenglalonde5154]

dock and timeshift makes the os unstable though

[@chrislantern9272]

I don’t see how this is true but okay ?

[@motoryzen]

Timeshifr doesn't make any distro unstable unless you leave it set to the OOTB defaults and let it keep filling up that distro-installed storage drive with a crap ton of daily auto backups. I agree that this is something the Timeshift devs....REALLY should disable by default and instruct the end user to ensure he or she targets a different drive... Which one should do anyways

[@angrypepecancer5205]

I cant click ok on media codecs and ms-fonts

[@angrypepecancer5205]

press tab

[@kanra______7411]

@@angrypepecancer5205 thanks

[@gunjanmistry91]

My snap app are not working 😔😔

[@john733739]

Let's go Brandon! Great video!...I watched it because I'm looking forward to my first experience with Pop_OS! on a laptop ordered a few days ago, from the company that brought the distro into existo.

[@averageenjoyer7440]

FJB!

[@choppergirl]

When Gnome or Xwindows crashes, you lose all your work and open Firefox windows.

[@rohanmalik2910]

Pop os seems to be a lot more polished and optimised than Ubuntu..🤟

[@marvindujardin463]

Now Win11 looks like a Linux skin

[@contenteater]

Still a closed source wolf in sheeps clothing

[@luifernandi]

Top things to do. 1. Disable cosmic. 2. Install dash to dock.

[@lucapescara3220]

Lmao

[@TaylorAMiles]

is this up to date?

[@paytonmac5665]

overbutton ?

[@niyazahamed5657]

Press tab

[@dougtilaran3496]

sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade ....___----- step one

[@dougtilaran3496]

WARNING: Before you do that: sudo apt remove firefarce

[@jm036]

Step 1. Wipe HDD

[@dedskiinmask6220]

Just downloaded and installed this on an external SSD and unfortunately I can't get the screen to fit my external monitor which is a 43" 4k LG tv so the docks on the bottom and top aren't on the screen on the tv but they are fine on my laptop monitor no matter what I do I can't fix it and media plays horrible on it laggy and out of focus so far not impressed

[@westcijosh]

Not stable

[@angrypepecancer5205]

I have no wifi on my laptop. need to be ethernet

[@restoringthetruth]

I don't understand why they waste so much time on developing their own dock, when Dash to Dock and Dash to Panel work so well. I just switched to Pop_OS because they were doing such a great job and then they came up with Cosmic crap. Maybe a developer can answer that question. Is it easier to develop and maintain your own dock or just implement Dash to Dock and or Dash to panel? Especially since that's what most people will install anyway. I really would love to hear someone explain why this is necessary. Is this a business decision or a design flaw. In it's current state, i will switch my OS before i use it. Thank God for Dash to Dock.

[@TheDeathmail]

To be honest, for me, it just feels simpler and runs better to have the dock built in. Honestly, just because they added their own dock doesn't mean that you can't use your own anyways. It just makes it more user friendly and for people who prefer it that way or don't want to download extra software for a dock, it's nicer and better. I don't get why you don't like them adding more features built in. Sure, you might have a different preference... but that just means that there is no difference even if they add more options.

[@restoringthetruth]

@@TheDeathmail They have added many great features to Ubuntu. That is why i switched to Pop_Os. This is not one of those features. I'm glad that you are happy and i can still use Dash to Dock. But i don't see any added benefit whatsoever nor do i hear the thunderous stampede of windows users flocking to the new cosmic dock. It just seems like they are wasting resources fixing something that isn't broken. I guess i'm hoping someone will come back from vacation and right the ship before it hits the iceberg and get them back on course of making "beneficial" changes. God bless you and enjoy this ground breaking new technology.