This is the distilled version of Lifehacker's recent Top 10 Ubuntu apps.
- Yakuake yakuake.kde.org
sudo apt-get install yakuake
- Gnome DO do.davebsd.com
deb http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ppa/ubuntu jaunty mainadd the keys
deb-src http://ppa.launchpad.net/do-core/ppa/ubuntu jaunty main
$ gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /tmp/gnome-do.keyring --keyserver keyserver.ubuntu.com --recv A5D19FDCAA6ABB440CD3464628A8205077558DD0then install it
$ gpg --no-default-keyring --keyring /tmp/gnome-do.keyring --export --armor A5D19FDCAA6ABB440CD3464628A8205077558DD0 | sudo apt-key add -
$ rm /tmp/gnome-do.keyring
$ sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install gnome-do
- Ubuntu Tweak ubuntu-tweak.com
$ sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweakThat's it for now, they are all very handy.. whats next?
- Still waiting for S-Video out support for my ATI graphics card.. fglrx is not an option at the moment
- Testing out open office to be sure I know how to use all the features I used to use in MS office before making the big switch.. TOCs in text citations etc
- Might have to test out a windows emulator just incase.. looking at Wine winehq.org or VirtualBox virtualbox.org