This post is a bit special. A frequent problem I have is the fact that I need to install so much software on my computers and sometimes I used it just once a month or less depending on the task I need to achieve.
What Linux lacks is something similar with Google Pack. A simple , easy to handle GUI with remote sync to keep all the application in a single place. Open , login and install the missing components on any computer. No repository , no backup , just a simple GUI.
Until then , this little post ,will help me , and maybe some of you , to have a full list up to date with a single application for every operation you need to make on a Ubuntu OS.
1.Internet Brower
Firefox
2.File manager + FTP
Krusader
3. Instant messager
Pidgin
4.Music Player
Songbird
5.Torrent Client
Deluge
6.SSH client
Putty
7.Terminal application
Yakuake
8.Rapidshare download manager
jDownloader
9.Mysql GUI
Wine – HeidiSQL
10.Online file storage
DropBox
11.Archive Manager
Gnome : File Roller
12.Image editor
Gimp
13.Image brower ( + easy to print bordeless pictures )
GwenView
14. DC Client
Linux DC++
15. Office Applications
Open Office
16. Java IDE
Eclipse
17. PHP IDE
Krusader Editor
18.Movie editor
Cinelerra
19.Cd/Dvd Burner
K3B
20. Movie Player
SmPlayer
Last update : Dec 2008
Bookmark it , save it , check it from time to time , put your comments and help me improve this list.
Songbird is clunky and bloated. It also looks a lot like iTunes and doesn’t fit in with any theme or the GTK feel for that matter.
Also, the terminal is your best ssh client. Putty is a joke, lol.
After a great feedback from my readers it seems that Songbird is just not the best there is.I still believe it has a lot of potential but an application like : Rhythmbox is defiantly way better in so many ways. My next post of the month about this will surely change some apps. I appreciate the help.
Okay, I don’t know what you’re talking about. Apt is exactly a single place that you can just install all your applications. For instance, if you install the package “ubuntu-restricted-extras”, it installs a whole load of applications and libraries for your system to use. Similarly, Ubuntu-desktop is a package that will install all your default desktop applications.
Apt keeps this all up to date, too. So quit spreading this FUD.