# Ubuntu: blender & other apps

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ubuntu-blender-other-apps/174330>\
**Category:** random\
**Created:** [January 4, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ubuntu-blender-other-apps/174330 "2006-01-04T19:41:45Z")\
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**Author:** ![mlk](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e56c9b/32.png) [@mlk](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/mlk)\
**Post date:** [January 4, 2006, 7:41pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/ubuntu-blender-other-apps/174330/1 "2006-01-04T19:41:45Z")

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Well, I decided to give Ubuntu/Linux a shot (using 5.10), and I managed to play mp3 and divx (YAY!) but I’m a complete programming noob/I get easily frustrated and I do have a few questions for those of you who have used Ubuntu:

- How the hell do I install blender ? (I unpacked a gazillion packages from the blender site but none of them do anything… do I have to go into a shell window and do things there ?)

- Can I override my monitor’s refreshing rate like I can in windows ?

- I would gladly use the ‘Synaptic Package Manager’ but it asks for a root password

- which isn’t _my_ root password!

…are there any other apps I should try / basic documentation I should read to use that OS with more ease ?

Thanks !

mlk