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Ubuntu

Apps

Tools

  • guake
  • numlockx
  • gnome-disks
  • unrar
  • rar
  • nautilus-open-terminal
    nautilus plugin for opening terminals in arbitrary local paths
    NOTE: Restart X after installation
  • nautilus-gksu
    privilege granting extension for nautilus using gksu
    NOTE: Restart X after installation
  • gcalctool
    Use the following command to invoke the calculator. If it is open, it will get focus. If not, it shall run.
    wmctrl -l | grep -q "Calculator"; if [ $? -ne 0 ] ; then gcalctool ; else wmctrl -Fa "Calculator" ; fi
  • indicator-multiload

Multimedia

  • audacious
  • eog
    Eye of Gnome. The GNOME image viewer.
  • gthumb
  • vlc
  • smplayer
    NOTE: Use version >= 0.7.0 for better mplayer2 support.
    Look in PPAs for the repository
  • mplayer2
  • cheese
  • easytag
    EasyTAG is an utility for viewing, editing and writing the ID3 tags of different audio files, using a GTK+ interface.
    Use greeklify to convert Greek filenames to Greeklish.
  • kazam
    Easy to use application for recording on-screen action
    Look in PPAs for the repository

Internet

  • chromium-browser
  • emesene
    emesene tries to be a simple but feature complete program that allows one to chat using MSN and Jabber based networks.
  • tucan
    Download and upload manager for 1-Click Hosters Designed for automatic management of sites like rapidshare.com, megaupload.com, mediafire.com, easy-share.com. Captcha recognition where needed.

Programming

  • meld
    graphical tool to diff and merge files
  • scilab

System Monitoring

  • htop

Administration

  • synaptic
    Synaptic is a graphical package management tool based on GTK+ and APT. Synaptic enables you to install, upgrade and remove software packages in a user friendly way.
  • gparted
    GNOME partition editor
  • pysdm
    PySDM is a PyGTK Storage Device Manager that allows full customization of hard disk mountpoints whitout manually access to fstab. It also allows the creation of udev rules for dynamic configuration of storage devices

How tos

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