Lesser known Ubuntu desktop applications

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Published on 2010-05-07T07:14:29Z Indexed on 2010/05/07 7:18 UTC
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So, this Ubuntu software center comes with 100s of applications of all types.

In this version they have disabled rating, making it hard to find how good it is.

I found gnome-shell today, that seemed awesome. There are other ones, less well known, For eg, Abiword is far better than Open Office Org Word processor in many ways. (Altho' I dont like word processors themselves.)

What are the other less well known applications that you use and like. One application per answer.

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