Install usefull tools

copyq

A real good clipboard manager is copyq. You can use it on multiply operating system like windows and of course linux. So here the short description how to install this tool on ubuntu.

sudo apt install copyq

For detailed information go to the official guide to install copyq:

• copyq-Installation Guide official

KVM/Virt-Manager

KVM is the Linux kernel's own virtualization. So it's the most stable and universal virtualization option for Linux systems. Follow the official guide to install if you are not familiar with KVM:

• KVM-Installation Guide official

For my installation(ubuntu 18.04) i used the following commands:

sudo apt-get install qemu-kvm libvirt-bin ubuntu-vm-builder bridge-utils

sudo adduser `id -un` kvm

For install Virt-Manager install it with the following command:

sudo apt-get install virt-manager

screenshot tools

A good screenshot tool is shutter. You can install it with the following command:

sudo apt-get install shutter

Here is a good overview of all screenshot tools

hdd tools

Disk Usage Analyzer, formerly known as Baobab. You can install it with the following command:

sudo apt-get install baobab

Here some help and other tools for analyse the hard drive

gimp

Gimp is one of the best image editing tool. You can install it with the following command:

sudo apt-get install gimp

You can also add locale specific language for instance german with the following command:

sudo apt-get install gimp-help-de language-pack-gnome-de

Add some usefull packages with the following command:

sudo apt-get install gimp-dcraw gimp-gap gimp-gutenprint 

sudo apt-get install gimp-ufraw  

And last but not least add the plugin registry with the following command:

sudo apt-get install gimp-plugin-registry 

Here is a detailed description(in german)

LXDE Settings links

• LXDE Settings(in german)

Shotwell

• Shotwell(in german)

squirrel-sql

For install follow the steps described in the project page

Hint for desktop file from squirrel-sql

In the last version of squirrel-sql on ubuntu the icon from the desktop file could not be rendered. The solution of this problem is to change the icon file suffix from .ico to .png in the desktop file in path ~/.local/share/applications

jedit

• Show tabs instead of the dropdown => install plugin BufferTabs