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So you feel you want to join all the cool people that runs linux on their box heh? Installing linux is one matter, Installing the application is another complex matters, isnt it obvious? linux is not for computer newbie. It takes times to learn and to understand the whole basic concept in linux operating system. However Ubuntu make it easier for you as everything is gnome’d for you.


Running Ubuntu without cool apps is not good thing to keep up with the world right? Here comes our friend Automatix in action. Automatix2 is a free graphical package manager for the installation, uninstallation and configuration of the most commonly requested applications in Debian based Linux operating systems.

So where is this Automatix resides?

Ok, after successful Installation, Automatix can be found in Applications –> System Tools on Ubuntu and Main Menu –> System
Automatix2 can be run from terminal as
automatix2 ( you must type this in the terminal lol)
Automatix2 can be removed as follows:
sudo apt-get remove automatix2 ( you must type this in the terminal lol)

With Automatix everything is made easy for you, there no need to worry about compatibilties,library and the command line installation. All you need is to click,install and enjoy what you think suitable for your pc. There’s a lot of software included and it will make your life a lot easier. Check out the list.

Burning and Ripping

1. Brasero (Advanced and user-friendly CD burning tool for Gnome)
2. DVD Ripper (a GTK based DVD ripping software)
3. Gnomebaker (The best GTK2 CD/DVD burning software)
4. k9copy (KDE based DVD backup software)
5. Ripper and Tuner (Streamtuner (Internet radio client) and Streamripper (rips Internet radio streams, configured by Automatix) )
6. xDVDshrink (Linux counterpart of DVDshrink) –> Package hosted and maintained by Automatix

Chat Clients

1. aMSN (MSN client with webcam support) –> Package hosted and maintained by Automatix
2. Gaim 2.0 beta6 (The latest version of a popular IM client compatible with YIM/MSN/AIM/Jabber etc)
3. GyachI (Yahoo Messenger client with voice and video support) –> Package hosted and maintained by Automatix
4. Skype (A free (as in free beer) Voice Over IP software) (32-bit for AMD64)
5. XChat (a popular IRC client)

Commercial Software

1. CrossOver Office Standard 6.0.1 (Allows you to run some Windows applications on Linux) (32-bit on AMD64)
2. CrossOver Office Professional 6.0.1 (Allows you to run some Windows applications on Linux) (32-bit on AMD64)
3. Desktop Multiplier 3.0 (software that turns one computer into ten) (i386 only)
4. Data Architect (professional database modeling tool) (i386 only)

Drivers

1. Lightscribe support for Linux (i386 only)
2. NDISWrapper (A driver wrapper that allows you to use Windows driver for network cards)
3. NVIDIA Driver (Installs NVIDIA drivers on select NVIDIA cards)

Email Clients

1. Checkgmail (A nifty system tray based gmail checker)
2. Korn (A KDE universal E-mail notifier for the panel (Works with Gmail too)
3. Mozilla Thunderbird (Email client)

Eye candy

1. Gdesklets (desktop eyecandy for Gnome)
2. Superkaramba (desktop eyecandy for KDE)

File sharing

1. aMule (P2P file sharing client)
2. Azureus (Java-based bittorrent client)
3. Bittornado (Gnome based bittorrent client)
4. DCPP (Linux Dc++ Client) –> Package hosted and maintained by Automatix
5. Deluge (bittorrent client) –> Package hosted by Automatix
6. Frostwire (P2P file sharing client (GPL clone of Limewire)) –> Package hosted and maintained by Automatix
7. Ktorrent (popular KDE bittorrent client) (i386 only)

Media Players and Editors

1. Audacious (a new fork of Beep Media Player)
2. Audacity (a versatile audio editor)
3. Avidemux (Video Editing Tool)
4. Beep Media Player (A classic winamp style audio player)
5. Democracy Player (internet TV player)
6. Easytag (A versatile mp3 tag editor)
7. Exaile (Amarok like Music Manager for Gnome)
8. Kino (Video editing Tool)
9. DVD Ripper (DVD ripper)
10. Listen Media Manager (Gnome based)
11. RealPlayer (Linux port of RealPlayer) (32-bit for AMD64)
12. Songbird (Music manager touted to be an iTunes killer)
13. Totem-xine (Media player for Gnome)
14. VLC Media Player
15. iLinux (free iLife alternatives (F-Spot/Banshee/Kino and assorted iPod libraries)

Miscellaneous

1. Automatix read/write NTFS and FAT32 mounter (Mounts all NTFS and FAT32 partitions for read write access)
2. Ctrl-Alt-Del (This configures Ctrl-Alt-Del to Open Gnome System Monitor (GNOME ONLY))
3. Debian Menu (Shows all installed applications on your system)
4. Extra Fonts (Additional fonts and msttcorefonts)
5. KDE extras (a collection of KDE themes addons, icons, themes and kdeadmin)
6. Nautilus Scripts (Open Nautilus, and any file with gedit with a right click, as root (GNOME ONLY))
7. Slab (Novell’s “Slab” menu used in SLED 10)

Multimedia Codecs

1. AUD-DVD codecs (NON-FREE Audio and DVD codecs) (Installation of this option is illegal in the United States of America)
2. Flash Player (Adobe Flash Player plugin for Firefox) (Under Swiftfox Plugins option in AMD64)
3. MPlayer & FF plugin (MPlayer and Firefox plugin)
4. Multimedia Codecs (Commonly needed audio and video codecs)
5. SUN JAVA 1.6 JRE (Sun’s version 1.6 JRE & The Firefox plugin)
6. Swiftfox Plugins (Sun Java, Adobe Flash, Adobe Acrobat, MPlayer, RealPlayer, MS Fonts) (32-bit for AMD64)

Office

1. Acrobat Reader (Adobe Acrobat Reader and plugin for Firefox) (32-bit for AMD64)
2. GIMP (Free image manipulation software)
3. GnoCHM (GnoCHM is a CHM file viewer that is designed to integrate nicely with GNOME)
4. GnuCash (Money management software for GNOME)
5. Google Desktop (Popular desktop search application) (i386 only)
6. Google Earth (Satellite Earth imagery application from Google) (32-bit for AMD64)
7. Google Picasa (Photo editing application from Google) (32-bit for AMD64)
8. Kmymoney (A KDE money managing application)
9. Knode & Kilibido (KDE news reader and klibido a usenet binary grabber)
10. Krusader (A popular KDE file manager)
11. Kftpgrabber (FTP client for KDE)
12. Kweather (A KDE Panel weather applet)
13. OpenOffice Clipart (clipart in OpenOffice)
14. Xara Xtreme (powerful, general purpose graphics program) (i386 only)

Programming Tools

1. Anjuta (C/C++ IDE)
2. Aptana (Powerful Javascript IDE for AJAX applications) (i386 only)
3. Bluefish (HTML editor)
4. Developer Essentials (Essential developer tools) (AMD64 Only)
5. Eclipse (Open source IDE that supports various programming languages)
6. Gambas (IDE with a similar feel as Visual Basic) (i386 only)
7. GTK-RecordMyDesktop (Captures Audio/Video data of a GNOME desktop session)
8. Kile (Integrated LaTex IDE)
9. MonoDevelop (C#/Boo/Java/Nemerle/ILasm Development environment)
10. NetBeans 5.5 (Java IDE from Sun)
11. Screem (website development environment)
12. Scribus (Desktop Publishing software)
13. Stanis Python Editor (Python IDE)
14. Sun Java JDK 1.6

Utilities

1. Archiving Tools (Additional archiving tools (rar, unrar, ace, and 7zip))
2. Backup and Restore (A graphical backup and restore solution for Ubuntu (GNOME))
3. Beagle (A Mono-based search program)
4. Boot-up Manager (Easy configuration of startup and shutdown scripts and services)
5. Hamachi (Zero-conf VPN software) (i386 only)
6. GFTP (FTP client for GNOME with ssh capability)
7. Glipper (Gnome’s clipboard manager)
8. Gnome Security Suite (clamav antivirus and firestarter firewall)
9. GnomePPP (Graphical dialup connection tool (GNOME ONLY))
10. KDE Security Suite (Guarddog Firewall and Clam Antivirus)
11. Kftpgrabber (FTP client for KDE)
12. Liferea (A RSS reader for GNOME)
13. Truecrypt and Forcefield (Transparent volume encryption and its python interface) –> Packages hosted and maintained by Automatix

Virtualization

1. VirtualBox (OS emulating platform) (i386 only)
2. VMware Player (OS emulating platform)
3. Wine (runs some windows applications) (32-bit for AMD64)
4. VMware Server (OS emulating platform)

Web Browsers

1. Opera Browser (Opera Web Browser) (i386 only)
2. Swiftfox Browser (optimized Firefox browser for your specific CPU) (32-bit for AMD64)