Anyone want to recommend some software for Linux?

[linktopower]

Well I just killed my windows on my old Toshiba Laptop. And promptly installed Lubuntu 12.10 on it.
So far I'm liking how this Ubuntu spin off is. it works pretty fast on these specs.

Toshiba satellite Laptop
CPU: Intel Celeron 2.40Ghz
RAM: 1.00GB DDR
VIDEO: Intel extreme Graphics, 64MB
HARD DRIVE: 120GB


All I'm doing right now is just messing around with it, But I was wondering.
Does anyone have any recommendations on what software is a must have for a Linux system?

This is what Other people told me I need to get

Wine
Gimp
VLC Player
VirtualBox
Xchat

I know that these are some things I'm going to get. But I'm wondering, Is there any more software that is must haves?.

[agillator]

That is a 'which is better, apples or blue' question. There are a million answers but none of them may be what you want.

The first question is 'What do you want to do?' Do you do lots of word processing, spreadsheets, that sort of thing? If so, then you need an office suite. Are you more into rocket guidance or discovering new planets? Can't help you there. Are you a videographer and need to edit videos, or edit sound files, or . . . or . . . or? Typesetting (Tex, LaTex, Lyx)? Post what you think you want to do, what your interest are, what you did when you used windows, and you can get useful suggestions.

[linktopower]

Yeah I should'v said what I want to do with it shouldn't I

Anyways, Pretty much all I'm going to do is use it for just

Browsing the internet
Downloading stuff and torrent things
Listening to music
Watch videos.
Get on Chat rooms.
Play some minor games. Maybe emulate some things.

Pretty much do things. I like messing around with stuff.
I didn't do much with it in the first place

[drawkcab]

Browsing--Firefox or Chrome

Torrents--Transmission, although there are good alternatives if you need specific features. Check out rtorrent, qtorrent and deluge among others.

Music--I prefer audacious which is simple and straightforward but you may prefer a more feature rich player like rhythmbox, clementine or banshee.

Video--I primarily use VLC and SMPlayer. The latter enables my Nvidia card to accelerate the decoding of HD .mkv files which helps because my processor is low-end.

Games--There are a bunch in the software store. Also steam is coming to ubuntu shortly!

IRC--xchat

[linktopower]

Sounds like some pretty good software. Thanks.
I'll be getting them this weekend!

[DukeOfMixture]

Bleachbit - keeps junk files off your system.

Here's a tutorial so you don't rub out things you need

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DRWJ7cHF9A

UFW - Universal Firewall. It may be installed already.

I'm using apparmor, also.

Play some minor games. Maybe emulate some things.

I use Dosbox (dos programs emulator, but will work for dosgames) and Mame (if you like video arcade games. A lot of 80's games if you're old like me.).

[agillator]

That helps. For what you have listed, you probably don't need to install much of anything. For browsing there is Firefox or Chrome. For music there are several options, but start with what is already installed. Look in the applications menu under multimedia. For videos the same recommendation although many people prefer vlc or mplayer (smplayer for the XWindows front end). For chat (I assume you mean IRC) there are several programs. If you are using Firefox, check out the chat addon. For games, you may be a little limited. Some games are available for Linux (check the games portion of Ubuntu Software Center of the Applications Menu). Some will run under wine. I understand Steam is coming out or has just come out with support for Linux so Civilization and others might be available through them.

More generally go to the Ubuntu Software Center and browse to see what catches your interest. That is one of the good things about Linux - most of what is available is free so you can try it without cost.

Other people will, of course, have more suggestions. Look at what catches your fancy. But remember, another person's treasure may well be your trash.

[boogerama]

I agree with Agillator, pretty much everything you need for basic use comes with the OS at first install. You'll need to find out what your preferences are on certain apps but aside from that you'll be good to go.

The only software swap I did was remove firefox and add chrome. Aside from that I installed Wine (for Quicken 2009), Wireshark, LuckyBackup, Gimp, Skype, Dropbox, Stellarium, and indicator-weather.

That got me up and running with everything I use.

[linktopower]

Bleachbit - keeps junk files off your system.

Here's a tutorial so you don't rub out things you need

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DRWJ7cHF9A

UFW - Universal Firewall. It may be installed already.

I'm using apparmor, also.



I use Dosbox (dos programs emulator, but will work for dosgames) and Mame (if you like video arcade games. A lot of 80's games if you're old like me.).

Thanks

More generally go to the Ubuntu Software Center and browse to see what catches your interest. That is one of the good things about Linux - most of what is available is free so you can try it without cost.

Yep, That's is one thing thats great about linux. half of the software is full on free .
So far I've never ran into software that cost money.

Other people will, of course, have more suggestions. Look at what catches your fancy. But remember, another person's treasure may well be your trash.

Yeah I Know, But its always interesting to see what other people think is must have piece of software for a Linux system.

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So far these are the things I'm going to be trying this weekend.

Wine
Gimp
VLC Player
VirtualBox
Xchat
Deluge
rhythmbox, clementine banshee.
Universal Firewall
Bleachbit
Dosbox
Mame

looks good to me so far

[StinkySQL]

Gimp for drawing
VLC media player for movies
Thunderbird for email
Solfege for studying music
GParted for hard drives
Mono for developing