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After installing Ubuntu 10.10 from a Live CD you will get a nice desktop with great functionality. But for a
User you need more soft wares to work your Ubuntu Great. There are lot of free software available for every
need. Just search for a software and install from Ubuntu software center is a good experience. You will get a
brief description of software in ubuntu software center.
Here is a small list of essential softwares needed in popular categories to work everything fine.
You can download Ubuntu 10.10 from ubuntu repositories and Ubuntu Mirrors. The downloads are CD Image
or bittorrent files.
Ubuntu Varients
Kubuntu -Ubuntu With KDE Desktop Environment – Download Kubuntu,
Xubutu – Ubuntu with XFCE Desktop - Download Xubuntu,
Edubuntu – Ubuntu With Educational Programmes – Download Edubuntu,
Lubuntu – Ubuntu with LXDE Desktop Download Lubuntu
Ubuntu Studio – Ubuntu For Audio Video Editing Studios – Download Ubuntu Studio
Ubuntu Net Book Remix – Ubuntu For Netbooks with new Unity environment – Download Ubuntu
Netbook Remix
Medibuntu – Multimedia Entertainment Ubuntu – Download Medibuntu
Ubuntu Lite – A light Weight ubuntu for slow computers – Download Ubuntu Lite
Fluxbuntu – Ubuntu with Fluxbox Desktop – Download Fluxbuntu
Mythubuntu – Ubuntu with MythTV – Download Mythubuntu
Ubuntu Ultimate Edition – The Ultimate Operating System with Ubuntu – Download Ubuntu UE
Gobuntu – Ubuntu with only Freesoftware – Download Gobuntu
Ubuntu CE – Ubuntu Christian Edition – Download Ubuntu CE
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Ubuntu Restricted Extras is a very interesting thing. This will install lot of custom softwares for everyday
needs. Ubuntu Restricted Extras will install Adobe Flash Player, Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
(sun-java-jre) with Firefox plug-ins (icedtea), a set of Microsoft Fonts (msttcorefonts), multimedia codecs
(w32codecs or w64codecs), mp3-compatible encoding (lame), FFMpeg, extra Gstreamer codecs, the package
for DVD decoding (libdvdread4, but see below for info on libdvdcss2), the unrar archiver, odbc, and
cabextract. It also installs multiple “stripped” codecs and avutils (libavcodec-unstripped-52 and libavutil-
unstripped-49). This is a single command approach.
This will take a while to install whole package. Keep your terminal open until the whole package list will be
installed. Otherwise you want to start everything from the scratch.
To install the packages below you just search in ubuntu software center and press install. But the command
terminal command will do the work more faster.
Ubuntu Tweak
Ubuntu Tweak is a great Package to Control the different features of desktop. It is a great configuration tool
for ubuntu. The current Version is 0.5.7.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak
Gimp
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A great Photo Editing and retouching software that can do gif animations . Will replace your Photoshop
Or
You can Just Search GIMP in Applications > Ubuntu Software Center and Press Install.
Inkscape
A great Vector drawing and logo creating software which will replace Adobe Illustrator or Corel Draw.
Or
You can Just Search Inkscape in Applications > Ubuntu Software Center and Press Install.
Inkscape need some additional python libraries. So it is a bit heavy for an install.
F-spot
Picasa
A Good Photo Manager from Google. This Package will be downloaded from Google Picasa Website.
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http://dl.google.com/linux/deb/pool/non-free/p/picasa/picasa_3.0-current_i386.deb
All downloads are approximately 30 MB: Picasa software (13 MB), Wine (11 MB) and Gecko engine (6
MB).
New Features:
Improved integration with Picasa Web Albums You can sync your Picasa 3 and Web Albums edits,
change your online album settings from Picasa, and delete online albums from Picasa.
Better uploading with the upload Drop-box and bandwidth throttling.
New Retouch tool to remove unsightly blemishes and improve photo quality.
Improved Collage tool lets you have total artistic control over your collage content and layout.
Auto red-eye: same results, less work for you.
Easily add text or watermarks to your photos.
Firefox is the default browser for Ubuntu 10.10. You can Try other popular browsers like Google-chrome and
Opera
Google Chrome
Chromium Browser
Chromium is Google’s open source web browser project. You can use it as google chrome. Chromium comes
without google specific customizations. To install it type:
sudo apt-get install chromium-browser
Now you will find it under Applications > Internet > Chromium Web Browser.
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Opera
Opera is a good alternative browser for good internet experience. You can Download Opera From Opera
Website.
Evolution is the default email client for Ubuntu 10.10 But you can try thunderbird
Thunderbird
Empathy is the default IM Client for Ubuntu 10.10. Other IM Clients are pidgin,skype,amsn etc..
Pidgin
Pidgin is an open source IM application. It can handle various accounts . It is based on libpurple library.
Skype
Skype is a proprietary integrated VOIP and video conferencing program similar to Ekiga. To install skype on
Ubuntu 10.04 just click on the Ubuntu 8.10+ 32bit version or Ubuntu 8.10+ 64 bit version.
Download skype
AMSN
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aMSN is an MSN Messenger utility that functions like the original client. To install it type:
Transmission
Vuze
Vuze is the next version of Azureus. To install it type:
Openoffice is installed by default. It includes Openoffice Writer – A good Document Editor, Openoffice Calc
– A Spreadsheet Editor, Openoffice Impress – A Presentation Creator and Manager and Openoffice Draw – A
Drawing creator. You can also try Abiword and Gnumeric.
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This will help to read pdf documents more effectively. The default Document Viewer will handle pdf files. But
you get more features with this programme
Scribus
Scribus is a good DTP application to prepare industry standard books for publishing and more …
Dia
Dia is a good diagram editor. Will help you to create a variety of diagrams like Flow chart, Database, Circuit,
Logic, UML etc ..
Media Players
Totem is the default media player in Ubuntu 10.10 and Rythembox is the default audio collection manager.
You can try a variety of media players like Mplayer, VLC, Exale etc…
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MPlayer/SMPlayer
Mplayer and smplayer (mplayer’s GUI) are best for handle video playback. It supports almost any video type,
external subtitles as well as DVD playback as long as you have the needed codecs installed as shown
previously. To install it type:
You will find it under Applications -> Video & Sound -> SMPlayer
DVD::Rip
DVD::Rip is a DVD backup/copy program, written in GTK-based perl, that uses the trans-code video/audio
processing and conversion tools. To install it type:
Audacity
Audacity is a state of art audio recorder and sound editor in Ubuntu. You can edit dubb audio using this
program. Lot of plug-ins are available for audio effects like audio reject, amplify, parametric equalizer etc…
Kino
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Kino is a good video editor available in Ubuntu. You can capture edit videos using kino. A simple great gui for
every user from beginner to experts
Gtkpod
GTK pod is a good ipod manager. gtkpod will support iPod, iPod nano, iPod shuffle, iPod photo, and iPod mini
Sound Juicer
Sound Juicer is a nice application for ripping cds. This programme support various codecs.
K3b
K3b is a full featured disc burning tool which has all the features of Nero Burning rom. The current version
support Blu-ray burning also. This is a KDE Application. If you install on Gnome It will download all the KDE
Libraries. This will be a real overload.
Bluefish
Bluefish is a great HTML – CSS Editor in linux. It support code complete. Great editor for CSS also
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Geany
Geary is a very light weight feature rich IDE which support a variety of programming languages like
C,PHP,Python,Pearl,Ruby,HTML,CSS,Javascript etc..
Anjuta
Anjuta is the default programming IDE for GTK. By using this with Glade you can create great Gnome
Programmes in a breeze.
You can also try Netbeans, Eclipse for More Programming purpose like Java, Android etc ..
Also Vim and Emacs are powerfull editors featuring command line and GUI.
Compiz Fusion allows you to use advanced desktop effects such as the rotating cube desktop.
Run Applications -> System Tools -> Compiz Fusion Icon. A blue icon will appear to the tray. From here you
can configure Compiz-Fusion.
Conky
Conky is a light-weight system monitor for X, that displays any information on your desktop.
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Screenlets
Screenlets are small applications that are laying on your desktop. Eye candy stuff and useful in many ways.
Just type:
Go to Applications -> Accessories –> Screenlets choose the screenlet you want click launch/add (you can
choose Auto start on login)
You can download additional screenlets from www.gnome-look.org or screenlets.org from http://screenlets.org
/index.php/Category:UserScreenlets
Cairo Dock
Cairo Dock is a light eye-candy fully themable animated dock for any Linux desktop. It has a family-likeness
with OSX dock, but with more options.
You will find it under Applications > Accessories > Cairo Dock
Gnome Do
GNOME Do (Do) is an intelligent launcher tool that makes performing common tasks on your computer
simple and efficient. Do not only allows you to search for items in your desktop environment (e.g.
applications, contacts, bookmarks, files, music), it also allows you to specify actions to perform on search
results (e.g. run, open, email, chat, play).
You will find it under Applications > Accessories > Cairo Dock
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To install this You want to enable other repositories. Enable that in System > Administration > Synaptic
Package Manager > Settings > Repositories > Other Software and enable the partner repository. Now you can
either search for sun-java6-jre, sun-java6-plugin, sun-java6-jdk using Synaptic or type the following
commands in a terminal.
Google Earth
Google Earth lets you fly anywhere on Earth to view satellite imagery, maps, terrain, 3D buildings, from
galaxies in outer space to the canyons of the ocean. You can explore rich geographical content, save your
toured places, and share with others. To install it type:
make-googleearth-package --force
Afterwards you will find Google Earth under Applications > Internet > Google Earth
Xsane
Xsane is a great tool for your scanner control. This tool will help to scan documents and pictures effectively.
You can control resolution, brightness, contrast etc …
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You will find it under Applications > Graphics > Scanner Tool
Blender
Blender is the essential software solution you need for 3D, from modeling, animation, rendering and
post-production to interactive creation and playback.
Professionals and novices can easily and inexpensively publish stand-alone, secure, multi-platform content to
the web, CD-ROMs, and other media. …
Stellarium
Stellarium is a real-time 3D photo-realistic nightsky renderer. It can generate images of the sky as seen through
the Earth’s atmosphere with more than one hundred thousand stars from the Hipparcos Catalogue,
constellations, planets, major satellites and nebulas. Near 40 MB.
You can also try a lot of softwares like Shutter – Screen shot tool, Blogilo – Offline Blog client, Wine –
Windows programme runner, Virtualbox-ose – Run Windows desktop on virtual Machine, VMware – A
virtualization platform, Hydrogen – An audio sequence generator and more . Just search on Ubuntu Software
Center you can find a lot of softwares ready to install.
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-install GDM2Setup:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install python-gdm2setup
Once installed, you will find GDM2 Setup under System > Administration > Login Screen (GDM2Setup).
Last Click
This make Ubuntu 10.10 a great OS for developers and end users with cool experiance. For Installing apt-get
you need a broad band internet connection in your computer.
If you bored reading this lengthy article and if you want all the softwares on one click just go infondlinux. It is
a post configuration script for Ubuntu. Provides security tools
# download:
$ wget http://infondlinux.googlecode.com/svn/trunk/infondlinux.sh
# install:
$ sudo infondlinux.sh
Infondlinux
created by t0ka7a
version 0.4
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debian packages
- vim
- less
- gimp
- build-essential
- wipe
- xchat
- pidgin
- vlc
- nautilus-open-terminal
- nmap
- zenmap
- bluefish
- flash-plugin-nonfree
- aircrack-ng
- wireshark
- ruby
- ascii
- webhttrack
- socat
- nasm
- w3af
- subversion
- wireshark
- mercurial
- libopenssl-ruby
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- ruby-gnome2
- traceroute
- filezilla
- gnupg
- gpa
- rubygems
- php5
- libapache2-mod-php5
- mysql-server
- php5-mysql
- phpmyadmin
- extract
- p0f
- spikeproxy
- ettercap
- dsniff :
* dnsspoof – forge replies to arbitrary DNS address / pointer queries on the Local Area Network.
* tcpnice – slow down specified TCP connections via “active†traffic shaping.
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- unrar
- torsocks
- tor
- tor-geoipdb
- virtualbox
- dirBuster (1.0-RC1)
- truecrypt (7.0a)
- webscarab (latest)
- parosproxy (3.2.13)
- jmeter (2.4)
- rips (0.34)
- google-chrome (latest)
- origami-pdf (latest)
- pdfid.py (0.0.11)
- pdf-parser.pym (0.3.7)
- mediawiki (1.16.0)
- sqlmap (0.8)
- fierce (latest)
- wifite (latest)
- pyloris (3.2)
- skipfish (1.67)
- hydra (5.7)
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- hextoasm
- chartoascii.py
firefox extensions
- livehttpheaders
- firebug
- tamperdata
- noscript
- flashblock
- flashgot
- foxyproxy
- certificatepatrol
- chickenfoot 1.0.7
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