Linux Mint and Ubuntu Recommended Software:
Ubuntu
Software Picks:
- Most of this you
can install right from the Ubuntu Software Center. (based
off 10.04 and 10.10 ).
Alien Arena -
Kill Mars Attacks like aliens on a Quake style single
or multi player game
Amor - stupid
little
desktop virtual pet.
Amarok
- The best all around music player.
Audacity
- This is the best professional audio recording software there
is. Works good with my USB mixer and great for podcasters.
Avant -
Mac style task bar, say no more. - Once installed delete the
current taskbar and in awm presf make sure it starts with the
system.
Bleach Bit
- This is similar to CCleaner basically cleans out the junk.
be careful what you choose I suggest you carefully look at
what you are removing before running this as root.
Boot Manager
- Make changes to startup services.
Calibre
- The best e-book organizer and reader, that syncs to most
portable readers.
Note the Calibre in 10.xx is older and I suggest removing it
and reinstalling it from here. Download Here
Chromium
Browser - Googles entry into the browser world, I
kind of like it better that Firefox, it seems way faster to
me.
Compiz/CCSM -
Desktop
effects,
spinning
desktops in cubes with water and rain, cooler than Fonzie.
DOSBox -
MS Winblows DOS emulation program. Good for older games and
programs
DropBox - cloud
backup
computing,
like
UbuntuOne and it gives you free 2GB of storage. Download
Here
Filezilla
- A pretty good FTP client.
Fortune - my
favorite
terminal application, once installed open a terminal and type
fortune then hit enter.
Gimp -
The Poor Man's Photoshop. This is one of my favorite things to
play with. I put my friends heads on Benito Mussolini's body.
Google Talk
Plug in - used inside gmail and g+'s web pages to
audio and video chat with other users. Download Here
Internet DJ
Console - A must for DJ's, Audiophiles and
Podcasters.
Keepass - the
best
way to securely store your passwords.
Last.fm -
I have an account and from time to time like to listen to it
without using the web page interface.
Miro -
rss / torrent video downloader
Nero - Not Free but I like i better than Brasero. Download Here
Pidgin - All around multi protocol chat client. Us this with aim/yim/jabber/Google talk/facebook and many more. latest build Download Here
Play On Linux
- uses
scripts to install and menu most windows games and major
software.
Putty -
3270 and Telnet emulator.
Sea Monkey -
Web Browser / E-Mail Client and HTML Editor - It's the old
Netscape suite redone. very good install I do only use it for
the HTML editor though.
Skype -
The same program you would find in a few other operating
systems.
Stellarium
- Virtual Planitarium
Startup
Manager - Make changes to the GRUB boot loader.
Ubuntu Tweak - This tools saves me from using the gconf tool to fix a ton of stuff. It's like that app tweakui for xp. Download Here
VLC - Play
every
kind of media file I have thrown at it.
Webcam Studio
- I use this inside G+ Hangouts to make me look like
an alien. Oh wait I already look like one.
Wine - A
windows emulator, works with a ton of windows software.
