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The Perfect Desktop – Ubuntu Studio 9.10

By Falko Timme

[ Thanks to Falko
Timme for this link. ]

“1 Preliminary Note

“To fully replace a Windows desktop, I want the Ubuntu Studio
desktop to have the following software installed: Graphics:

* The GIMP – free software replacement for Adobe Photoshop
* F-Spot – full-featured personal photo management application for
the GNOME desktop
* Google Picasa – application for organizing and editing digital
photos

Internet:
* Firefox
* Opera
* Flash Player 10
* FileZilla – multithreaded FTP client
* Thunderbird – email and news client
* Evolution – combines e-mail, calendar, address book, and task
list management functions
* aMule – P2P file sharing application
* Transmission BitTorrent Client – Bittorrent client
* Azureus/Vuze – Java Bittorrent client
* Empathy IM Client – multi-platform instant messaging client
* Skype
* Google Earth
* Xchat IRC – IRC client”

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