On Tue, 2008-06-24 at 13:24 +0100, Alan Pope wrote: > Hi, > > Here's a question for the group. If you install a clean Ubuntu system > for yourself (or perhaps someone else), what are the key things you add > to the system after, to get a "works for me" desktop? > > Here's my list:- > > Add the following repo(s):- > > Medibuntu, banshee ppa > > Install the following apps:- > > ubuntu-restricted-extras - flash and other evil stuff > ssh - to remotely logon to each machine > gtk-recordmydesktop - to make screencasts > skype - to make calls > banshee-1.0 - downloading podcasts and music manager > liferea - rss news reader > audacity & ardour - audio editing > gnome-do - fast launcher > avant window navigator - nice task management > Virtualbox & qemu & kvm - virtualising > samba - to access my shared data on other machines > zattoo - to watch live telly > mythfrontend - to watch recorded telly (and live sometimes) > Adobe Air (pre requ for..) > Twhirl - Adobe air based twitter client > > Firefox extensions > > adblock plus - block ads > foxmarks - to sync bookmarks > web developer toolbar - to debug web pages > stumbleupon toolbar - for when I'm bored > > Add data > > Pidgin logons - for msn > ssh keys - to let me logon to machines without passwords > > > Optional extras I don't _always_ add but often do:- > > Wireshark - for diagnosing network issues > Google earth - to spy on you all > ffmpeg (from medibuntu) - to do audio/video encoding > > > Often all of that lot can be added in a few minutes, many with one > apt-get line - which I love :) > > So what do you add to a stock install? What have I missed out? > > Cheers, > Al.
>From my own point of view, I add:- K3b (its what I've gotten used to) Pan (Usenet reader) Gpar2 Kompozer Other than that, its any add-ons to enable me to access media on the web, play mp3's, write mp3's to cd via K3b etc. Dave -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.org/UKTeam/
