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TekmonX
January 8th, 2009, 02:11 AM
Hello Ubuntu forums, I was wondering what kind of software and games that everyone would recommend for every day use. It doesn't matter what it is, I just want suggestions.
earthpigg
January 8th, 2009, 02:47 AM
the stuff that comes preinstalled is all good mojo ;)

google earth is in the mediabuntu repos.

http://www.linux-gamers.net/ is a cool site. im especially a fan of their LiveCD that just contains a bunch of great games: http://live.linux-gamers.net/
TekmonX
January 8th, 2009, 02:50 AM
the stuff that comes preinstalled is all good mojo ;)

google earth is in the mediabuntu repos.

http://www.linux-gamers.net/ is a cool site. im especially a fan of their LiveCD that just contains a bunch of great games: http://live.linux-gamers.net/

Yes the preinstalled stuff is good, lol, but its always nice to have more stuff.

Google earth is cool, I use in on my windows computers

Thanks for the links. :D
DrHackenbush
January 10th, 2009, 01:18 AM
Neverwinter Nights rocks.
Bachstelze
January 10th, 2009, 01:21 AM
Neverwinter Nights rocks.

Aye. o/ And so does UT2004. D:
cardinals_fan
January 10th, 2009, 01:59 AM
Greed
Notecase
Cplay
Emelfm2
Geany
Vim (of course)
Alpine
Xpad
Sealbhach
January 10th, 2009, 02:22 AM
My favourite at the moment is Nexuiz. It's in Add/Remove.


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gnomeuser
January 10th, 2009, 02:31 AM
Chatting: Empathy (with amsn for msn since it's currently the only client with webcam support)
Wordprocessing: AbiWord
Browsing: Epiphany
Mediaplayer: Banshee
Notes: Tomboy
Torrents: Deluge (would be monsoon but it's still not in Ubuntu)
Photo collection: f-spot

I don't play games as such anymore, but openttd and freeciv are both excellent offerings as is Battle for Wesnoth. I also have Fallout 2 running via Wine, it might be 10 years old but it remains one of the greatest games ever created.
jomiolto
January 10th, 2009, 07:56 AM
Try Battle for Wesnoth. It's a brilliant turn-based strategy game.
ubuntu27
January 10th, 2009, 08:28 AM
Games that I play on Ubuntu Linux:


Battle For Wesnoth (http://www.getdeb.net/app/The+Battle+for+Wesnoth)
BOS Wars (http://www.boswars.org/)
Enigma (http://www.nongnu.org/enigma/)
Frozen-Bubble (http://www.frozen-bubble.org/)
gbrainy (http://live.gnome.org/gbrainy/)
Mastermind (http://www.autistici.org/gnome-mastermind/)
Which Way is Up (http://www.hectigo.net/puskutraktori/whichwayisup/)
RichardLinx
January 10th, 2009, 01:52 PM
You should try AssaultCube If your into FPS games, I've tried just about every free FPS available for Linux (Alien Arena, Warsow, Nexuiz, Open Arena, etc) and none of them are in the same league as AssaultCube. Great online community, great map editor, great mod community, great game.

http://assault.cubers.net/ Official Website

http://www.getdeb.net/search.php?keywords=AssaultCube Link to an AssaultCube .deb