Here are some of our favorites.
Number 5: GWoffice
GWoffice is a Google Docs Client, made by +Tom Beckmann.
You can create a new document, spreadsheet or presentation, or you can open an existing one. You can also download your work and delete it. GWoffice will also show who can view the document: everyone, or just you?
You can also make tabs, just like in every other web browser.
To install open up the terminal and type in:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:tombeckmann/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gwoffice
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install gwoffice
Number 4: Foto (album manager)
The Foto Album manager, written by Erasmo Marin, lets
you, manage all your photos and create albums. Because it's still in development, it's not good at handling big files and it sometimes crashes.
To install it, type into the terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:erasmo-marin/foto-daily-builds
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install foto
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install foto
Number 3: Agenda
Agenda is a little tiny app, which lets you make
quick to-do lists. If
you are done with them, you can click on the check box, and boom, the
task is not there anymore.
To install it, type into the terminal:
sudo apt-add-repository ppa:agenda-developers/daily
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install agenda-tasks
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install agenda-tasks
Number 2: Eidete
Eidete is a super simple screen recording app, written by
Tom Beckmann, which lets you record your whole desktop or just
parts of it. The quality of the videos are
fairly good.
To install it, type into the terminal:
sudo apt-get install eidete
Number 1: Birdie
Birdie is a super sexy Twitter-Client written by Ivo
Nunes and Vasco Nunes. Daniel Fore and Mustapha Asbbar made the
design. This Client can do everything you want a twitter-client to do:
- Tweeting (pictures are automatically uploaded to imgur)
- Replying
- Re-Tweeting
- Favoriting Tweets
- Showing your Mentions
- Showing your PM's
- Showing your profile
- Searching
- Picture display
apt-add-repository ppa:birdie-team/stable
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install birdie
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install birdie
Want more 3rd-party apps? Check out this list.