Just a quick list of top-quality Ubuntu software that you may or may not have heard about. \u00a0In no particular order. \u00a0Many are installable from the repository, while others might require a little google\/search for their PPA (I’ve kicked you off with a link for each). \u00a0This post revolves around Ubuntu 10.04 – the Lucid Lynx.<\/p>\n
1. Handbrake<\/a>. \u00a0This allows you to rip your DVDs into MP4 format for viewing on any H264 compatible device, such as Sony PSP or Android phone. \u00a0The interface is very slick and easy and it will take advantage of multiple cores to speed up the process.<\/p>\n 2. \u00a0Remmina<\/a>. \u00a0This is an RDP and VNC client. \u00a0You can use it to connect to Windows terminal services (RDP) or Ubuntu (VNC) remote desktops. \u00a0It also supports Avahi which is like a local-network autodiscovery of these services. \u00a0It can also use SSH if required. \u00a0What really makes this stand out though is the beautiful interface for launching these sessions.<\/p>\n 3. Deluge<\/a>. \u00a0A superb alternative to Transmission, this superlative client can also run in a client\/server mode which is supremely easy to set up. \u00a0Simply run Deluge on the server in “server” mode, then run the same package on your laptop in “client” mode, connecting to the server. \u00a0Thereafter, anything you kick off on your laptop will actually start downloading on your server. \u00a0Close your laptop and everything just keeps ticking over on your server. \u00a0Superb functionality and beautifully realised.<\/p>\n 4. jBrout<\/a>. \u00a0If you have a lot of photos and struggle to categorise them, this is the software for you. \u00a0The idea is that you create tags for your collection (people, place names, things, etc) and then you drag those tags onto the pictures. \u00a0What stands this software out from the rest is that while many other programs will then create a database to store these tags in (which you’ll lose if you re-install, sit at another PC and so on), jBrout will actually edit the photo, adding the tags into the Exif details of that photo. \u00a0 Never lose your hard work again! \u00a0I’ve written more about jBrout in an earlier post<\/a>.<\/p>\n