Some things to :

Add some themes from the HH repo :
sudo apt-get install tropic-gdm-theme tropic-look tropic-session-splashes tropic-theme tropic-wallpapers blubuntu-gdm-theme blubuntu-look blubuntu-session-splashes blubuntu-theme blubuntu-wallpapers peace-gdm-theme peace-look peace-session-splashes peace-theme peace-wallpapers

type that from terminal......


Offline Windows Fonts installation

1. Download msttcorefonts-offline from here
   
2. Open Terminal, run : sudo dpkg -i msttcorefonts-offline_1.0-0ubuntu1_all.deb
3. then sudo apt-get install msttcorefonts

Adding fonts to your Linux

1. search the fonts in the internet and download them
2. extract the font into a folder
3. from terminal, copy that folder to /usr/share/fonts
4. restart your OO....you will have new font(s)

Mounting a samba shared folder

1. Open terminal : sudo mkdir /media/y
2. then : sudo mount -t smbfs //computername/foldername /media/y -o username=username
   
3. You will be asked for that folder password
4. Now you have drive Y
5. To unmount : sudo umount /media/y
   

Regards;
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