reinstalling
There was a great thread going Planet Ubuntu regarding what does one install whenever they are installing a fresh version. I thought it might be a good idea to track their ideas for both myself, and others here.
Medibuntu Repository
Apt-get Installations
> sudo aptitude install ubuntu-restricted-extras w32codecs ffmpeg vlc mozilla-plugin-vlc mplayer miro hpodder audacity vim-full skype nautilus-open-terminal community-themes filezilla mplayer revelation gthumb powertop htop gnome-do gnome-do-plugins thunderbird lightning-extension mail-notification elisa emerald gtweakui startupmanager pysdm
- ubuntu-restricted-extras
- Flash and other non-free viewers and codecs.
- w32codecs
- ffmpeg
- vlc - best media player ever + mozilla-plugin-vlc
- mplayer - media player.
- miro - GUI podcatcher
- hpodder - cmd line podcatcher
- audacity - audio editing tool
- vim-full
- skype
- nautilus-open-terminal - Open terminal on desktop with a right click.
- community-themes : A set of nice themes from Ubuntu 8.10.
- filezilla - GTK ftp/sftp program.
- revelation - Great password vault.
- gthumb - an image viewer and browser for GNOME, supports videos too
- powertop - Program to analyze power consumption on Intel-based laptops. Possibly can offer an hour or so of extra battery life.
- htop - great process monitor
an intelligent launcher tool that makes performing common tasks on your computer simple and efficient
- nautilus-dropbox - Dropbox online storage application.
- wine
- recordmydesktop
- Thunderbird (what can I say, I'm switching from Windows and Evolution hasn't won me over)
- emerald: a window decorator
- startupmanager: manage grub interface and issu splash screen
- pysdm: storage device manager
For 64-bit users install the following packages so your system can run 32-bit applications
% sudo apt-get install lib32z1 lib32ncurses5 lib32bz2-1.0
Other Programs:
- Picasa
- Google Desktop Search
- Elisa
marckaplan/reinstalling (last edited 2009-07-04 19:34:56 by adsl-070-147-045-144)