Which Application does what.
The listing below can be installed either by Synaptic or the Terminal.
If you have not yet heard of Synaptic, it is a package manager that lists all the applications on your system. You can install, remove or reinstall your packages from here. Also, you can configure your repositories within this manager.
Beforehand, we can add the medibuntu repository from within the terminal:
Type in (or copy and paste) the following:
sudo -E wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list && sudo apt-get --quiet update && sudo apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && sudo apt-get --quiet update
The term 'su' and 'sudo' means you are acting as the 'super user' and will ask for your root password here.
If you are on a fresh install, we can add Synaptic to our system now:
sudo apt-get install synaptic
While we are here and you are happy with using the terminal:
sudo apt-get install ubuntu-restricted-extras
(if you have not done so during the install)
also we now now need:
sudo apt-get compizconfig-settings-manager
Now we have Synaptic it can be accessed from the Dash Home button at the top of the left hand bar on the desktop.
Dash Home > System > Synaptic
You will be asked for your root password before running.
Now we are running Synaptic, you can add further repositories via the 'Settings' button at the top of the page. this will depend on what your requirements are, if you want to have 'proposed' updates then you can add them here.
You can now just check the applications you wish to download, there are sections available for the type of application you want to install. A simpler way is to use the search facility and just type the word in.
Recommended for writing websites are:
Kompozer - for writing html pages.
Filezilla - for uploading your pages via ftp.
Gimp (plus the available extras) - for graphic manipulation.
Multimedia and associated apps should include:
vlc - sox - ripperx - libdvdcss2 - acidrip - banshee - dvdrip - ffmpeg
There are many, many applications relating to all areas of multimedia, just search for mp3, mp4, mpeg, video, dvd, .. and so on.
For Internet browsing, Firefox is installed by default, however, Chromium is an exceptional browser and is highly recommended.
Email - again, it is down to personal choice, mutt, thunderbird, sylpheed, ... try them all and pick a favourite.
Fancy a go at Cryptography? type 'gpg'
gcipher - enigmail - gnugp-agent - libcrypt-gpg-perl - python-gnupginterface - mailcrypt
A last word about the emailer called Mutt. This runs from the command line and is a Linuxfx favourite (also the emailer on the SDF), if you fancy a go install the following:
mutt - mutt-patched - abook - urlview - lbdb - 2vcard - muttprint - muttprofile
To run mutt, simply open the terminal and type in mutt.
There is more, under the hood it is running from a file called muttrc, this is a dotted out (invisible) file in your home directory.
ctrl+h will show all your hidden files.
To access your pop email then your muttrc file will need editing. Right click and open with gedit.
The following is an edited version of a config file and may be used as a starting block.
#sample muttrc file
set mbox_type=maildir
set mbox="~/mail/inbox/"
set spoolfile="~/mail/inbox/"
set folder="~/mail/"
set record="~/mail/sent/"
set postponed="~/mail/postponed/"
# Unset Marking Mails Old
unset mark_old
# Cancel a message when subject is blank
set abort_nosubject=yes
# Set default editor
set editor="emacs"# ... or nano can be used as an alternative
set copy # Keep copies of outgoing mail...
set record=+outbox # ... and it gets saved in =outbox.
# Automatically include message when replying
set include=ask-yes
# Asks to postpone a message when not sent
set postpone=ask-yes
# Ask before printing
set print=ask-yes
# Delete messages without asking when Mutt is quit
set delete=yes# your preference here
# Add an item for each mailbox
mailboxes ~/mail/inbox
mailboxes ~/mail/ * add additional boxes here
mailboxes ~/mail/postponed
mailboxes ~/mail/outbox
mailboxes ~/mail/sent
# Show only important fields in the header
ignore *
unignore from resent-from reply-to x-mailer user-agent date to cc subject
# mail send options
set sendmail="/usr/sbin/ssmtp"
# Save copies of outgoing e-mail
set record="=sent"
# My email address
set pop_user=" * your username here"
# My email account password
set pop_pass="* your password here"
# ctrl-n, ctrl-p to select next, prev folder
# ctrl-o to open selected folder
bind index \CP sidebar-prev
bind index \CN sidebar-next
bind index \CO sidebar-open
bind pager \CP sidebar-prev
bind pager \CN sidebar-next
bind pager \CO sidebar-open
# Order for display of the header fields
hdr_order From: Resent-From: Reply-To: X-Mailer: User-Agent: Date: To: Cc: Subject:
# sort messages by thread
set sort=threads
# Automatically quote message in reply
set include=yes
# Set quotemark to 1 byte
set indent_str="> "
# Only show the body when I edit a message
unset edit_headers
# set up mutt so i can run fetchmail at any time by pressing G
macro index G "!fetchmail\n" "Invoke fetchmail"
macro pager G "!fetchmail\n" "Invoke fetchmail"
# tell mutt about my mailing lists
subscribe debian-user
# set from to ensure mutt doesn't put user@localhost.localhost
set from="* your email address goes here "
set use_from=yes
set envelope_from="yes"
# set realname
set realname="* your name here"
# # set some coloring for easier mail reading
# Color messages
#color index brightyellow default ~N
#color index brightred default ~D
# Collapse old messages
set collapse_unread=no
folder-hook . 'push <collapse-all>'
#set pop url
set pop_host="pop://* your pop host goes here"
set pop_delete=yes#Delete from server after downloading?
# Set smtp url
set smtp_url="smtp://* your smtp server goes here"
# Use abook with Mutt
set query_command="abook --mutt-query '%s'"
macro index a "|abook --add-email\n" 'add sender to abook'
macro pager a "|abook --add-email\n" 'add sender to abook'
# View URLs inside Mutt
macro index \cb "|urlview\n"
macro pager \cb "|urlview\n"
#Using GPG with Mutt
set pgp_decode_command="gpg %?p?--passphrase-fd 0? --no-verbose --batch --output - %f"
set pgp_verify_command="gpg --no-verbose --batch --output - --verify %s %f"
set pgp_decrypt_command="gpg --passphrase-fd 0 --no-verbose --batch --output - %f"
set pgp_sign_command="gpg --no-verbose --batch --output - --passphrase-fd 0 --armor --detach-sign --textmode %?a?-u %a? %f"
set pgp_clearsign_command="gpg --no-verbose --batch --output - --passphrase-fd 0 --armor --textmode --clearsign %?a?-u %a? %f"
set pgp_encrypt_only_command="pgpewrap gpg --batch --quiet --no-verbose --output - --encrypt --textmode --armor --always-trust --encrypt-to 0xC9C40C31 -- -r %r -- %f"
set pgp_encrypt_sign_command="pgpewrap gpg --passphrase-fd 0 --batch --quiet --no-verbose --textmode --output - --encrypt --sign %?a?-u %a? --armor --always-trust --encrypt-to 0xC9C40C31 -- -r %r -- %f"
set pgp_import_command="gpg --no-verbose --import -v %f"
set pgp_export_command="gpg --no-verbose --export --armor %r"
set pgp_verify_key_command="gpg --no-verbose --batch --fingerprint --check-sigs %r"
set pgp_list_pubring_command="gpg --no-verbose --batch --with-colons --list-keys %r"
set pgp_list_secring_command="gpg --no-verbose --batch --with-colons --list-secret-keys %r"
set pgp_autosign=yes
set pgp_sign_as= *Your GPG signature goes here
set pgp_replyencrypt=yes
set pgp_timeout=1800
set pgp_good_sign="^gpg: Good signature from"
Once open hit 'c' and scroll back to enter your pop server. e.g pop://mail.name.com
To learn more and perhaps tweak the above file for your own requirements, below are a selection of informative websites.
http://www.mutt.org/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutt_(e-mail_client)
http://wiki.mutt.org/?MuttGuide
