There has been a no of my friends saying they are not able to play even an .mp3 file after they install Ubuntu.This is because there is no codecs available.Most of us hate downloading the codecs every time a new file extension is encountered.There are a lot of free very helpful programs available for linux but most of the people are ignorant of this.Today i will introduce a new fully loaded linux which once installed you need not need to install anything.This is the ultimate edition of ubuntu.I use it because i dont like to get to find everything i need ,yes i am lazy.So i use it.It has almost everything .4 or five media players,torrent downloaders,irc chats,openoffice,gimp ,and the list never ends.It is suitable for anyone.It comes with emarald and compiz for better appearance.There is something for everyone.It is worth a try.Here are some of the screenshots of the ultimate edition.Take a look .None of the windows can overtake this.

Take a look at it: http://ultimateedition.info/ultimate-edition-2-3/

GIMP is the free open source software for image manipulation.It can be used like any photo manipulation software for works like resizing, editing and cropping photos, combining multiple images, and converting between different image formats. GIMP can also be used to create basic animated images in the GIF format. Motto for GIMP is to become a high-end graphics application for the editing and manipulation of images, icons, graphical elements of web pages and art for user interface elements.

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In my personal opinion GIMP is comparable with adobe photoshop.we can do almost everything that in GIMP that can be done with photoshop.It has all the features provided by photoshop under different name and menus.And most importantly GIMP is free even though most of us use the pirated version of photoshop.I will be posting a few illustrations of this in my upcoming posts.We dont need to spend 100′s of dollars for it .It is free unlike the Adobe Photoshop.It is definitely becoming better after different versions.

Turn your windows computer to an amazing stuff.Here are a few of additional programs you need to know .There is always a lot of confusion arising from which one to choose .This is my own opinion about the programs .You may find something more worth than this.Ok here are them .

1.VLC Player :In terms of a video player you can choose VLC player .This is an opensource program which contains a  lot of new features and is excellent in playing all sorts of files .You dont  need to install anything extra.It has a lovely in terface and various skins are too available.The sound of this player is higher than other players.You can give it a try.

2.7zip:If you need a archiver you need to get this one.It is much better than others and it has other formats that are not available with winzip or winrar.It has a clean interface and can be freely downloaded.For every windows user it is a must.

3.Notepad++:Are you used to rely heavily on editors ,then you can replace your notepad with notepad ++.It has a gnu licence and it has syntax support for almost all programming languages.multiple files can be opened in tabbed view and easier to use with.It has a lot of different functionalites compared to others and it is truely free from all forms of licences .

4.Filezilla :This is a perfect ftp program.it has a gnu license and a lot popular.It can be used to upload multiple files at a time and perfect for all users.It has advanced capabilities and it is worth a try .

5.XAMPP:Have you ever thought of running a server on your computer .Then XAMPP is a good choice .It contains apache.mysql and php.I donot recommend you to start a home ser ver for important activities.But it can be used as a testing enviroment and one can easily study how a server works

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6.AVG:Antivirus is one of the most essential softwares for a computer .But most of them come with a hefty price tag.But some antivirus companies like avast ,avira and avg gives free home protection antiviruses for free .You can try any of these .I found all are better and enough for home use.

7.Firefox:In case of internet browsers Firefox is my favourite.It offers good browsing experience and the best its addon facility which makes it my favourite.It is the one of the most popular browsers and it offers a lot of functionalities.Newer versions even provide private browsing capability which doesnot store your history.It has better security features than Internet Explorer and a huge support too.

8.Gimp:It is a photo editing software like photoshop but it is free.It is not as advanced as photoshop but enough for everyone .It is a software with gnu licence and has is very user friendly.Most of photo editing activities can be done with it.

9.Utorrent:One of the best torrent client.It uses less memory and has good functionalities .It is very small in size and can be

downloaded free of cost.It has a nice interface  and has good support.

10.Wireshark :Even though they arent very important in home ,they are indeed very powerful in network analysis and scanning.They both are opensource projects and are very useful.It can be used to examine data in the network and various symptoms of network attacks.