Useful programs - utilities

Guake

Installation

apt-get install guake

Add Guake to boot sequence:

System settings > Startup application > add "Guake" | path: /usr/bin/guake

Dos2unix converter and vice-versa

By default Linux cannot run script that are encoded in windows format. Those tools allow you to switch formats.

apt-get install dos2unix tofrodos

To use it just:

dos2unix myFile
tofrodos myFileOptional features

File manager “midnight commander”

apt-get install mc

Text internet browser

apt-get install lynx

USB startup disk (unetbootin)

apt-get install unetbootin

Know your hardware

To know your hardware you should install:

sudo apt-get install sysinfo
sudo apt-get install hardinfo

Then you have to run:

sysinfo

hardinfo

Source: http://askubuntu.com/questions/304566/how-to-get-graphics-card-memory-info-windows-and-linux-shows-different-value