Tips

To add Terminal for right click button, install nautilus-open-terminal package, log out and login back

 # apt-get install nautilus-open-terminal

Ubuntu fonts help
http://www.debianadmin.com/install-microsoft-corewindows-truetypeubuntu-titlemacintosh-fonts-in-ubuntu.html

To Add more programs to right click button, under scripts

  a. create a directory ~home/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts if not already present
  b. Create a file with the command to be executed in it and make it executable using chmod 755
  c. Log out and login back
  c. To add program groups, create sub-directories under ~home/.gnome2/nautilus-scripts directory

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=228371

To play DVD commercial DVDs on ubuntu, install libdvdcss2 package. To install, run /usr/share/doc/libdvdread3/install-css.sh script

To play dvd, install VLC Media player. We can also use ogle or gxine

To backup DVD, use dvd95 or k9copy

To convert to other format, use dvd::rip

To burn CD or DVDs, Gnomebaker, k3b or x-cd-roast

How to install ubuntu using LVM
http://www.debuntu.org/how-to-install-ubuntu-over-lvm-filesystem

To install OSx like Dock to ubuntu, install avant windows navigator

 apt-get install avant-window-navigator

To install desktop gadgets

 gdesklets

After installing ubuntu, consider installing the follwoing

 http://theindexer.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/to-do-list-after-installing-ubuntu-904-aka-jaunty-jackalope/