The Great Software Thread!

[.:Justus:.]

Whenever i freshly install Ubuntu on a new computer there are a few programs(apart from the pre-installed ones) that i Must have.

I´m sure you all have favorite programs of your own too!

Feel free to make a short list of your favorite/imperative/loved programs that you couldn´t live without :]

PS: This could also be of help for newcomers looking for helpful software.

Gogogo!

:popcorn:

My own Favs:

-Kopete( hate pidgin)
-VLC
-Xmoto(check it out, it´s addicting)
-OpenOffice
-Wine

[Mehall]

Irssi
Evince
Rhythmbox
erm...

Firefox
Thunderbird
VLC
oo.o
Wine
liferea
Gwibber
ssh
yakuake (even under Gnome, tilda is crap compared and guake is buggy and incomplete)

[Twitch6000]

Cedega
aMSN
Cheese
the other codecs like libdvdcss that don't come preinstalled.
Urban Terror
My favorite themes
Gnome Do
VLC

[manishtech]

What a coincidence!!
I just made the same list for my college's LUG. Here it is.

http://wiki.lugmanipal.org/Ubuntu:_Post-Install_Packages

[.Maleficus.]

Programs I'm starting to enjoy...

Ncmpcpp + mpd
rTorrent
Abcde
Comix
Dwm
Zsh

Anyone notice a trend here? On Arch BTW.

[.:Justus:.]

Cedega
aMSN
Cheese
the other codecs like libdvdcss that don't come preinstalled.
Urban Terror
My favorite themes
Gnome Do
VLC

Sweet you play urban terror, we should play together^^ but i don´t have it installed on this comp, gonna do that later though thanks for reminding me.

[Mehall]

Sweet you play urban terror, we should play together^^ but i don´t have it installed on this comp, gonna do that later though thanks for reminding me.

OMG, I play too.

Nick: "Mehall" (without quotes, obv.)

I need to play more.

But not tonight.

[.:Justus:.]

OMG, I play too.

Nick: "Mehall" (without quotes, obv.)

I need to play more.

But not tonight.

Ha I´m gonna make an Urban Terror thread so we can all get together ^^

[Eisenwinter]

GUI:

1) X server.
2) Openbox
3) Pypanel

Media playing:

1) Xmms
2) Flash, if you can consider it as a "media playing" application on it's own.

Browsers:

1) Firefox
2) eLinks

Messaging and IRC:

1) WeeChat (console IRC client)
2) Pidgin

Text:

1) Medit
2) Vi

Terminals:

1) Xterm (though this is included in X by default
2) Terminator

Image:

1) Feh (image viewer)

PDF:

1) Xpdf

Shell and programming:

1) Bash
2) GCC
3) Perl

[billgoldberg]

First thing I do is add the medibuntu repo. After that I install:

- p7zip-full (install rar, zip, 7z, ... support for fileroller)
- abiword (light weight, .doc capable, word editor)(and remove all open office stuff)
- win32codecs (wma, ... support)
- ubuntu-restricted-extras (flash, java, mp3, ... support)
- libdvdcss2 (dvd support)
- non-free-codecs (divx, ... support)
- totem-mozilla (makes firefox play wma, divx, quicktime videos)
- emesene (MSN client)
- xchat (IRC client)

Sure over time I install some other stuff, but right after install I feel that is what I needed to get up and running.

[Naiki Muliaina]

A copy pasta of my what i do from a fresh Xubuntu install install. Add a few repos then....

sudo apt-get purge
abiword
orage
gnumeric
gnome-games
firefox
thunderbird
xsane
gimp
gpicview
brasero
listen

sudo apt-get install
w64codecs
flashplugin-nonfree
midori
omvviewer (second life)
xfce4.6

[dragos240]

links2, mplayer, alsa, X, gnome, gdm. Thats some awesome stuff ;)

[leonardo_neo]

I am happy with most of the default applications :)

After installation I do.......
1. Ubuntu-Restricted-Extras
2. Medibuntu
3. Screenlets and theme

I Use the following applications
Rhythmbox
Pidgin
Openoffice
Evolution
Firefox
Picassa
GIMP
G-talk (with the help of prism)
Skype
VLC

[bakedbeans4life]

Midnight Commander, can't envisage a system without it. Its the first program I install via the command line.

[mrojas73]

Ha I´m gonna make an Urban Terror thread so we can all get together ^^

That's a very cool idea!

[JackieChan]

- kTorrent
- VLC
- Songbird
- Skype
- OpenOffice
- Cairo-Clock
- Compiz Fusion
- GNOME Do
- Kiten
- Gjiten