I got lots of emails from people asking me what are my favourite apps to install after I get a new Linux box up and running, so here they are:
1. Emesene - has support for MSN Plus nickname decoding, unlike Pidgin.
2. FileZilla - better than gFTP, can use it on my Mac OS X, XP and Linux box. Export/import your settings, and you’re good to go.
3. Mono and Paint.Mono - I hate the GIMP, but I don’t hate Freedom! So I take the middle road.
4. VLC - plays almost everything, be it sound or video. Screw Totem and Rhythmbox, this is all I need.
5. JDarkroom- my text editor of choice: a simple, full-screen editor. I don’t know why I’m so addicted to it. You can use Pyroom if you don’t like/have Java.
6. GTK Record My Desktop - If I’m making a screen-cast, this is my app of choice (GTK- stands for the GTK frontend, and recordmydesktop is the actual app, so there are many other versions too). It can record both video and sound and provides a high-quality OGG output.
7. Wine - Sometimes you just need it.
8. Google Earth - When you’re preparing to go to a foreign country or a place you don’t know, it’s much better to use Google Earth than a map. You see what the landscape looks like.
9. Kino & Cinelerra - Kino is a very decent app for making simple home videos and stuff. Cinelerra is of the more powerful type, as long as you’re OK with the interface you can do video-editing-magic. Believe me.
10. GNOME Bluetooth apps - I often transfer videos and images from my cellphone. The Bluetooth app packages that are part of the GNOME project are pretty fine for my needs.
Finally, the long-awaited Ooo office suite, the best and most popular open source office suite sponsored by Sun Microsystems, has released an official beta of Openoffice.org.
Image from the softpedia screenshot archive
Version 3 has got a bunch of new features, these are my favourite improvements:
- Full Mac OS X Cocoa support (no need to install the Neooffice port anymore!), which means Mac users finally got an official Openoffice version! GoodbyMicrosoft Office for Mac!
- OpenOffice.org 3.0 is now able to open files created with Microsoft Office 2007 or Microsoft Office 2008 for Mac (.docx, .xlsx, .pptx, file formats).
- Impress, the PowerPoint alternative, supprots multiple screens
- New, fresh icons
And lots more.
Download it you guys, obey the Internetling!
OK guys, here’s another fun list! Go easy on me, since I’m sure some of you knew it already.
UPDATE: this story became popular! If you like it, digg it here!
1. ) Most of the things that are listed as ‘features’ in the new Hardy Heron release, are really just upstream development, they’re basically just updated version of the packaged software, according to this.
2.) Canonical is preparing an Ubuntu release for mobile and other devices which could use an embedded version of the Ubuntu Linux OS.
3.) At this year’s CanSecWest conference cracking competition, the only machine that was left untouched was running Ubuntu. Both Vista and Mac OS X got pwned.
4.) Michael Dell and Sam Ruby use Ubuntu too. Fact!
5.) Due to its popularity, Ubuntu now has very specific derivatives, such as a Christian Edition, GnewSense and others.
