Ubuntu Feisty Fawn was released today! You can find the upgrade instructions here and the trusted starters guide is already available at ubuntuguide.

Keyboard Freeware Utilities :

1. automatically send defined keystrokes : keyboard shortcuts
2. easily enter unicode characters : character map
3. remap the keyboard : xkeycaps

This is a list of tools that are available in, at least, Ubuntu 6.10 (Edge Eft).

Internet Freeware Utilities :

1. backup mozilla (firefox/thunderbird) browser profile : *
2. blog from the desktop : blogtk
3. create a single page html of all firefox bookmarks : built-in
4. create/edit html files / website : bluefish
5. create/edit xml files : conglomerate
6. download a file via a torrent / p2p site : built-in / azureus
7. download an entire website : gwget
8. download manager for internet downloads : gwget / d4x
9. encrypt email messages : seahorse
10. ftp multiple sites simultaeously : gftp
11. ftp files securely : gftp
12. log into an internet-connected computer from another : ssh (command line)
13. manage passwords : revelation
14. manage/resume file downloads : gwget
15. monitor bandwidth usage : gdesklets
16. read my RSS feeds : liferea
17. remove all html tags from a file to make a into text file : html2txt (command line)
18. remove dead (404) bookmarks : Bookmarks LinkChecker +
19. safely browse the web : firefox
20. search the web from the browser : built-in firefox
21. tune-up firefox browser : fasterfox +

This is a list of tools that are available in, at least, Ubuntu 6.10 (Edge Eft).

* these can be created easily with shell/perl scripting, but the purpose is to find ready-to-use apps.
+ these can be found on the FireFox Add-ons page

Information/Fun/Misc Freeware Utilities :

1. convert units of measures : units
2. find word meanings and synonymns : gnome dictionary
3. see 3d space simulation : celestia(-gnome)
4. solve a scientific calculation : galculator / rcalc
5. solve equations and plot graphs : euler
6. zoom onto the Earth from space : google earth

This is a list of tools that are available in, at least, Ubuntu 6.10 (Edge Eft).

Graphics/Images/Photographs Freeware Utilities :

1. convert images into various formats : gimp
2. create a flash-based animated how-to/tutorial : istanbul (only to theora ogg)
3. create a web photo album and slideshow from my photographs. : gthumb
4. create icons : gimp / gnome-iconedit
5. create thumbnails of images : gthumb
6. draw charts/graphs in 2D/3D from data : OpenOffice / gnuplot / plotdrop
7. draw diagrams : dia
8. edit an image : gimp
9. find the color of any pixel : gimp
10. magnify image to pixel level : gimp
11. manage galleries of photographs : gthumb / f-spot
12. paint creatively : gimp
13. paint creatively (for kids) : tuxpaint
14. pick a color from a pallette : gimp / agave
15. remove unnecessary information from a jpeg file : exiv2
16. stitch together multiple photographs : gimp
17. view images in an album folder : gthumb

This is a list of tools that are available in, at least, Ubuntu 6.10 (Edge Eft).

Financial Freeware Utilities :

1. manage personal finances : grisbi / gnucash

This is a list of tools that are available in, at least, Ubuntu 6.10 (Edge Eft).

Files and Folders Freeware Utilities :

1. access files remotely : places - connect to server
2. archive (zip) files : archive manager
3. backup/mirror a folder on another drive : nautilus copy
4. change file-date on multiple files : touch (command line)
5. compare two text files and find difference or merge them : meld
6. create a self-extracting compressed files archive for a list of files : upx-ucl (command line)
7. display size/space of folders on a drive : nautilus
8. encrypt a file : seahorse
9. find/delete duplicate files : fdupes (command line)
10. keep various versions of a file : storebackup (command line)
11. list all files in a directory/folder in a text/html file : *
12. locate a file on the hard drive : places - search
13. perform muliple operations on files/folders : *
14. rename multiple files : renamutils (command line)
15. search file/text on the computer : deskbar
16. search and replace text in multiple files : *
17. upload/download using FTP : gftp
18. upload/download using TFTP : gftp
19. use GMail to store some files : gmailfs
20. view all text files in a folder : *

This is a list of tools that are available in, at least, Ubuntu 6.10 (Edge Eft).

* these can be created easily with shell/perl scripting, but the purpose is to find ready-to-use apps.