I recently bought a netbook and installed Ubuntu Netbook Remix. This is a list of my favorite applications I added to the default installation:
Graphics:
- GIMP: Image editor;
- Inkscape: SVG editor;
- gThumb: Image resizer;
- Xsane: Image scanner.
- pdftk: PDF editor.
Internet & Netwok:
- Skype: Landline caller;
- Samba: File and printer sharer.
Sound & Video:
- Audacity: Sound editor;
- RecordMyDesktop: Screen recorder;
- FFmpeg: Video editor;
- WinFF: FFmpeg frontend;
- VLC: Video player;
- Ubuntu-Restricted-Extras: Proprietary video, sound, flash formats.
Web Development:
- Apache: Web server;
- MySQL: Database;
- PHP: Script language;
- PhpMyAdmin: Database frontend;
- Drupal: CMS;
- ExtJS: JavaScript library;
- Firebug: Bug tracking for Firefox;
- FireFTP: FTP for Firefox;
- CVS, SVN, Git: Version-control system.
Language Support:
- Portuguese (language-support-pt);
- French (language-support-fr).
