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Introduction
There are many, many projects, thousands, in fact, available on Ubuntu to serve all sorts of needs. Here's an alphabetical list of the main applications available on Ubuntu.
(Note: this is currently a work in progress, so more programs will constantly be added)
Alphabetical List of Software Available on Ubuntu
A
[:AbiWord] (Word Processor)
[:Agave] (Color Schemer)
[:Amarok] (Music)
[:ArchiveManager:Archive Manager] (File Compression)
[:Automatix] (Software Installer for Non-Official Projects)
B
[:Baobab] (Disk Usage Analyser)
[:Blender] (3-D Modelling)
[:Brasero] (CD/DVD Writing)
C
[:Calculator]
[:CharacterMap:Character Map]
D
[:DeviceManager:Device Manager] ('HAL Device Manager', Hardware analysis)
[:Dia] (Diagrams)
[:Dictionary]
Disk Usage Analyser (See [:Baobab])
E
[:Epiphany] (GNOME Web Browser)
[:Evince] (Document Viewer)
[:Evolution] (Mail, Calendar, Contacts, Memos and Tasks Application)
[:EyeofGNOME] (eog: Image Viewer)
F
[:Firefox] (Web Browser from Mozilla)
[:Firestarter] (Configure Linux Firewall)
[:F-Spot] (Photo Management)
G
[:Gcolor2] (Color Picker)
[:GdMap] (Treemap/Visual representation of your Hard Drive)
[:GnuCash] (Financial Management)
[:GNUpaint] (gpaint: Simple Painting Program)
[:gThumb] (Image Viewer)
[:TheGIMP] (Complex Image Editing)
H
[:HardInfo] (Hardware Information and Report Generator)
I
[:ImageMagick] (Graphics Editing)
[:Inkscape] (Vector Graphics)
[:Istanbul] (Record desktop events to a video file)
J
K
[:K3b] (CD/DVD Disk Writing)
[:Kdissert] (Mindmapping/Brainstorming Application)
L
M
N
O
[:OpenOffice.org] (Office Suite)
P
[:Pan] (Usenet Newsreader)
[:Picasa] (Photo management and intermediate-level editing)
Q
R
[:Revelation] (Password Creator and Manager)
S
[:Synaptic:Synaptic Package Manager] (Software Installer)
T
[:GnomeTerminal:Terminal]
[:Thunderbird] (Email Program from Mozilla)
[:TuxPaint] (Award-Winning Painting Application for Children)
U
V
W
X
[:XSane] (Scanner Application)
Y
Z
Other Sources for Information on Software
[http://www.gnomefiles.org/ GnomeFiles] - Categorizes, rates and lists Gnome-based software.
[http://www.kde-apps.org/ KDE-APPS.org] - Categorizes, rates, reviews and lists KDE-based software.
[http://www.osalt.com/ osalt.com] - Lists 'open-source' alternatives to proprietary software.
Background on FLOSS (Free, Libre, Open Source Software)
To better appreciate your software and how the world of FLOSS works - in development, support, communities, and so on - it helps to have some understanding of its background, its theoretical underpinnings and how it works in practise.
[http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/free-sw.html The Principle of Free Software]
[http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/philosophy.html Essays on the Philosophy of Free Software]
[http://www.opensource.org/ opensource.org]
[http://www.catb.org/~esr/halloween/ The Halloween Documents] - How Microsoft tried to market against FLOSS
[http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/ The Cathedral and the Bazaar] - An example of how FLOSS works in practise
[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux Wikipedia, 'Linux']