In this video I go through some of the steps you might want to do after installing a Linux distribution minimally.
Video timeline:
0:00 Introduction
1:06 Updating your system
2:25 Installing xorg and additional xorg stuff
5:10 Installing a desktop or window manager
6:11 Using startx
6:50 Installing a terminal emulator
9:30 Installing Pulseaudio (feel free to use something else)
11:03 Mention of package installation
11:22 Making an xinitrc
13:44 Conclusions