Software that I use that are not in the default install of ubuntu

Here is a load of software that I use a lot but that are not in the default install of ubuntu.
gwibber
I love gwibber I post to twitter, identica and facebook all at once which is nice.
gnome-blog
Ok this isnt the greatest program but it posts to wordpress with no trouble. Id love a save draft [...]

YAMP (Yet another Mono post) please end the debate

I just want to throw my size 10 and a half boot in on the whole Mono controversy.
First one link that some may have not seen
http://www.microsoft.com/interop/cp/default.mspx.
The community promise is legally binding. All that it contains is a promise that you can do whatever the hell you like with anything under it. If you sue Microsoft [...]

My views on KDE and Gnome

I am a Gnome guy I have always been but I have to say I recently started being annoyed by a few little things. I looked at KDE the one in the karmic repo I dont have a clue what version they are on now and im quite surprised. I had tried out KDE back [...]

Follow up on my gnome 3.0 post

I can mark a few of my points as done or at least being done as we speak.
If they replace rhythmbox and totem with banshee it would fix my point about having a unified media player like itunes or windows media player.
Gnome-Zeitgeist has file tags and makes it easier to access applications etc.
Shaking up the [...]