- The first thing I missed when I switched to Linux was a decent
Nero replacement. I was actually surprised when this wasn’t installed
by default with LinuxMint, but it was not hard to find, BEHOLD -> Brasero. I do know about K3B, but when the gnome alternative is working so well, why go for a KDE app? - While we are in on the whole burning process, I think in it’s place to mention the very nice DVDshrink-”lookalike” called k9copy. Mmmmm, it smells like fresh-burning-backup-utility
- I do know it is possible to mount images in terminal, but it sucks, long live gui, and hence: ling live AcetoneICO2,
but wait…. f**k! it isn’t in the mint softwareportal. Well, you can
either install it through the package manager, or just write sudo aptitude install acetoneiso2 in the terminal.
(apparently this does not work very well, try gmountiso instead, write sudo aptitude install gmountiso
in terminal.) - The
second thing I needed for my Linux desktop was a
nice-little-user-friendly-bittorrent-client-with-lots-and-lots-of-options-for-my-torrents
(in other words, a uTorrent-replacement) And what do you know, another
KDE app is on my list, please welcome KTorrent . - Speaking of downloadingtools, the opensource alternative to limewire pro, Frostwire is nice to have. A great tool for getting those single songs you want so much.
(A
little note, some people are experiencing that you cant type anything
into the search field, don’t panic, there is a easy workaround here .-> ” Simple workaround is to click the “x” in the Community Chat tab, should give you back keyboard input.”) - I know Mplayer is installed, but I like VLC. Familiar from windows, and I can doubleclick for fullscreen (lame excuse i know, but I just like it better)
- For all my photos, I could use F-Spot, but I like Picasa better, This is not in the software portal either, so just download this .deb package and open it with GDebi (dubble click it after you downloaded it, n00b)
- I
am a real sucker for eye candy, so if there is one thing that I think
is really cool about Linux, it is compizfusion. But to play with this
gift from the heavenly gods, you need a control center. Softwareportal
doesn’t help us here either, so either you open your package manager,
or you type sudo aptitude install compizconfig-settings-manager in terminal. - Do you have a windows application that you need more than a transsexual needs a sex change? Then the glorious wine is your friend (some people prefer wine doors, nice gui…). It won’t run all windows apps, but it will help you with a lot of them. For games, check out Cedega
- The
last thing on my list is a a fine little mac-lookalike-app. Allow me to
introduce Cairo-Dock, an animated 2D launching dock much like the Mac
Dock. It isn’t the easiest thing to install, but people help with
precompiled .deb packages, nice thread about it on mintforums, the library files are made into a .deb file, and can be downloaded here (install this first), after you installed this, get your cairo-dock here.
After installing both .deb packages, you start cairo-dock with the command cairo-dock .
If you think this is too much of a hassle, try Avant, available in the softwareportal.
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