Apps and Utilities for Ubuntu

Now so many people are using Ubuntu but some of them don't know the applications present and their use in Ubuntu. Now in this article we will discuss about few of them.

Browsers:

Well we have different browsers for Ubuntu and they are Firefox, Opera, Chromium, Google chrome, Midori, and also a text based browser which runs in terminal. The text based browser will let you enter the website very quickly than that of the others, but the only problem is that you won't be able to see any images, flash files, videos e.t.c. but can download any thing from the website you are visiting.

Download Managers:

There are several download managers for Ubuntu.

1. Multi Get:

It is a GTK-based free-standing download manager utility for Ubuntu. You can get it from the website or also through the Terminal by using the below commands in your Terminal.

sudo apt-get install multiget

2. Pan:

Pan is a Gnome-based Usenet reader and nzb binary downloader for Ubuntu. You can install it through the Terminal by using the below commands in the Terminal:

sudo apt-get install pan

3. Kwooty:

Kwooty is a Usenet reader and nzb binary downloader for KDE4. Installation instructions from source or PPA repositories are at the website.

Video conferencing utilities:

There are several Video conferencing utilities for Ubuntu.

1. Ekiga:

Ekiga is a SIP compliant fully functional open source integrated VOIP and videoconferencing program. To install it use the following commands in the Terminal:

sudo apt-get install ekiga

2. Skype :

Skype is a proprietary integrated VOIP and video conferencing program similar to Ekiga. For the instructions to install it please follow the instructions prescribed:

For 64-bit versions of Ubuntu through Terminal:

sudo apt-get install ia32-libs lib32asound2 libqt4-core libqt4-gui

Then download and install the current Skype .deb package from the Skype website:

wget -O skype_ubuntu-current_amd64.deb http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-64

sudo dpkg -i skype-ubuntu-current_amd64.deb

sudo rm skype-ubuntu-current_amd64.deb

For 32-bit versions of Ubuntu:

wget -O skype-ubuntu-current_i386.deb http://www.skype.com/go/getskype-linux-beta-ubuntu-32

sudo dpkg -i --force-architecture skype-ubuntu-current_i386.deb

sudo rm skype-ubuntu-current_i386.deb

3. Wengophone:

Wengophone is an integrated VOIP and videoconferencing client available on many platforms. Download and install the older Wengophone Classic version (.deb package):

wget http://download.wengo.com/wengophone/rc/wengophone-0.958m-1.i386.deb

dpkg -i --force-architecture wengophone-0.958m-1.i386.deb

4.Team Viewer:

Team Viewer is a proprietary cross-platform package that enables up to 25 participants to share a desktop for online meetings and also provides a mechanism for users to control a PC remotely.

5. Web Huddle:

Web Huddle is a free, open source Java-based browser client (and server) for web meetings.To install it first install pre-requisites, including Java, JBOSS Application Server, and xvfb.

sudo apt-get sun-java6-jre jbossas4 xvfb

6. Asterisk VOIP PBX system:

Asterisk is an enterprise-grade, free open source PBX and telephony system for VOIP. To install it use the below commands:

sudo apt-get install asterisk