Must have Linux/Ubuntu apps?

gam3r

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So far i have all the ones that came with Ubuntu and these:

Songbird
Beryl
Mplayer
Flash

What really essential/good applications am i missing? I don't really need Wine as i am dual booting with XP and i am relatively new to the linux scene so i'm just asking for a few suggestions.

Thanks!
 
If you're an IRC type then XChat is a very good Linux IRC client. aMSN for MSN obviously. I find I use other utilities like gFTP (ftp client) regularly.

I'd just continue using it, find out what you think you need when you do and install those packages.
 
Also agree Amarok is a brilliant program for music.

I would also recommend StartUp-Manager, it allows you to easily adjust the bootloader within Ubuntu, such as the countdown time of GRUB in dual boots and also the default operating system which boots up.
 
You can really achieve a lot with just a minimum number of apps and an understanding of your terminal.

gedit
nano
ssh
nautilus, for ftp/webdav
thunderbird
firefox
beryl

Pretty much covers everything I ever use at work (except for PokerTH for ahem, quiet times...:p and something like XMMS to play music).
 
Thanks guys, will check some of them out.

Another question, in windows i use speedfan to control my CPU fan manually, but what can i use in linux? I have gkrellm but it only displays info(can't even get it to display temps?).

What can i use?
 
I noticed that VMWare Server has popped up on Add/Remote Software in Ubuntu. You just need to request a license key from VMWare (free) and type it in during the install, everything else is automatic now.

I was quite surprised at just how responsive XP Pro is under a virtual install on a relatively old machine (3200+ Socket 754 Nforce 150).

Very handy if you simply must run a Windows application but don't want to exit out of Ubuntu.

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My linux box is mainly used as a server so my must haves are:

FreeNx
Ninan
Jinzora2
Webmin
Mondo
TorrentFlux-B4rt
 
gam3r said:
Another question, in windows i use speedfan to control my CPU fan manually, but what can i use in linux? I have gkrellm but it only displays info(can't even get it to display temps?).

What can i use?
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I always tended to use powernowd to automatically control my cpu speed but I would think that (or equivalent) will already be running in Ubuntu. There might be a gnome desklet that will let you change the speed manually though?
 
cb_linus said:
I always tended to use powernowd to automatically control my cpu speed but I would think that (or equivalent) will already be running in Ubuntu. There might be a gnome desklet that will let you change the speed manually though?
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I can't get gdesklets to work, when i open it, the application opens in a little box but the whole thing is blank and then i have to force it to exit.
 
If you want to read and write to NTFS partitions the NTFS tool.

If you go to Add/Remove Programs in the Ubuntu menu and search for NTFS it will find it for you. Very handy and takes just a few seconds to mount NTFS drives.
 
SiriusB said:
If you want to read and write to NTFS partitions the NTFS tool.

If you go to Add/Remove Programs in the Ubuntu menu and search for NTFS it will find it for you. Very handy and takes just a few seconds to mount NTFS drives.
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Wow hang on.... I think there is still a not insignificant risk of data loss writing/ reading NTFS in Linux isn't there?

Also what is better- Songbird or Amarock?
 
Bes said:
Wow hang on.... I think there is still a not insignificant risk of data loss writing/ reading NTFS in Linux isn't there?

Also what is better- Songbird or Amarock?
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There's still a risk with writing to NTFS, yeah, but I'm not sure it's such a big risk anymore. Guess it depends how important your data on the NTFS drive is, and whether it's backed up anyway. I've not got stuff on my drive that I couldn't live without, so have been accessing it from my Linux install (currently Kubuntu, before that Sabayon and before that Kanotix) without any problems... although, as always, YMMV.
 
Must have GUI things:

VLC
Pidgin
Epiphany
Abiword
Sylpheed
Audacious

Open Office, Firefox, Thunderbird, etc are all bloated and rubbish.
 
I will second the "gFTP" choice as I find it really useful (I might have a go at writing my own FTP Client for Linux at some point [maybe :p]).

Other than "gFTP" I have installed nothing, and I seem to be able to work reall effectively on Ubuntu 7.04, it is a great operating system.

Angus Higgins
 
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