Ubuntu (or other *nix) eye candy and favorite media programs?

[Starrfoxx]

I just installed Ubuntu 64 bit on my AMD dual core this past weekend, and I like how it can be completely configured to what you want.  I did manage to get Flash working, although I can't scroll the timebar on YouTube videos.  They play at least.  

I also can't get DVD's to play, plus I'm stuck with only 3 buttons on my mouse and can't use any others.  

But I am liking it.  It reminds me of the 'ol Amiga, and with Firefox I'll be using this to surf the internet to research.  I got sick and tired of all the adware/spyware being tossed into my Windows XP system.  So now, I keep XP Pro for my games and programs, and I use Ubuntu for surfing and fun.

I'd like to try Beryl, but I've read it's not very stable with 64bit and I'd hate to mess stuff up.

I did install Thunderbird, which works well.  And I also put that "Kill App" on the bottom tool bar.  I found that to be very useful.

What are some other great apps and games to put on Ubuntu 64?  I dedicated 20 gigs to it, so I have some room to play around.  I was hoping to get DoxBox working on it and perhaps some other emulators.  I know they won't work as well as on XP, but it'll be neat to have on Ubuntu.  I'm just glad that I have a safe way to browse the internet now.  Even if I do get viruses/adware, it won't cross over into my Windows NTFS partitions because those are write protected from Ubuntu's side.  I have to physically turn on the "write ability" in order to copy something over there.

[Starrfoxx]

Thanks, I'll check that out.  I've been doing some more reading about Linux, and if I read correctly I cannot play commerical DVD's on Linux due to copyright reasons or something.  I would have to have a decoder, which is illegal in the U.S.

I found another post that had a link to "30 Days With Linux", which I thought was very helpful.  The more I read about Ubuntu, the more I really like it.  I feel I can be more productive on Ubuntu than I can on Windows.  Plus, I like that I can get rid of programs I don't want and add what I do.  I couldn't imagine doing something like that on Windows, like removing notepad, wordpad, or whatever is integrated into the OS.

[Starrfoxx]

I'm still tweaking a few things on my Ubuntu setup.  Still no luck on DVD playback.

Curious, what do you like better:  Gnome or KDE?  I know this is probably an age old argument, but I thought I could get an unbiased opinion here rather than the Ubuntu forum since it's based on Gnome.  Does one look nicer over the other?  Does Compiz-Fusion work on both?

Personally, I'm liking Gnome just fine.  It's fun to organize and customize, just the like the ol' Amiga.  And I got it looking pretty too...

... and then I booted back over to WinXP to reinstall one of my games and thought.... "Man this is ugly."

[Starrfoxx]

It took some playing around with, but I managed to get Compiz-Fusion working on my Feisty 64bit install.  Oh wow!  I know people out there say it's a waste of resources and not productive, but it sure is fun to look at and watch.  It makes working on the computer fun again.  Something I loved about the Amiga.

My daughter thinks it's neat that my windows bounce around like jello and fade in and out and stuff.  I love it!

Still having the hardest time getting the DVD to work still.