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Download the latest version of Opera: http://www.opera.com
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!! During installation Opera will ask you if you want to enable auto-updates. Say ''yes'' !
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You can check out the new sources file in <code>/etc/apt/sources.list.d/opera-stable.list</code>.
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Revision as of 14:30, 29 March 2015


Google Chrome

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


Torrents

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.