My favorite Linux(Ubuntu) apps

After getting asked by some of my friends new to Linux(Ubuntu) what some of my favorite software were, I have decided to compile (no pun intended) a list  of my favorite software on Linux. I am sure some of you out there have better alternatives to some of the software I am going to list. Please feel free to leave a comment telling me,I would be glad to find new and better alternatives. Also feel free to leave comments telling me about some other software that you guys use and love a lot that aren’t listed here. I will try and incorporate all suggestions into this list. Please remember that the software are not listed in terms of how much I prefer them to the other software in the list. So here we go:

1. XChat:  My favorite IRC client for Linux. It is heavily extensible and is user friendly.
2. Rhythmbox: One of my favorite music players. Most people prefer xmms but I have this weird problem of xmms policing my soundcard and preventing other programs from using the soundcard when xmms is in use.
3. gFTP: My favorite FTP client. I supports regular FTP and all other secure FTP protocols and even SSH2.
4. Flock: Favorite web browser.Based on firebox and uses firefox code, Flock is a social browser. It has soo much inbuilt features.
5. Liferea: The offline feed reader. Liferea distinguishes itself from other feed readers by allowing you  to read your feeds even when you are offline.
6. Gaim: The all inclusive IM/IRC client for Linux. It allows you to communicate with friends on almost all the other IM protocols.
7. Thunderbird: The email client. It is a kickass email client from the good folks at Mozilla.
8. Skype: Skype caters all my VOIP needs. It even allows me to call any number in the USA for free.
9. Tomboy: A desktop note taking app for gnome.
10. Automatix: Install some basic software easily. (A good tool for newbies)
11. Gedit: A simple text editor
12. Streamtuner: Listen to a variety of internet radio stations
13. Dvdrip: Rip and backup your dvds
14. Mplayer: Watch any type of movie
15. Open Office: Make spreadsheets, write documents and make presentations easily
16. Audacity: A voice recording suite
17. Avidemux: Video authoring
18. Gimp: Image authoring and manipulation tool
19. Amule: P2P client
20. Bittorrent: Bittorrent client (I would have preferred if there were a Linux version of utorrent)
21. Screem: Web authoring tool

I probably left out a lot of other important tools so don’t hesitate to leave a comment.

technorati tags:gnome, Linux, Liferea, Tomboy

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FLOCK STUFF

Hi everyone. Its been a long time since I updated this blog with soem meaningful news. Sorry for that.

First of all, I am wishing Flock QA engineer Lloyd luck in all his future endeavours. Unfortunatley for the flock team, Lloyd is moving back to Canada with his bride. I wish him luck in all his future endeavours. I am sure almost every flockstar will be very sad to see him go considering how helpful and considerate he is.  We will all miss him. Good luck Lloyd and have fun in Canada.

Secondly, I would have thought most flock users will have heard of it but apprently not. Mr. McTones (thats the only part of his name I know) has released his MiniMapper flock extension. This extension adds support for google maps in the maps topbar. So for all of you who have been complaining about how “sucky” Yahoo maps is(or you just dont like Yahoo Maps), please go download this extension. The extension also gives you a choice in choosing which map service you will like to use(google or yahoo) and also view places nearby in platial.com  McTones has written a whole changelog here so go see it for any additional features.

Also, finally, Flock is getting youtube support. Right now, its really crude but its a step in the right direction. For now in the hourly builds, you can browse youtube videos through the photo topbar. Just go to “All public photos on” and choose youtube. *PLEASE BE AWARE THAT THE HOURLY BUILDS ARE NOT STABLE AND YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE IF YOUR COMPUTER SUDDENLY DECIDES TO GOBBLE UP YOUR DINNER* .

Ok, so its goodbye for now. More flock news and other news coming later on. Oh and if do have some spare ALLPEERS beta invites. Send me a note thorugh the contact page and i will shoot you one.

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