[SHIFT2] Default App Discussion

[DGMurdockIII]

Message Notifier - libnotify http://galago-project.org/news/index.php

Alternate status menu - axe menu http://k210.org/axemenu/

[Haggis Veteran]

  On 08/08/2012 at 22:46, DGMurdockIII said:

Alternate status menu - axe menu http://k210.org/axemenu/

I like that menu

IM i have always used Pidgin, used it on Windows

Media player again i have always used VLC on both Linux and Windows

Internet I use chrome on both windows and Linux

Development i use Netbeans

[firey]

If we can get a list of all the required apps and 2 or 3 wanted apps of each genre I can start collecting names on the official repo alternative repos and ones on the aur and build the installer to install them. Now that I have full repo installing and gz.tar installing written in backend.. Just the front end needs to be done.

The next step backend will be direct gz file downloads, which if we host the files ourselves we should have no issues.

[+Majesticmerc MVC]

Here's a list of all the applications listed so far. Might be time to set up a poll for some of the defaults (bar the web browser if we're going the ballot way)...

Web browser (Ballot on install)

• Firefox
  
• Opera
  
• Chromium
  
• Konqueror
  

Email Client

• Evolution
  
• Thunderbird
  

Instant Messaging

• Empathy
  
• Pidgin
  
• XChat
  
• Instantbird
  

Other Web

• Transmission / QTransmission (Bittorrent daemon and GUI front end respectively)
  
• Flash Player (for non-chromium browsers)
  

GNOME Plugins

• Dash-to-dock (auto-hiding customizable dock)
  
• Alternate status menu (Pretty menu)
  
• Message notifier (im integration with gnome status bar)
  
• Places Status indicator (places menu in the status bar)
  
• Media player indicator (quick controls for various media players)
  
• GNOME tweak tool (various GNOME tweaks available through a UI)
  
• system-config-printer-gnome
  

Office

• LibreOffice
  
• OpenOffice
  
• Office Web Apps / Google docs via browser
  

Graphics

• GIMP (Photoshop alternative)
  
• XSane (scanner software)
  

Media Players

• VLC
  
• Rhythmbox
  
• Clementine
  

Runtimes

• Mono (.NET languages)
  
• Python 2.7/3.x
  
• Ruby
  
• PHP
  

System

• NetworkManager
  
• Laptop mode tools (Laptops only)
  
• CDE (Application packager)
  

Sound servers

• Pulseaudio
  

Compatibility

• WINE
  
• PlayOnLinux
  

Other

• XfBurn (CD Burning software)
  

  On 09/08/2012 at 14:46, firey said:

The next step backend will be direct gz file downloads, which if we host the files ourselves we should have no issues.

A good idea, with two possible issues, we don't have a host (yet), and if the application code is GPL licensed, we'll need to provide links to source for all packages, and keep them up to date to remain compliant.

[Asharae]

Wow, didnt know the list was that long!

[firey]

Do we want to do optional de's? Or are we set with gnome3? I like cinnamon, but am just wondering. I could always set it up as like.. Some sort of parsed script files... Almost like code the program can parse and display making it easier to update or change without altering code

[firey]

hmm :/ I am trying to push files to the github repo, but git-cola just sits on "Updating.." when I try and push.

[n_K]

Not tried playing around with github yet, will give it a little test later on and report back.

[Haggis Veteran]

this kinda died a bit

[n_K]

Still waiting for this package to arrive from america... Starting to think it's not actually been sent;

Processed at USPS Origin Sort Facility

August 15, 2012, 9:01 pm

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Accepted at USPS Origin Sort Facility

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[Brandon H Supervisor]

  On 27/08/2012 at 00:54, n_K said:

Still waiting for this package to arrive from america... Starting to think it's not actually been sent;

Processed at USPS Origin Sort Facility

August 15, 2012, 9:01 pm

HOUSTON, TX 77201

Accepted at USPS Origin Sort Facility

August 15, 2012, 7:46 pm

HOUSTON, TX 77057

well that'd be a little annoying