Meaning you have to give permission for 'packages' to be installed on your machine from repositories you control access to with a package manager. Stay away from, or do some digging before using, third party repositories to be sure.
Read up on the four Ubuntu software channels for each architecture - Main, Restricted, Universe and Multiverse.
Things like Real Player, Java, a Flash player, and Open Office, are a must imo. I do turn those repositories off after installing and just periodically manually check for updates by turning them back on, but you could just leave them on.
They may even include the Java module, or others mentioned or not, with install now. Been awhile since I have done a clean install, on Ubuntu anyway. Don't quote me on that though.
Personally I was able to get a very large portion of my configuration through .edu and major corporate repositories. Those are safe in my experience. So far.
Only machine I have never had hacked, so far, is my Ubuntu box. And it does everything I can do on Windows very well except game, which I don't really do anymore so it isn't an issue. I do duel boot XP just in case I run into something funky, but that is more paranoia than anything else.
Edited to add there is anti-virus software, but the majority of home uses don't need it unless you duel boot, etc. If you want to install it here is the link for the instructions to install F-Prot with GTK frontend. May not be current, but it will get you started. Check versions and dependencies as well.
http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=88357Cheers!
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