There exists no official flash package available for the 64bit architecture with Ubuntu and Kubuntu. If you click the add plugin button when visiting a page with flash, you are taken to the official Flash site and will soon notice that there are no available 64bit downloads here either. There are some workarounds on ubuntu forums, however, they don't always seem to work and get complicated if you have compiled your own 32bit Firefox. We have been using both the official 64bit Firefox package from the Kubuntu repositories as well as a modified 32bit version I built quite a while ago to get around some stability issues with the 64bit version. So after about a year without flash support, we finally took the plunge and have built a quick and easy solution.

Getdeb is an Ubuntu software portal with ready-to-install applications in Ubuntu's default .deb package format. getdeb.net was created to make it easy for Ubuntu users to install the latest versions of Free/Open Source applications quickly and easily

Install Skype and its essential libraries very easily

Normally when a new release comes out, a lot of people (myself included) like to start over with a fresh install. So if you decide to do so, come the 29th, here are some of the Ubuntu applications that you might want to install on a fresh Lucid Lynx install.

I really love Ubuntu and have been using it for 3 years or so and I thought I could help new users by explaining simple things but not so obvious when you're a beginner.

Ubuntu applications have a variety of benefits over the basic applications that come with closed-source, proprietary systems. The biggest advantage is that they are free, and anyone can easily download and install them without having to pay anything.

Appnr is a web-based tool and a service that install applications on Ubuntu. This is a web interface for APT, and the package is downloaded and installed from Ubuntu/Third-party repositories.

The AptURL Protocol Handler and a Web browser support are required to install applications.

Without an Internet connection, installing applications in Linux is a nightmare because of package dependencies. The aim of this guide is to help install applications in Ubuntu (should work with all apt based distribution with minimal modifications) when there is no internet connection is available.

These are the key items you need to install on Ubuntu 9.10 to have a nicely working Ubuntu system. Enable DVD playback, Flash, mp3 playback, etc.

Do you have other crucial applications that you install on a fresh Ubuntu installation?