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GNU/Linux Favorite Programs (Updated 10/5/2010)

Having been a “long-time” UbuntuLinux user, I’ve become accustomed to a variety of applications. Many of these software programs are quickly becoming standard across the various platforms. However, there are a few that are particular to UbuntuLinux.

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This blog entry is a first draft of the list and part of my series on My Favorite Apps. So, here goes….

  1. Add Medibuntu repository FIRST 
    sudo wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list && 
    sudo apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && 
    sudo apt-get --quiet update
  2. sudo apt-get install w32codecs
  3. Adobe Reader –
    sudo aptitude install acroread acroread-fonts
  4. AdobeAir and TweetDeck
  5. AntiVirus – Sometimes, you need to clean out Windows media that are infested. Here are some of the tools:
    sudo aptitude install clamav clamtk

    My favorites include A2Squared Anti-Malware (Windows, but installs and works on UbuntuLinux using WINE), Avast Home Edition for UbuntuLinux, AVG AntiVirus, ClamAV

  6. Bleachbit – From their web site: BleachBit quickly frees disk space, removes hidden junk, and easily guards your privacy. Erase cache, delete cookies, clear Internet history, remove unused localizations, shred logs, and delete temporary files. Designed for Linux and Windows systems, it wipes clean 70 applications including Firefox, Internet Explorer, Flash, Google Chrome, Opera, Safari, Adobe Reader, APT, and more.
    Beyond simply deleting files, BleachBit includes advanced features such as shredding files to prevent recovery, wiping free disk space to hide traces of files deleted by other applications, and vacuuming Firefox to make it faster.

  7. Compression Software –
    sudo aptitude install unace rar unrar zip unzip p7zip-full p7zip-rar sharutils uudeview mpack lha arj cabextract file-roller
  8. DVDRip – allows you to rip a DVD, handy for getting a digital copy on your computer of your daughter’s choir concert.
    sudo apt-get install dvdrip
    sudo aptitude install libdvdcss2 && sudo /usr/share/doc/libdvdread4/./install-css.sh
  9. Filezilla FTP Client – cross-platform file transfer protocol client that works.
    sudo apt-get install filezilla
  10. Firefox –
    sudo aptitude install firefox
  11. Glipper Clipboard Manager –
    sudo aptitude install glipper
  12. The GIMP –
    sudo add-apt-repository ppa:matthaeus123/mrw-gimp-svn && sudo aptitude update
  13. KGPG – an encryption tool for GPG/PGP. Great for encrypting content
    sudo apt-get install kgpg
  14. DVD Libraries – Lets you do something with DVDs.
    sudo apt-get install libdvdcss2
  15. Mozilla Thunderbird
    sudo apt-get install thunderbird
  16. MP3 to Ogg Converter – Convert MP3 files in bulk to OGG format
    sudo apt-get install mp32ogg
  17. MSTCoreFonts – Get your favorite Windows fonts installed.
    sudo apt-get install mstcorefonts
  18. Non-free-codecs
  19. Sound Converter – a GUI sound converter program
    sudo apt-get install soundconverter
  20. TrueCrypt – Encrypt entire drives or create encrypted drive containers to store confidential information that you can interact with on Mac and Windows, as well as GNU/Linux.
  21. Restricted Extras
    sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras

    sudo aptitude install non-free-codecs libxine1-ffmpeg gxine mencoder mpeg2dec vorbis-tools id3v2 mpg321 mpg123 libflac++6 ffmpeg libmp4v2-0 totem-mozilla icedax tagtool easytag id3tool lame nautilus-script-audio-convert libmad0 libjpeg-progs libmpcdec3 libquicktime1 flac faac faad sox ffmpeg2theora libmpeg2-4 uudeview flac libmpeg3-1 mpeg3-utils mpegdemux liba52-dev

    sudo aptitude install gstreamer0.10-ffmpeg gstreamer0.10-fluendo-mp3 gstreamer0.10-gnonlin gstreamer0.10-pitfdll gstreamer0.10-sdl gstreamer0.10-plugins-bad-multiverse gstreamer0.10-schroedinger gstreamer0.10-plugins-ugly-multiverse totem-gstreamer

    sudo aptitude install gstreamer-dbus-media-service gstreamer-tools ubuntu-restricted-extras
    sudo aptitude install gsfonts gsfonts-x11 flashplugin-nonfree

  22. WINE – Allows you to run some Windows programs on your computer
    sudo apt-get install wine playonlinux
  23. VLC Media Player –
    sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-data vlc-dbg vlc-nox vlc-plugin-esd vlc-plugin-ggi vlc-plugin-jack vlc-plugin-pulse vlc-plugin-sdl vlc-plugin-svgalib

Some Useful Scripts:

1-Ubucleaner
Install Ubucleaner script to periodically clean out installation stuff you don’t need…usually a lot of left-over install packages that just take up space.

2-Nautilus Action – Wipe Files/Folders for Privacy
The purpose of this is to be able to right-click files or folders and WIPE them from your storage media. This is important when you’re dealing with confidential data that you want to ensure isn’t accessible if someone tries to recover data from your hard drive without your knowledge.

  1. Install Nautilus Actions – sudo apt-get install nautilus-actions
  2. Install Wipe – sudo apt-get install wipe
  3. Go to System:Preferences, then Nautilus Actions.
  4. Click ADD
  5. Follow the screenshots below….

Step 1 – Open Nautilus Action

Step 2 -Add a New Action and Customize it to Match the following two screenshots:


Click OK, then CLOSE out of Nautilus-Actions.

Right click on a file or folder that you want to WIPE, and you’ll see the WIPE option. Some suggest you do this after setting up WIPE at the command line.

nautilus -q
nautilus
press enter twice

I believe this quits, then restarts Nautilus so that changes take effect. Be warned that if you quit, the files on your Desktop will stop showing up until you reboot your computer.

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