Nov 052008
In response to the current meme, here is what I do after I install/re-install a system.
1. Enable Medibuntu repos.
2. Enable Dropbox repo.
3. Install the follow extras.
sudo apt-get install htop powertop nautilus-open-terminal ubuntu-restricted-extras w32codecs banshee skype nautilus-dropbox ttf-liberation community-themes filezilla mplayer revelation
- htop – great process monitor
- powertop – Program to analyze power consumption on Intel-based laptops. Usually gets me a hour or so of extra battery life.
- nautilus-open-terminal – Open terminal on desktop with a right click.
- ubuntu-restricted-extras and w32codecs – Flash and other non-free viewers and codecs.
- banshee – My favorite music/media player for Linux.
- skype – VOIP Client
- nautilus-dropbox – Dropbox online storage application.
- ttf-liberation – Free font from RedHat, easy on the eyes.
- community-themes – A set of nice themes from Ubuntu 8.10.
- filezilla – GTK ftp/sftp program.
- mplayer – media player.
- revelation – Great password vault.
4. Configure a dark theme. I currently like Dust (from the community-themes package) and Shiki-Colors.
I’m also installing OpenOffice 3.0, but I would not advise that to Ubuntu newbies for now.
Continue the discussion at this forum thread.
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Here’s what I do: http://lamerk.org/lcars
BTW, What’s wrong with OpenOffice 3.0? I have no problems with it. Also, I would really advise people to use aptitude these days. Of course, I have apt-get aliased to aptitude in my .bashrc.
Try out Conky!
http://conky.sourceforge.net/
It’s much more better than Htop.
There is nothing wrong with OpenOffice 3.0 (I have not had any problem), but I not sure it is a good idea for a Ubuntu newbie to change key components of Ubuntu install.
Hmmm… OK. I thought it was the easiest install ever. Just add a PPA. But you are probably right…
revelation appears to essentially have a dead upstream.
And that’s going to be a problem moving forward as it needs to be ported to using the new gvfs framework instead of the older gnomevfs stuff.
If you really like it, you should talk to your distribution maintainer about helping revive the upstream effort… or start looking for a new application to use in its stead.
Distribution maintainers of revelation, including myself, should get together and try to decide what to do about resurrecting upstream…or start thinking about removing this application from repository offerings.
-jef
Jef,
I sent your comments to Jorge Castro (jorge(AT)ubuntudotcom), who work with Upstream projects on the Ubuntu Community Team.
I have had the same concerns about Upstream projects dying in a distribution.
Mike,
I have recently found Dropbox and I LOVE it! Do you buy a subscription, or just use the free 2 GB?
Tristan
I pay for the 50GB for $9.99. I rather just pay for 20GB for something like $5.
I would like to use Revelation, since it is more tied into Gnome. But with a dead upstream and no import ability to get my KeePassX, I’ll stick with KeePass (even though it uses KDE libraries).
Thanks for the tip on the community-themes package! I didn’t realize it existed– now I’m excited to give some of them a try.
Hey thanks for the info. Great site!