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3 Things

First, Borne Ultimatum was a great movie. I still don’t particularly like the fighting scenes, though I think they were a bit better than in previous attempts. Instead of speeding up the action, they just used close shots and lots of cuts. I also think this series had a large effect on the direction the new Bond films are going - less cheese, which is great.

Second, I picked up some poison ivy over the weekend. It sucks.

Third, I just wanted to make a list of linux apps I use the most. I’m going to try installing Kubuntu, and I need to install these first:

    Internet Apps

  • firefox - web browser
  • konqurer - alternate web browser
  • azureus - torrents
  • gaim - instant messanger
    Office Apps

  • OpenOffice - word proccessor,etc
  • k/xpdf - pdf viewer
  • vi - text editor
  • kate - alternate text editor
  • kcalc - calculator
    Graphics

  • gimp - photoshop replacement
  • kuickshow - image viewer
  • ksnapshot - screenshot taker
    Multimedia

  • amarok - Music Player (BEST music player you’ll find on any OS
  • mplayer - Movie Player
  • k3b - CD/DVD Burner
    Games

  • wesnoth - real time strategy game
  • slash’em - dungeon crawl, nethack + lots of added stuff
    Software Development

  • zend studio - PHP IDE
  • kdiff3 - File comparer
  • xdebug - php debugger
  • kcachegrind - visual output from xdebug
  • APC - php cache
  • subversion - version control
    Server Software

  • ssh - ssh
  • postfix - mail server
  • apache - webserver
  • php - duh
  • postgres - database
  • mysql - database
  • vixie-cron - cron tool
  • cups - print manager
    Desktop Apps

  • ksmoothdock - emulates mac docking panel
  • vmware workstation - run other OS
  • krdc - remote desktop
  • konsole - command line
  • ksysguard - see what apps are running
  • kcolorchooser - pick a color off the screen to use in something else

I should probobly just setup my K menu with these apps, where appropriate, since they are all I ever use.

As side note, I also need to install these Firefox Extensions:

  • Adblock Plus
  • del.icio.us Bookmarks (the one from Yahoo!)
  • FasterFox
  • Firebug
  • QuickRestart
  • SwitchTool Proxy
  • YSlow

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