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http://www.sourceforge.net/
http://www.portableapps.com/
http://www.freshports.org/
http://www.getdeb.net/

Or just man up and install linux and use the repositories. Failing that, go to the program's WEBSITE and download it there like you are SUPPOSED to!

Tried http://getdeb.net/ and http://playdeb.net/ yet?

What's more.. This have nothing to do with ubuntu, and a lot to do with the repository. Having user copy/pasting is OLD style. New style is that user downloads and install a deb package (which really is click click root pw click), and new repository is installed. You can even do apt://package/ links to then install packages from that new repository, from web pages.

This is how getdeb does it (but they have some server problems now, it seems - http://blog.getdeb.net/)

If you play the campaign, you are looking at many, many days of game play. http://wz2100.net/ "you command the forces of "The Project" in a battle to rebuild the world after mankind has almost been destroyed by nuclear missiles. The game offers campaign, multi-player and single-player skirmish modes." Another option is to try a place like: http://www.getdeb.net/category.php?id=3

Got it: dget http://archive.getdeb.net/getdeb/ubuntu/jaunty/pi/pidgin_2.6.1-1~getdeb1.dsc Cheers!

Or you could go to GetDeb and download their cutting-edge VLC packages, which haven't caused any problems for me at least.

I've never had any problems whatsoever installing .deb files that didn't come out of the ubuntu repository, usually just for wine tho, but a few other apps as well. Try this: GetDeg.

Many of the open source Linux games also have pretty good Windows ports:

Take a look for "Linux Game" sites and follow the links to the homepage of the games. Most times the Windows ports will be included. Here's a few good examples:
At getdeb.net you can get Super Methane Brothers. If you go to the homepage of Super Methane Brothers you find a Windows Exe.
You can take a look at LinuxGames, playubuntu.com and probably find more via Google.
Games that I would recommend specifically:
Tux Math Command
gridwars 2
OpenAlchemist
Hedgewars
Game Maker
Frets on Fire
Secret Maryo Chronicles

Many of the open source Linux games also have pretty good Windows ports:

Take a look for "Linux Game" sites and follow the links to the homepage of the games. Most times the Windows ports will be included. Here's a few good examples:
At getdeb.net you can get Super Methane Brothers. If you go to the homepage of Super Methane Brothers you find a Windows Exe.
You can take a look at LinuxGames, playubuntu.com and probably find more via Google.
Games that I would recommend specifically:
Tux Math Command
gridwars 2
OpenAlchemist
Hedgewars
Game Maker
Frets on Fire
Secret Maryo Chronicles

For Debian/Ubuntu based distros, if you can't find something in Synaptic you can search for a .deb of the program you're looking for. Think of it as a .msi for Windows, you double click it and it has a button to install. Very easy.

I suggest searching for the program you can't find here

It is a matter of knowing your resources. http://ubuntuguide.org/wiki/Ubuntu:Gutsy Is the quickest way to get things like nvidia set up correctly. It is pretty much only an apt-get install nvidia-kernel-common nvidia-glx-new . And it looks like for hardy apt-get install helix-player will install real player.

Make sure you have enabled the universal repositories. Also http://www.medibuntu.org/ and http://www.getdeb.net/ are a good source of apps.

1) I use kino. It's in the Ubuntu repositories, and also available at http://www.getdeb.net/ . For simple video editing, it's really a breeze to use.

Video authoring software (to create the final DVD with menus) that is quite good is DVD Styler.

2) I use vmware server. It's a free download from vmware.com, and free for non-commercial use. When you register, you get a serial number emailed to you.

I'll eventually have to use Vista for gaming purposes,

I'll eventually have to use Vista for gaming purposes,

I'll eventually have to use Vista for gaming purposes,

Not really. It's more to do with the fact that once a version of Ubuntu is released you only get security updates in the repository. So for example there is no Pidgin in Ubuntu Feisty because that was released after Ubuntu Feisty was.

The reason they only provide security updates is because they don't want a situation where continuously updating stuff in the repositories breaks other programs. Instead Canonical will take a snapshot of all the new programs and work really hard testing that snapshot and sorting out all the bugs, release that out the door and start working on the next version.

So if you want Pidgin or another must have updated program on Feisty then you go to getdeb.net

Ubuntu Gutsy is being released on 18th this month (2 days) so that'll have a ton of updated programs, features, etc.

If you're on Ubuntu there are places such as http://www.getdeb.net/ where you can get popular programs that aren't in the repositories yet.

You mean like this?

http://www.getdeb.net/

There is a port of the Novell plugin for Ubuntu Feisty at Getdeb:

http://www.getdeb.net/app.php?name=OpenOffice.org+OpenXML+Translator

I have installed it and tried it out on various random .docx files I have been able to find on the web. The results have varied from total failure (nothing is imported) through poor (formatting is obviously screwed up) to excellent (results look perfect even if I haven't got the Office2007 available to compare the result).

http://www.getdeb.net/app.php?name=LiVES

LiVES is already ported to Feisty:

http://www.getdeb.net/release.php?id=470

No video editing for Ubuntu ?

Here you go:

http://www.getdeb.net/release.php?id=265

I don't know if you've noticed, but to update a Windows computer, you still need to download. I do agree about having to compile from source. In this case, I want to point you to http://www.getdeb.net/ where you can get .deb files for Ubuntu instead of having to compile.