Ubuntu Intrepid Ibex 8.10 App Guide

Compiz-Fusion
Compiz-Fusion runs and pretty well if you got the driver installed correctly.
I actually prefer the simple compiz manager since it's so much easier and all the stuff that i actually use is in the simple one.

In a terminal for simple Compiz Manager:
sudo apt-get install simple-ccsm

In a terminal for Compiz Manager:
sudo apt-get install compizconfig-settings-manager

Wine
Is a application that lets you run Windows application on linux.
The lastest stable version is 1.0.1

In a terminal type:
sudo apt-get install wine

Media players

Songbird
Is a great media player based on a mozilla project, supports ipods. Looks similar to Itunes.

Download here
After download just hit install.

VLC media player
You need to check that a "multiverse" mirror is listed in your /etc/apt/sources.list.

In a terminal type
sudo apt-get update
sudo apt-get install vlc vlc-plugin-esd mozilla-plugin-vlc

Ubuntu Tweak
Ubuntu Tweak is a tool for Ubuntu that makes it easy to configure your system and desktop settings.

Download here
After download just hit install.

Media-Applet
Media applet is an applet to easily handle devices on your system. (based on ejecter 0.0.9 a small utility to unmount removable media by Federico Pelloni ejecter).

Download here
After download just hit install.

Pidgin-facebookchat
This is a Facebook chat plugin for Pidgin and libpurple messengers. It connects to the new Facebook Chat IM service.

Download here
After download just hit install.