Whenever I install Linux to one of my computers, there are several applications that I must have, and if they are not already loaded on the system, I immediately download and install them. Most of the applications listed below can be found in the Ubuntu / Kubuntu / Xubuntu / Lubuntu repositories. While these are my favorites, there are many thousands of other excellent applications available in Linux. Some of these applications are also available in Windows and Mac OS X. Here they are by categories:
Internet:
Chromium Browser – the open source basis for Google Chrome
Multimedia:
Banshee Media Player – an excellent media player that looks and acts much like iTunes
K3b – full-featured CD and DVD burner/ripper
Brasero – great for burning CDs or DVDs
OpenShot – a nice video editor
DeVeDe – great for creating DVDs
Adobe Flash – a needed codec
Gstreamer (nice, good, bad, ugly, etc.) – other needed codecs
Office:
LibreOffice – an office suite similar to and compatible with MS Office
Abiword / Gnumeric – lighter weight office applications compatible with MS Word and Excel
Graphics:
Games:
GNOME Games – a nice selection of basic games
KDE Games – another nice selection of games
Gweled – similar to Bejeweled
Kobodeluxe – a fun space “shoot-em-up” game
DOSBox – an excellent emulator to run your favorite old DOS games
Duke Nukem (one of my all-time favorites) running in DOSBox:
Education / Science:
Bibletime – a very nice Bible study suite
KDE Edu – an excellent assortment of educational software for students of all ages
KStars – desktop planetarium, part of KDE Edu
Stellarium – a beautifully done desktop planetarium with realistic view of the sky
Marble – desktop globe, part of KDE Edu
Other Applications:
Docky – a Mac OS X – like dock for your desktop
Cheese – somewhat like Photobooth on Macs
VirtualBox – a great (and painless) way to test operating systems on your desktop
System Tools:
Gufw – a simple graphical firewall interface for the Ubuntu firewall
Firestarter – another graphical firewall interface
ClamTK Virus Scanner – a nice graphical front-end for the Clam AntiVirus
Synaptic Package Manager – a great package manager and front-end for the apt commands
PCMan File Manager – a very fast and feature-rich file manager
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