Software Essentials in Ubuntu

After the release of version 8 of the linux distribution, Ubuntu, a couple of days back, we have a lot of posts going around with 'Top x Software for Ubuntu'.

One of them, which I felt agreeing to was by Shankar Ganesh (Five Softwares to Install in Ubuntu 8.04 Hardy Heron).

To be frank, such posts does not make any sense if you are going to follow them word to word. A set of software, about what you are going to install, is directly dependent on the kind of work you do. Just install what you want and skip what you don't want. That is the beauty of Linux - it is flexible.

But such posts do help you become aware of the softwares that you might want to consider for download and install.