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It’s been around for a while now, but getdeb is still a very useful tool. It has links to hundreds of .deb files for easy installation of newer software that hasn’t made it’s way to Ubuntu yet.
For starters, try installing:
Banshee
Pidgin
Screenlets
Tangerine
Much nicer than compiling from source!
If you’ve been following the development of KDE 4, then you are likely aware that the most recent release candidate was released a few days ago.
To install on Ubuntu or Kubuntu:
Remove any previous version of KDE 4.
sudo apt-get remove kdelibs5 kde4base-data kde4libs-data
Install KDE 4 RC 2:
sudo apt-get install kdebase-bin kdebase-workspace kdebase-kde4 kdebase-runtime
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