Favourite Apps

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Ok being fairly nubbish to linux the first thing i found daunting was the vast choice of applications available to linux users.
What are your favorites ?
What applications have caused you headaches trying to install , find or even run. What problems have you encountered using the Terminal ?
Whats the biggest obstacle you feel you've had to overcome making the switch from a M$ win32 based operating system to *nix* ........ One recent problem i encountered was trying to figure how to use my *nix* box for everyday tasks such as FTP transfer after searching through the repositories i found that all FTP based applications on Ubuntu are server based with none offering a GUI based upload only .. this was overcome by installing Fire Ftp for Mozilla .....

Come on jackanorys tell us your stories

PS. Bacon i know theres a better more suitable application I'm not aware of until you post a reply stating that the path I've taken is not the preferred choice and that you know a "better" way ...

[Vladd44]

i found that all FTP based applications on Ubuntu are server based with none offering a GUI based upload only .. this was overcome by installing Fire Ftp for Mozilla

FileZilla should be in Ubuntu's respository or you can download it from here and compile it for your version, but honestly most of the time I use fireFTP as well.

I like Ktorrent but I would rather find a Gnome Specific solution eventually.

And I still haven't found a good alternative to notepad++. It runs in wine, but it is not the same, I lost some of my favorite features.

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FileZilla i may have overlooked, reading through the repositories is quite some task when you don't know 90% of the software names , functions or usability ... as far as a BT client I'm only using the laptop for *nix* at this point and it has no media of any form it's an anti procrastination toy . N++ is a very cool proggie but i've only just started with it on the M$ system am running . As it stands the only reason i haven't made the switch completely is because if i break a Win32 system i know i can fix it .... With *nix* I'd be Google reliant ..

[bacon665]

LOL ilu2 E , multimedia i suggest video lan client seeing as it has more functionality then winamp plus is capable of shoutcast tv/radio and can support winamp skins.
can also be configured to work with many tv cards. only problem is the dependencies. usually requires a shitload.

office.
star office ( if you can obtain it for free cause ur a student)
if not open office works great.
the gimp is good alternative for paint.
CUPS (common unix print system) <-- no explanation needed
mozilla thunderbird (email)

games:
no1 needs games but you can waste your life on second-life.

desktop environment
xfce less ur special.

package managers.
do yourself a favor E get yum ( the yellow dog update manager)

web browser
firefox ...ofc
ELinks (text based browser comes in handy when you screw up when f**k around in runlevel 3)

others
http://sourceforge.net/projects/burst-plus/
flash torrent
cause vladd not everyone uses kde or wants to install the gnome xfce compatibility shit.
torrentvolve is also good claims to be PHP driven but how its dependent on php is beyond me.
http://sourceforge.net/projects/torrentvolve/

rat poison
http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/
another good window manager.

and um yer if u need anything else lemme know.