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How-To Install Java JRE and JDK on Ubuntu Linux

Java technology's versatility, efficiency, platform portability, and security make it the ideal technology for network computing. From laptops to datacenters, game consoles to scientific supercomputers, cell phones to the Internet, Java is everywhere!

* 1.1 billion desktops run Java
* 930 million Java Runtime Environment downloads each year
* 3 billion mobile phones run Java
* 100% of all Blu-ray players run Java
* 1.4 billion Java Cards are manufactured each year
* Java powers set-top boxes, printers, Web cams, games, car navigation systems, lottery terminals, medical devices, parking payment stations, and more.

To see places of Java in Action in your daily life, explore java.com.

Google Drive for your Ubuntu Desktop - GWoffice

Google Web Office - GWoffice - brings your Google drive to your desktop. It offers you a nice interface to its editing abilities and also gives you basic syncing for off-line use.

GWoffice features:
* HUD support for any keyboard bound command
* theming according to the current Gtk+ theme
* shortcuts for quickly creating documents
* drop to upload (and edit, if you enable it..)

Install Latest version of Opera browser under Ubuntu

Opera 12 comes with more than just these features. Numerous other tweaks, tricks and tucks make this Opera version the best yet:

* Plug-ins run in their own process, so if they crash, Opera keeps singing.

* Giddy-up: Opera 12 receives a significant speed boost — faster page loading, faster start up and faster HTML5 rendering — over its predecessor. 64-bit support on Windows and Mac gives better performance on more advanced machines.

* Right-to-left text support and five new languages: Arabic, Persian, Hebrew, Urdu and Kazakh. Opera 12 now comes in 60 total languages.

Install Ubuntu Tweak under Ubunt 12.04

Ubuntu Tweak is an application designed to config Ubuntu easier for everyone. It provides many useful desktop and system options that the default desktop environment doesn't provide. At present, it's only designed for the Ubuntu GNOME Desktop, and always follows the newest Ubuntu distribution.

Features of Ubuntu Tweak
* View of Basic System Information(Distribution, Kernel, CPU, Memory, etc.)
* GNOME Session Control
* Auto Start Program Control
* Quick install popular applications
* A lot of third-party sources to keep applications up-to-date
* Clean unneeded packages or cache to free disk space
* Show/Hide and Change Splash screen

Install Spotify Client in Ubuntu 12.04

Spotify is a Swedish music streaming service offering digitally restricted streaming of selected music from a range of major and independent record labels, including Sony, EMI, Warner Music Group, and Universal. Launched in October 2008 by Swedish startup Spotify AB

A six month free trial period is activated upon initial login with a Facebook account, where a user can listen to an unlimited amount of music supported by visual and radio-style advertising. After the trial, Spotify will have a listening limit of ten hours per month. An "Unlimited" subscription removes advertisements and time limits and a "Premium" subscription introduces extra features such as higher bitrate streaming, offline access to music and mobile app access. An active Facebook account is required to use Spotify.