Skype is proprietary software that allows you to make calls over the Internet using your computer. Skype uses decentralized peer-to-peer technologies, so your calls do not go through a central server, but through distributed servers and other users. It uses its own proprietary communication protocol to achieve this. In addition, all communications are encrypted from end to end so that others cannot listen in. The Skype software is free to use, but it is not free software; the source code is proprietary and not available for modification.
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This is Vmware image for Ubuntu 10.04 Desktop.Details of this image as follows
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VMware Tools are fully compatible with Ubuntu 10.04. Before you continue, make sure that you are using the latest version of your VMware software product. If this is not the case, upgrade to the latest version, because you need the newest version of VMware Tools.
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Twitter client written in Python. Light, fast, fully functional and integrated to the user desktop
Here is the script (ubuntu restricted extras offline installer) written by hacktolive.org along with most commonly used packages to make life easier for those who do not have internet connection or those who want to install multimedia codec and other useful packages offline. All the links listed below will direct to the rapidshare and other file hosting sites. Download the package, extract and read the read me file for further instructions.