Lubuntu 20.04, the latest LTS version of Ubuntu using LXQt, is quite a great operating system. While the default desktop environment for Ubuntu, Gnome, is nice, LXQt is designed to be light and fast. This article will discuss the best software to install every time with Lubuntu 20.04 to give you the best experience using it.
I have the following list unformatted so that there are no formatting errors. I have put comments next to many using ‘#’ to explain what the software does.
apache2 #web server arandr #you need this software if you want to use multiple #monitors chromium-browser #the open source version of Google Chrome #browser clamav #A 100% open-source anti-virus software. Mainly I use #this to #check for Windows viruses. curl #software which can do all sorts of tests for web development deluge #a great bitorrent software dillo #a very basic web browser that does not render #javascript. #This should be much much faster browser than more mainstream ones #due to its simplicity elinks #a terminal-based browser espeak #speech synthesizer. A text-to-voice software fbreader #ebook reader fdupes #software for finding duplicate files filezilla #an FTP transfer software freeplane #An excellent mindmapping software gimp #a great alternative to Adobe Photoshop for professional level #graphics making/editing gnome-screenshot #In my opinion, this is the best screenshot #program in Ubuntu gparted #an excellent program that let’s you format drives like USB #drives ipython3 #interactive python3. My preferred terminal program to test #python. This #makes using python3 much easier. keepassx #password manager and password generator lynx #another terminal-based web browser mariadb-server #a mysql fork. This is necessary if you want to #run #WordPress or software needing #mysql mnemosyne #software to help you memorize things nodejs #a great server-side software usypsing Javascript npm #package manager for nodejs openvpn #Software you can use to connect to openvpn servers. php #software necessary for WordPress and is a great server-side programming language pinta #A good graphics editor pluma #a great text editor qemu #a libre virtual machine qemu-kvm #a much faster version of qemu. Called kvm because it is a #kernel virtual machine. shotwell #great program for seeing photos and doing slideshows of #them soundconverter #convert between wav, mp3, ogg and other file #types spyder #an excellent python3 IDE sshfs #software for transferring data to and from VPS. It uses SSH, so it is #much more secure than FTP. stopwatch #a stopwatch program thunderbird #a great email client made by Mozilla vinagre #software to control other computers via VNC virtualbox #another great virtual machine software whois #software to do whois searches on websites wine #software to run Windows software in Linux
You can install all of these pieces of software individually by typing
sudo apt install the_software_name
So, for example, if you wanted to install wine, you would type:
sudo apt install wine
If you prefer to install the list of software I have listed, all at once, here is a script I made to do just that (note that I removed the comments in that script.) First download the script. Then navigate to where you downloaded it in a terminal, then type:
sudo bash lubuntu_2004_software_to_install_every_time.sh
Is there any good software that you think I left out that you think I should include? Let’s discuss this in the comments below.