Ubuntu Software Centre Adds 2 More ‘Featured’ Apps

By , Published February 24, 2010

Two more applications have been added to the ‘Featured’ section of the Ubuntu Software Centre in Ubuntu 10.04.

3D creation tool Blender and publication software Scribus join graphics favourite The GIMP and lightweight word processor Abiword.

With more applications yet to be added – what would you choose to sit alongside the above apps on the ‘Featured’ shelf?

Article originally appeared on omgubuntu.co.uk

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  • http://www.theonelike.me theonelikeME

    pidgin pino easytag

  • Frank

    Stellarium!

  • http://twitter.com/Heimpjuh Heimen Stoffels

    Amarok of course :)
    But also Chromium :)

  • http://seifsallam.co.cc/ Seif Sallam

    Did you upgrade to Lucid or just using Virtual Machine?

  • http://www.thekiplingconspiracy.co.uk christiegrinham

    Thunderbird, Audacity, Inkscape

  • Anonymous

    i would choose emesene

  • http://www.webupd8.org Andrew

    I think you made a mistake… this was posted with yesterday’s date.

    • http://omgubuntu.co.uk/ d0od

      Doh. Thanks.

      It’s because i actually wrote this yesterday but there was a delay in it being pushed.

  • Anonymous

    Gnome-Do

  • none

    I love abiword, but it kind of replaces OOWriter, and I think it was stated that featured software should not duplicate software installed by default

  • Anonymous

    Actually, do we know what are the criteria, if any? I guess they’d not particularly want apps that just duplicate functionality. Abiword may be ok as it fits a different niche from Openoffice. This might mitigate against Thunderbird, but I’d really want it there, with Sunbird. VirtualBox too

  • Mohan

    So are the featured apps going to change according to stats of them being used by users?

  • Jay

    Yeah, I can understand not wanting to duplicate functionality here – i.e. Thunderbird, as much as I love it, maybe shouldn’t be in the featured shelf. I think Gnome-Do is a shoe-in. Maybe Miro also? Might also be a good idea to feature some accounting software (GNUcash/HomeBank) though neither of those is really worthy of a feature slot…it’s just that those are essential for some people.

  • Crazy Andy

    Gnome Do.

  • Anonymous

    i will suggest Shutter
    it is so so nice and very flexible and easy to use
    also i would suggest xaornal
    also an application for synchronising files between folders in the same machine i know there is many but i dont know which is the best

  • http://orkutcidio.deliriocoletivo.org Peterson Espaçoporto

    Pidgin, Inkscape, Sound Converter, Cheese…

    OMG::: FROZEN-BUBBLE !! =D

    • http://www.yatsite.blogspot.com/ L4Linux

      Sound Converter is an absolute must!

    • http://pensieriacoriandoli.blogspot.com/ Giorg

      +1 Frozen Bubble!! What’s your nick in net game? I’m Qfwfq…

      • http://orkutcidio.deliriocoletivo.org Peterson Espaçoporto

        It’s been a loooong time since I don’t play online, but I guess I was rev_peterson when I briefly did…

        Mostly I play it locally with friends when we get together at someone’s house =D

  • http://www.trifunovic.me Nikola Trifunović

    Eclipse IDE,one of the best programs for software development !

  • hugmyballs

    gthumb, pdfshuffler.

  • raducu

    Geany. Geeqie. Avidemux. qgo.

  • Anonymous

    Who will win the featured video app slot?

    Openshot? Cinellerra for it’s pro features?

  • Raptor

    Gnome-Do, Chromium, Banshee, Pidgin…

  • Anonymous

    openshot, pidgin, inkscape, miro, cheese

  • Anonymous

    this are not png-icons in the right row, right!? strange look

  • daas88

    chromium, gnome-do, emesene, ubuntu restricted extras, deluge, compiz config settings manager.

  • Anonymous

    pidgin
    deluge

  • Anonymous

    pidgin
    deluge

  • http://www.networkmonitorblog.com/ Klas Bernehjält

    Docky for sure! I’d like to see it as a default choise under appearance.

  • Tarabaz

    MyPaint and Inkscape

  • Tarabaz

    MyPaint and Inkscape

  • Anonymous

    Me Maker. Skype Beta, Home Bank, AllTray, Keepass, Boxee Beta, Facebook (Prizm), Last.fm client, WINE, PlayOnLinux, Songbird, GTKPod…etc. etc.

  • Anonymous

    ubuntu restricted extras, audacity, gnome-do

  • Pixeltwister

    Inkscape

  • http://dylanmccall.blogspot.com/ Dylan McCall

    Delighted to see Blender in there (now if only we had a time machine so that could be version 2.6).

    I think Lyx would be another good one, since it is a really easy but extremely enlightening thing to play with. Someone may not know to look for it, really, but after some exploration may learn that the LaTeX approach to writing documents fits them better than the Microsoft Works approach.

  • Anonymous

    My Installation of blender in not working, using Ubuntu 10.04, I even installed it from the bz2 tar. What is happing with that is not the only program that doesn’t work on my system.