Some Nice Programs on Ubuntu

Good page for various indicators for Ubuntu
  http://askubuntu.com/questions/30334/what-application-indicators-are-available

Listed are some of my favorite from above page, and how to install

System Load Indicator - a small indicator on top of screen for monitor CPU, memory, ...

  sudo apt-get install indicator-multiload

Shutter - screen capture tool

detail here >> http://www.noobslab.com/2012/02/install-shutter-screenshot-tool-on.html
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:shutter/ppa
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install shutter

Indicator Stickynotes - a sticky note on desktop

  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:umang/indicator-stickynotes
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install indicator-stickynotes

Sublime Text 2 - a text editor for coding

1. download tarball from http://www.sublimetext.com/2
2. uncompress file
  tar xf "Sublime Text 2.0.1 x64.tar.bz2"
3. move to /opt
  sudo mv "Sublime Text 2" /opt/
4. create symbolic link (to call from terminal using 'sublime')
  sudo ln -s /opt/Sublime\ Text\ 2/sublime_text /usr/bin/sublime
5. add launcher in Unity
  sudo sublime /usr/share/applications/sublime.desktop
6. paste following entry in above file
  [Desktop Entry]
  Version=1.0
  Name=Sublime Text 2
  # Only KDE 4 seems to use GenericName, so we reuse the KDE strings.
  # From Ubuntu's language-pack-kde-XX-base packages, version 9.04-20090413.
  GenericName=Text Editor
  
  Exec=sublime
  Terminal=false
  Icon=/opt/Sublime Text 2/Icon/48x48/sublime_text.png
  Type=Application
  Categories=TextEditor;IDE;Development
  X-Ayatana-Desktop-Shortcuts=NewWindow
  
  [NewWindow Shortcut Group]
  Name=New Window
  Exec=sublime -n
  TargetEnvironment=Unity
7. set Sublime as default text editor
  sudo sublime /usr/share/applications/defaults.list
  then replace all occurrences of gedit.desktop with sublime.desktop

Ubuntu Tweak 0.8 - to remove previous linux version from GRUB

detail here >> http://www.noobslab.com/2012/11/install-ubuntu-tweak-082-in-ubuntu.html
  sudo add-apt-repository ppa:tualatrix/ppa
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install ubuntu-tweak
After install Ubuntu Tweak, to remove "linux previous version" from GRUB list,
follow these steps
1. Start Janitor in Ubuntu Tweak, and click "Old Kernel"
2. Select old kernel (can select all), and click "Clean"
3. Restart Ubuntu, and "linux previous version" will disappear from GRUB list
detail here >> http://askubuntu.com/questions/28978/how-to-get-rid-of-multiple-linux-versions-in-grub-boot-menu

Google Chrome - Web Browser

detail here >> http://www.noobslab.com/2012/02/install-latest-google-chrome-on-ubuntu.html
1. download installation file from https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/?platform=linux
2. to install (for 64-bit)
  sudo apt-get install libnss3-1d libxss1
  cd Downloads
  sudo dpkg -i google-chrome-stable_current_amd64.deb

PDF Reader 9

  sudo apt-add-repository "deb http://archive.canonical.com/ $(lsb_release -sc) partner"
  sudo apt-get update
  sudo apt-get install acroread

WISH LIST

- ClassicMenu Indicator << Windows-like menu
   This is still beta version