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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