"must install" linux apps/additions

[yob]

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just sharing..
every linux distro comes with common apps already. office, multimedia apps etc etc
i would like to stick with the most popular distro, namely, Ubuntu. i use it a home since its free and robust..

when you install the base system. you will notice how ugly fonts look, and when to try to open an mp3, it wont play, and then when you try to go to youtube, you won't see any videos..

we need to install some important apps/additions to it. I think you will need them if you are planning to use linux as your primary Os. the "Add/Remove application" is your friend

for mp3, youtube, codecs you need the install the "ubuntu restricted extras"
for fonts you need "ms core fonts", yes, fonts came from microsoft.

and how about Yahoo messenger? there is no native linuux yahoo messenger, there was. look for "Gyachi" in google.. Pidgin is good but Gyachi is better for Yahoo.

for video rippers. install "Handbrake".

for multitrack audio recording. "Audacity", i have a Zoom G2 -usb interface works great.

for Photobooth mac-envy. install "Cheese"

for movie watching. is "VLC" good for you?

for running windows apps. "Wine"

for the musician. "Ardour GTK"

for photo organization. "Google Picasa"

for the vista envy. "Google Gadgets"

for P2P "Limewire"

for virtualization "Sun VirtualBox"

video editing - "AviDemux"

for skyping - "Skype" siguro

for hardware geeks - "lm_sensors", "gkrellm"

watching TV - "tvtime"


and much much more.. these are pretty much an average/intermediate user would need..


my dualcore 3.33Ghz run happily with ubuntu 9.04 ext4, it's zippy and rock solid stable. no virus headaches. peace

Additional useful apps:

"WinFF" - convert videos to common formats vice versa.

"PeaZip" - compression/archiving tool, gives you more compression options

"Inkscape" - CorelDraw alternative

[vern]

As well as restricted extras, everyone should install the repositories from medibuntu.org to get pretty much any media to play.

[burikoy12]

aaphoto- for batch photo resizing, rotate, adjustment. It is however, command-line only. Get it here: log69.com/aaphoto_en.html

krename-batch file renamer

Bluetooth File Sharing- for file sharing between your Ubuntu machine and other bluetooth devices. Installable through Add/Remove Programs. Also known as gnome-obex-server.

catfish- for searching files. Although Gnome already has gnome-search-tool, catfish has more features/options so that you can refine your search.

screenlets-widgets. Needs Compiz. Gdesklets if you don't have Compiz.

GNOME-DO- a fast, easy to use launcher. This replaced all the docks I used to have. (5 thumbs up for this)

XaraLX - coolest graphics editor I've used. Development has stopped but current version is usable.

[yob]

nice!

i use Phatch for batch resizing photos

[personalmgt]

Nice share guys. Currently using Ubuntu 9.04 in my new system and having apache-mysql-php in my system just gets really boring.

Also, VMWare. If you have the money to buy it.

[ethzneuron]

salamat ani.. ^__^ nagkabuang intawn ko og pangita unsay nindot iinstall..

currently my system only have this apps, excluding the common ones.
wine, vlc, firestarter, ktorrent, skype, opera, compiz, tuxpaint & gcompris

bata pa kaayo ko aning ubuntu dah...

[yob]

VMWare is popular but Sun VirtualBox is freeware and is good enough for me..

[yob]

to satisfy myself. it just reinstalled it to 64-bit... was 32-bit ..
i did some bench with Gimp comparing 32-bit and 64-bit
i played with filters. some filters have no benefit from 64-bit version but some have huge improvement.
like this one
Filters>Animation>Spinning Globe... the improvement is more than 100%, 2x + faster on 64-bit

i forgot the other tests i made but there are big improvements

[yob]

don't forget to try out:

cairo-dock - a great launcher. better and more stable thank Avant. my main launcher this time, use the latest version with the plugins
BerliOS Developer: Project Filelist

global-menus - mac-style menu for gtk apps. works for me...

[kolz]

For Math/Engineers ... there's a Matlab compatible math software:

octave

Octave