Script / Tool to install useful software after installing Linux 10.04

Ubuntu Linux comes pre-installed with most softwares for the day-to-day usage.
But there are some scenarios where you just want that bit extra to be configured automatically (or with just few clicks) when you install Ubuntu.

Andrew has come up with a wonderful script called Zenity which does just that. Whats more is that you can choose what to install and what to skip.

Some of the important software which can be installed are :

1. Pidgin
2. Wine
3. VLC Player
4. mPlayer
5. SMPlayer
6. Extra Multimedia codecs
7. Dropbox
8. Skype
9. 3 Dockers
10. Google Earth
11. Google chrome and much ..much.. more...

To run the script, in command prompt (Terminal Window) type:

• sudo apt-get install zenity   (press enter)
• wget http://launchpad.net/ubuntustart/0.4.x/0.4.9/+download/ubuntu-10.04-start-0.4.9.13.tar.gz   (press enter)
• tar -xvf ubuntu-10.04-start-0.4.9.13.tar.gz   (press enter)
• cd ubuntu-10.04-start/   (press enter)
• sudo ./ubuntu-10.04-script   (press enter)

You can check the original excellent article by Andrew here :
http://www.webupd8.org/2010/04/what-to-do-after-fresh-ubuntu-install.html