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MyFav Apps in Ubuntu

Hi friends, in this post I am posting the list of  my favorite applications in Ubuntu. 1. Geany  :             Geany  is a lightweight cross-platform text editor and an  IDE known for its speed and  supports the following Program Languages C,Java, Javascript, PHP, HTML, CSS, Python, Perl, Ruby, Pascal and Haskell .            I have tried Anjuta, Eclipse CDT, CodeBlocks etc but I am satisfied with Geany. Download :  http://www.geany.org/Download/Releases 2. VLC media Player :               VLC is a  free  and  open source  cross-platform multimedia  player  and  framework , that plays most multimedia files as well as DVD, Audio CD, VCD, and various streaming protocols.  Download:  http://www.videolan.org/vlc/download-ubuntu.html 3. Tasque :             The best To-do List manager AFAIKW. I tried different Applications like kompozer, makagiga,..etc but this suits me best.  Tip: You can add Tasque in Your Startup Applications if you want just by going to "System ~

Installing Git in Ubuntu 10.10 (Maveric Meerkat)

    What is Git?   Git is a  Distributed Version Control Systems (DVCS)  is a system for  software   revision control . was initially developed by Linus Torvalds. For other blah blahs .. visit GIT . Follow these steps for installing git: 1. Create a free or Premium Github account      https://github.com/plans 2. After you login on the right side of the page there will be a small button named      'New Repository' click that button and in the new page fill the appropriate     details and click 'Create Repository'.       3. New Page will appear like as shown below (Don't close it just minimize it):       4. Now lets configure our Hackbox. Download the git.tar.bz2 package from      http://git-scm.com/ 5. Extract the package and navigate to it and do      >./configure      >sudo make install 6. Check the installation by typing      >git version      git version 1.7.3.2 7. Generating SSH keys(Github needs it):     In the terminal type   >ssh-