Make Them All Easy

Source: http://www.getautomatix.com/

Automatix is a graphical interface for automating the installation of the most commonly requested applications in Debian based linux operating systems.

Installing on (K,X)Ubuntu 6.06 i386,amd64 (Dapper)

Edit your sources.list:

sudo gedit /etc/apt/sources.list

from terminal. Add the following to your sources.list:

 deb http://www.getautomatix.com/apt dapper main

Now from terminal do the following:

wget http://www.getautomatix.com/apt/key.gpg.asc gpg --import key.gpg.asc
gpg --export --armor 521A9C7C | sudo apt-key add -

To finish off:

sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install automatix2

After successful Installation, Automatix can be found in Applications --> System Tools on Ubuntu and Main Menu --> System.

Now just choose the software you want (maybe non-free) to install and make your life easier. See, it contains almost all common tools in Windows.

Capabilities

1. Acrobat Reader (Adobe Acrobat Reader and plugin for Firefox 1.5)
2. AMSN 0.95 (MSN client with webcam support)
3. Amule (Latest version of a P2P file sharing client)
4. Archiving Tools (Additional archiving tools (rar, unrar, ace, and 7zip))
5. AUD-DVD codecs (NON-FREE Audio and DVD codecs) (Installation of this option is illegal in the United States of America)
6. Avidemux (Video Editing Tool)
7. Azureus (Installs Azureus bittorrent client)
8. Backup and Restore (A graphical backup and restore solution for Ubuntu (GNOME))
9. Beagle (A Mono-based search program)
10. Bittornado (Bittorent Client)
11. Boot-up Manager (Easy configuration of startup and shutdown scripts and services)
12. Checkgmail (A nifty gmail checker)
13. Ctrl-Alt-Del (This configures Ctrl-Alt-Del to Open Gnome System Monitor (GNOME ONLY))
14. DCPP (Linux DC++ client)
15. Debian Menu (Shows all installed applications on your system)
16. Democracy Player (Internet TV platform)
17. DVD Ripper (DVD ripper)
18. Extra Fonts (Additional fonts and msttcorefonts)
19. Flashplayer (Adobe Flash Player for FF)
20. Frostwire (P2P file sharing client (GPL clone of Limewire))
21. Gdesklets (eyecandy for Gnome)
22. Gaim 2.0 beta3 (The latest version of a popular IM client compatible with YIM/MSN/AIM/Jabber etc)
23. GFTP (FTP client for GNOME with ssh capability)
24. Gizmo Project (VoIP phone)
25. Gnomebaker (The best GTK2 CD/DVD burning software)
26. GnomePPP (Graphical dialup connection tool (GNOME ONLY))
27. GnuCash (Money management software for GNOME)
28. Google Earth (Satellite Earth imagery application from Google)
29. Google Picasa (Photo editing application from Google)
30. iLinux (iLife Alternative (Banshee, F-Spot, Kino))
31. Liferea (A RSS reader for GNOME)
32. Listen Media Manager (Latest version of a new media manager and player for GNOME)
33. Media Players (Totem-xine, VLC and Beep Media Player (with docklet))
34. MPlayer & FF plugin (MPlayer and Firefox 1.5 plugin)
35. Multimedia Codecs (Commonly needed audio and video codecs)
36. Multimedia Editing (Audio (Audacity) Video (Kino) and ID3 Tag (Easytag) editors)
37. Nautilus Scripts (Open Nautilus, and any file with gedit with a right click, as root (GNOME ONLY))
38. NDISWrapper (A driver wrapper that allows you to use Windows driver for network cards)
39. Network Manager (A program and menu applet that allows you to easily change networks)
40. NVIDIA Driver (Installs NVIDIA drivers on select NVIDIA cards)
41. Opera Browser (Opera Web Browser)
42. OpenOffice Clipart (clipart in OpenOffice)
43. Programming Tools (Anjuta (C/C++ IDE), Bluefish (HTML editor), Screem (web development), NVU (HTML editor)
44. RealPlayer (RealPlayer)
45. Rhythmbox (Latest version of Rhythmbox)
46. Ripper and Tuner (Streamripper (rips Internet radio streams) and Streamtuner (Internet radio client))
47. Security Suite (ClamAV AntiVirus and Firestarter Firewall)
48. Skype (A free (as in free beer) Voice Over IP software)
49. Slab (Novell's "Slab" menu used in SLED 10)
50. SUN JAVA 1.5 JRE (Sun's version 1.5 JRE & The Firefox plugin)
51. SUN JAVA 1.5 JDK (Sun's version 1.5 JDK (Most users DONT need this))
52. Swiftfox Browser (optimized Firefox browser for your specific CPU)
53. Swiftfox Plugins (Java, Flash, Acrobat, Mplayer, MS fonts)
54. Thunderbird 1.5 (Email client)
55. Wine (Installs Wine)
56. XChat (a popular IRC client)