Steam has a Ubuntu-native version, and all the source games and a fair number of indie games support Ubuntu.
I've used R and Perl a good deal on Linux, but they're not really 'apps'. I don't particularly know what else to suggest. A lot of my linux experience has been in the course of normal use going "I need to do X. I wonder what I'll need to make it work..."
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The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself."
>Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI
I've used R and Perl a good deal on Linux, but they're not really 'apps'. I don't particularly know what else to suggest. A lot of my linux experience has been in the course of normal use going "I need to do X. I wonder what I'll need to make it work..."
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The Master said: "It is all in vain! I have never yet seen a man who can perceive his own faults and bring the charge home against himself."
>Analects: Book V, Chaper XXVI