What linux programs to install??

Never used linux before so i've decided to install Ubuntu this weekend. What programs should i check out and install?? looking for the regular stuff, media player, browser, web design, torrent, etc. Thnx.

 

Ubuntu has a lot of default pre-installed apps for what you want. Totem/Gstreamer for Video, and Rhythymbox for music. You can get Amarok or Exaile from synaptic.

For Web Design, you can get nVu and Bluefish for free from synaptic. There are some better ones, and you can run your favorite Windows app via WINE.

Ubuntu has a built in torrent client, but you can download and install BitTornado or Azareus, all simply though synaptic.

 

This is like asking, "What're the best accessories for my car?" You're going to get a vast spectrum of answers based on people's individual skills, interests, and tastes.

Take me, for example. I'm a professional software engineer, and have been for over twenty years. I'm well on my way to earning my Curmudgeon badge, and have very ingrained ideas about How Things Should Be Done. I also have a creative streak, so I do more than just bash out functional code. With that in mind, here's some stuff on my Debian Linux laptop:

• ViM: More text editor than you can handle . (With cordial acknowledgments to the EMACS crowd.)
• GnuCash: Financial tracking software
• LyX: Document authoring done right.
• mutt: Email done the Old Fashioned way.
• evince: PDF reader.
• xpdf: Alternate, lighter-weight PDF reader.
• ekiga: VoIP using standard SIP protocol.
• Pan: USENET/NetNews reader tuned for handling binary posts.
• inkscape: Vector graphics (SVG) editor.
• Gnumeric: Spreadsheet.
• B*tchX: Frighteningly powerful IRC client. (Forum software keeps censoring the URL; sorry.)
• Pidgin (nee GAIM): Multi-protocol instant message client.
• Celestia and Stellarium: Cosmic eye-candy.
• gkrellm: System activity monitor.
• xmms: Old, cranky, and highly efficient audio player, modeled after WinAmp.
• GnuPG: Gnu Privacy Guard, a cryptographic tool similar to PGP.
• WindowMaker: Low-impact window manager.
• ion3 and wmii: Change the way you think about window managers (I'm still experimenting with them).
• rdesktop: Connect to your Windoze machines. Even better with the tsclient or grdesktop frontends.
• xscreensaver, xscreensaver-gl, and rss-glx: More screensavers than you could possibly know what to do with.

That's probably plenty to get you started . All the software above is available, as named, via Synaptic, aptitude, dselect, or just plain apt-get.

Schwab

 

hmm i installed automatix2 and blue tooth drive.