Google Chrome
I remember the first time I heard of google chrome I had just completed changing my OS from Windows XP to fedora linux. The change was complete and I had not yet tried running windows on a VM. I didn't try to install chrome until I switched from fedora to Ubuntu, when I found out that chrome does not hava a linux installer. It sucked that I could not use if at all but I decoded to try it on a windows vm. Well, now my browser experience is about to completely change because google has finally came out with a linux installer.
Google chrome beta is not in the ubuntu repository, and although I hate manually installing software I had to try this out. The browser is easy enough to install. Just go the the site, download the package, and use any package manager to install it. It's so nice that linux can easily install software. This is one of the reasons I decided to switch. I remember having to always compile software to get it working, and linux books always start out with compiling software from source to install it. For a new user this can be annoying. I don't think linux better at installing software than windows, its just that linux has improved so much that I love the way it works now.
There are a few issues that I have with chrome so far. First, it doesn't use the ubuntu theme at all. If there is a way to make it look like all the other windows I haven't found it yet. Second, the dialog boxes do not fit into my netbook's small screen. This is a big deal to me since I use my netbook more than any other computer I have. Google should incorporate scroll bars into all dialog boxes so users can view content that may go off screen. Netbeans does this and it works great on my netbook.
One thing that I like about Chrome, besides its speed and awesome layout, is the extensions. The only extention I use is xmarks so this makes chrome more usable for me. So, the only thing that chrome needs to do is fix the dialog boxes and I will be sold on it. Google, thanks for this wonderful product. The wait was worth it.