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I wouldn't install Amarok (avoid loading Qt in Gnome and vice versa). RhythmBox does not handle an iPod well if that matters for you, but Banshee does. Banshee relies on Mono.

Zim is a little-known note-taking tool that relies on text files and uses a Wiki format.

AbiWord and Gnumeric are good programs to have around when you don't want to start MS Office. Copy the .ttf and .otf font files from your Windows machine and install them in Linux if you want them available.

Inkscape is good to have around for drawing.

What else do you think you'll need?

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Also, how about any equivalent to the os x desktop widgets? I like having time, weather and a calendar right there.

The text editor that comes pre-installed

I like gedit for this purpose, but I think its standard on ubuntu.

Just got to it... Looks nice. Have yet to find one on OS X I really liked.

I would recommend TextWrangler or Smultron for basic text editing with some nice extra features thrown in.

Well, the Mac equivalent is TextEdit. I use xPad to take notes, and it has a file drawer. Nice freeware app.

Mac equivalent to gedit would be TextMate, not TextEdit, which isn't a programmer's editor.

He was asking about NotePad equivalents. And to call GEdit comparable to TM is ridiculous. Emacs is a much better comparison.

Our parent seems to have edited his post to be abouit desktop widgets, so you may be right about him referring to notepad equivalents (or not).

But why do you think comparing GEdit to TM is ridiculous? Both have syntax highlighting, auto indentation, inbuilt terminals, tabs, and other programmer specific features. Neither are emacs style user environments with mail checkers and other unrelated stuff. Also GE and TM have far more discoverable configuration tweaking.

Be sure to check out the plugins available to gedit (http://live.gnome.org/GeditPlugins), especially the File Browser Pane, Session Saver, etc. They really add a lot of functionality.

I believe it is called gedit, kate if you are kubuntu

Mousepad is a feature equivalent, but GEdit hs more functionality. Both are good to have, I think.

Oops... meant to reply to my own post above, not edit it. For clarity sake, it used to ask for notepad equivalents. (I know see the installed editor is very nice, unlike os x). I'd fix it, but the edit link is gone...

Google Gadgets.

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