Soldato
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If you aren't as power user as you say then you shouldn't run into too many problems. If you need specific programs that aren't available for Linux then it can be a bit frustrating but I just use the following mainly:
Media Players: Totem/Exaile
IM: Pidgin
Podcast Aggregator: Gpodder
Office Docs: Open Office or Google Docs
Browser: Firefox
Image Manipulation: Gimp
Photos: F-Spot
Most of these are installed by default in Ubuntu so you're probably discovering them already. Something else that's a lot of fun is Screenlets, it's in the repositories so you can just install it by opening your command line and typing:
Lots of nice widget type things in there and you can get more from gnome-look.
You might also need to make sure you've got all of your codecs on there for mp3 playback etc. I believe you need to type:
Not entirely sure about that command, I use Fedora 10 nowadays and not Ubuntu but it's something like that. Handy tip, if you aren't sure about what a program (or command) is you can start with a gew letters and press tab twice and it will list the possibilities for you.
More than anything I enjoy actually working with the command line and understanding how my computer actually works rather than having my hand held by Windows. Like I said, I wouldn't go back now and almost resent having to use Windows in my job. I look forward to getting home to my own computer
Media Players: Totem/Exaile
IM: Pidgin
Podcast Aggregator: Gpodder
Office Docs: Open Office or Google Docs
Browser: Firefox
Image Manipulation: Gimp
Photos: F-Spot
Most of these are installed by default in Ubuntu so you're probably discovering them already. Something else that's a lot of fun is Screenlets, it's in the repositories so you can just install it by opening your command line and typing:
Code:
sudo apt-get install screenletsLots of nice widget type things in there and you can get more from gnome-look.
You might also need to make sure you've got all of your codecs on there for mp3 playback etc. I believe you need to type:
Code:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extrasNot entirely sure about that command, I use Fedora 10 nowadays and not Ubuntu but it's something like that. Handy tip, if you aren't sure about what a program (or command) is you can start with a gew letters and press tab twice and it will list the possibilities for you.
More than anything I enjoy actually working with the command line and understanding how my computer actually works rather than having my hand held by Windows. Like I said, I wouldn't go back now and almost resent having to use Windows in my job. I look forward to getting home to my own computer
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