Go to her blogUbuntu (and its variants Kubuntu, Xubuntu and Fluxbuntu) have made Linux more accessible to the big public, as it has brought both ease of use and eye-candy as well as security and ease of installing programs.
The users of Ubuntu have a big range of software to choose and install, but it's hard to choose what software is the best for your needs.
This list hopes to help to choose the right software, and here follows what I think is the best Ubuntu software for designers and developers.
Most of them are available with Synaptic, but anyway the links to their websites are provided.
That's what she says.. but nonetheless pretty good list.