My New Office Setup

Now that my internet connection is running again, I can do more than check news and email. its a delight to have some media again. So, enough just loafing around, its time to get to business. Since I am planning on using Linux to run business needs, there still some playing around to do.
First off, after installing Ubuntu, I went to the add programs in the application menu and begun my search. I selected the option to show all open source programs, to see the entire listing that in the repositories I have set currently.
For me personally, I'm going to stick to mostly Gnome applications, but don't let me stop you if use wish to use KDE and Gnome applications co-existing or using KDE via Kubuntu exclusively.
Here are some the applications I would need for just right now, I will update if their any changes.
Open Office is already installed, ready to go, so that covers document creation.
Timekeeper- Gnome Time Tracker, also known as gnotime. This program will let me track how long I'm working on what. This is good to know early on to see if overdoing it in the worthless tasks category.
Address book- I had some issues finding one oddly enough that I liked. Rubia Address book will fill the need for now. I don't know if I have a use for this, but keeping info on contacts does make some..sense.
Open Office Alternatives- AbiWord, Gnumeric. This just in case I get sick of open office.
stock chart program- QTStalker. Seems “business-like” to have in my arsenal. Its a program like Metastock, charting program. I may not have really any use for this until later. Windows is king it seems like for any stock related programs, such as trading platforms, charting, and so on.
Mind Mapping- Labyrinth mind mapping. I doubt I will have much use for mind mapping, but none less, its free so why not?
I selected a few financial tracking programs and I'm going to do an article comparing them later on. I have to start playing with them to see which one I end up using. Eqonimise, Grisbi, GnuCash, and Homebank will be the ones I'm going to work with. I know GnuCash is the oldest and most used one out of the group, so I will start with that.


One application that might worth be throwing into the bunch is a screen capture program to see if your staying on track. You could play the video to see if your really working or just staring at a screen. I decided Gnotime is good enough. Now, that my shop is setup, one thing I need to do is create an environment I can work in, so changing themes, from places like art.gnome.org or gnome-look.org is a great place to look at. This application menu might need some suggestions, so please leave some in the comment section.