Recommended software

Here you will find some software recommendations based on my experience as software developer.

Git

Git is distributed version control system. To install it use
sudo apt-get install git
after installing it do not forget to configure your settings.

You should consider installing a graphical client, I like Gitg
sudo apt-get install gitg

GParted

GParted is a graphical manager for disk partitions. To install it use
sudo apt-get install gparted

Guake

Guake is drop-down terminal for GNOME desktop. To install it use
sudo apt-get install guake

After installing it you may want to configure it to be launched at startup.

Meld

Meld is graphical difference and merge tool. To install it use
sudo apt-get install meld

Qt Creator

Qt Creator is a cross-platform IDE. To install it use
sudo apt-get install qtcreator

Vim

Vim is a text editor. To install it use
sudo apt-get install vim