Useful programs - Internet

Firefox

apt-get install firefox

(i) You can use Firefox with different profiles. Just run it with firefox -no-remote -P "myProfile".

• Adjust shortcuts in /usr/share/applications/firefox.desktop
• See https://chrisjean.com/multiple-firefox-profiles-in-ubuntu/

Flash player

Flash player is often require by some websites. ADOBE do not provide any official package for Linux... not anymore :_(

As an alternative, I'm using pepper flash plugin

apt-get install pepperflashplugin-nonfree

Google Chrome

Chrome is not safe. There are a lot of spywares inside it. This is forbidden within the EU institutions.

Download the latest version of Chrome: https://www.google.com/intl/en/chrome/browser/

Install the package using:

sudo dpkg -i google-chrome.deb

If you encounter some errors during installation, just do:

sudo apt-get install -f && sudo dpkg -i google-chrome.deb

Opera

Download the latest version of Opera: http://www.opera.com

Install the package using:

sudo dpkg -i google-chrome.deb

!! During installation Opera will ask you if you want to enable auto-updates. Say yes !

You can check out the new sources file in /etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list.

Filezilla (FTP client)

apt-get install filezilla

Skype

Download skype from the official website: http://www.skype.com/

sudo dpkg -i skype-ubuntu-XX.deb

If you encounter some errors during installation, just do:

sudo apt-get install -f && sudo dpkg -i skype-ubuntu-XX.deb

WeChat (WeXin)

The Chinese network is now available on Linux. Sources:

• [1]
• GitHub WeChat

1. Go to GitHub and download linux-x64.tar.gz
2. Install the application

# Copy archive to OPT
sudo mv linux-x64.tar.gz /opt
# Unzip the application
cd /opt
sudo tar xzvf linux-x64.tar.gz
sudo mv electronic-wechat-linux-x64/ wechat-x64
sudo chown -R xinxiongmao:users wechat-x64/
# Download icon
sudo wget http://daxiongmao.eu/img/wechat_512.png
sudo chmod 777 wechat_512.png
# Create symlink
sudo ln -s /opt/wechat-x64/electronic-wechat /usr/bin/wechat

1. Create shortcut

# Create file
sudo vim /usr/share/applications/wechat.desktop

# content
[Desktop Entry]
Version=1.0
Name=WeChat
Exec=/usr/bin/wechat
Terminal=false
X-MultipleArgs=false
Type=Application
Icon=/opt/wechat-x64/wechat_512.png
Categories=Communication
StartupNotify=true

1. copy shortcut to the desktop

# Create file
cp /usr/share/applications/wechat.desktop ~/Desktop
chmod 755 ~/Desktop/wechat.desktop

Torrents

Deluge

Deluge is a very good torrent client. Unlike most, Deluge is OpenSource and non-intrusive.

• Deluge: http://deluge-torrent.org
• Installation instructions: http://dev.deluge-torrent.org/wiki/Installing/Linux/Ubuntu

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:deluge-team/ppa
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install deluge

Xunlei

A custom version of xunlei (迅雷) is available for ubuntu, it's called the Xinkai Xware Desktop project.

Installation instructions available on Xware Desktop wiki.