'gworldclock'-Tracking Time Can't Get Easier.

Apart from the Gnome notification area world clock ,you can use 'gworldclock' to keep track of a large number of time zones with a lot of ease.
It is very basic,light and simple application.
It can be installed from the 'Synaptic Package Manager' (search for 'gworldclock').After installation,launch it from the 'Accessories' section.
The default display shows the current system time-zone.To add a new time-zone,
click on the 'Options' menu and then 'Add Timezone'.
A new window having 'Continents','Countries' and 'Regions' tab would appear.
Make selections under these tabs to select a time-zone.You would have to configure all the three sections to add a time-zone.


Select the time display format from the 'Preferences' section,under the 'File' menu.Customized display format can also be created.


You may also "rendezvous" your time zones to a specified time and date ('Options' menu).
Make sure to 'Save Zones' ('File' menu) before exiting the program.
Developer:Drew Parsons 18 March 2005
License: Released under the General Public License (GPL) v2.0

Exaile- Play it , Enjoy it.

Exaile is another one of those music playback applications that you can install in Ubuntu from the 'Synaptic package manager'.It offers a complete package for a pretty fulfilling music playback experience.
Initial startup allows you to provide a path to your music folder.This library can also be created later from the 'Library Manager' under the 'Edit' menu.
The left sidebar of the window, maintains a list of all the albums from the library.Other tabs provide quick access to online radio,file system and custom playlists.
'Exaile' provides album art support.To set a custom image as an album art,simply right click on the album art box.
Last.Fm users can configure their service under the 'Preferences' section from the 'Edit' menu.
'Exaile' provides an inbuilt podcast support.To add a new feed,choose the 'Radio' tab from the left sidebar and right click on the 'Podcasts' folder.Just type in the feed URL and let 'Exaile' fetch your favorite podcasts.


Burn your favorite tracks and playlists right from within the 'Exaile' interface by right clicking on a track in the current 'Playlist' section (current playback section).MP3 tags can also be edited by right clicking on a track.
'Exaile' just doesn't provide an equalizer section to import equalizer settings,infact,it provides its own set of equalizers.So you do not need to import anything to "equalize" your music.



Enable the usual 'Gnome Notification Area' from the general preferences section.

'gPodder' Podacst Client

'gPodder' is a desktop podcast client for Ubuntu that allows you to download podcasts (audio/video) and also transfer them to your Mp3 players.You can also play them right away in 'gPodder' itself.
To subscribe to anew podcast feed ,simply type in the URL of the podcast in the field provided in the left sidebar of the window and click on 'Add'.'gPodder' shows complete information about an available episode.


Under the 'Preferences' menu,you can choose the default podcast playback application.
Choose the default download folder from the 'Downloads' section .'gPodder' also provides an inbuilt Bluetooth support to make life a bit more simple for you.You need to enable this support from the 'Bluetooth' section under the 'Preferences' menu.



'gPodder' can be configured to show an icon in the 'Gnome Notification Area'.If bandwidth is not something that you worry about,then you can configure 'gPodder' to auto download new episodes of your feeds .