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Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by pksadiq »

haspok wrote: post #29

I have but one humble wish: when I want to start the calculator app I open the Dash and type "calc". However for some reason LibreOffice Calc has higher priority than the Calculator app, so I always have to select it specifically (instead of just pressing Enter) - even though I might have never used the LibreOffice Calc on this computer. Can you make the LibreOffice Calc app lower priority in the Dash please. Thank y…

In case you don't know: You can simply type the expressions in gnome-shell search to get results.

eg.: if you type "3+5" (without quotes), the result 8 will be shown. You can also have complex expressions like "3kg in lb", "sin (90)" etc.

Once the result is shown, you can simply press the Enter key to open the result in gnome-calculator.

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by nitins »

Web Browser: Chrome

Email Client: Geary

Terminal: Terminator

IDE: -

File manager: Nautilus

Basic Text Editor: Gedit

IRC/Messaging Client: Pidgin

PDF Reader: Evince

Office Suite: LibreOffice

Calendar: -

Video Player: SMPlayer

Music Player: Lollypop

Photo Viewer: -

Screen recording: -

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by pksadiq »

Web Browser: Firefox

Email Client: Evolution

Terminal: gnome-terminal

IDE: gnome-builder?

File manager: Nautilus

Basic Text Editor: Gedit

IRC/Messaging Client: Polari/??

PDF Reader: Evince (gnome-documents?)

Office Suite: LibreOffice

Calendar: gnome-calendar

Video Player: Totem/VLC

Music Player: rhythmbox (gnome-music?)

Photo Viewer: gnome-photos/eog

Screen recording: ???

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

#45

Post by vetinari »

haspok wrote: post #29

I have but one humble wish: when I want to start the calculator app I open the Dash and type "calc". However for some reason LibreOffice Calc has higher priority than the Calculator app, so I always have to select it specifically (instead of just pressing Enter) - even though I might have never used the LibreOffice Calc on this computer. Can you make the LibreOffice Calc app lower priority in the Dash please. Thank y…

Now that Gnome Shell replaced unity, you can use the search box itself as a simple calculator. No need to run an extra app.

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

#46

Post by keithpeter »

brudgers wrote: post #3

What I want is no change unless there is a good reason to change. The internet voting for Browsey McBrowseface etc. is not, in my opinion, a good reason to change. There are things Canonical does well, I think. Those things are technical. When it comes to trying to be Microsoft/Apple/Google, it misses the mark. In part because it assumes that which PDF reader it ships with matters to users. Good luck.

I would echo brudgers sentiment here but would table the suggestion for a meta-package or series of meta-packages that would install R, texlive, octave, iPython and a good selection of other mathematical/data processing software. My 'vision'(+) would be something like UbuntuStudio for data/maths.

(+) I can no longer use words like 'vision', 'paradigm' &c without distancing speech marks because of their misuse in the corporate world.

The survey:

Web Browser: Firefox with pocket &c disabled and javascript toggled off, Chromium for when I need javascript &c. Also a hosts.txt file that deep-sixes ignorant Web trackers.

Email Client: Evolution.

Terminal: Gnome-terminal (minimal use case)

IDE: RDesktop

File manager: default, Nautilus at present

Basic Text Editor: default, Gedit at present

IRC/Messaging Client: N/A

PDF Reader: default, Evince at present

Office Suite: Libreoffice but also use of texlive and pandoc (and groff!)

Calendar: Evolution

Video Player: VLC

Music Player: default, presently Rhythmbox

Photo Viewer: shotwell

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by blubberblase23 »

Web Browser: Firefox

Email Client: Thunderbird

Terminal: Terminator

IDE: Vim ;)

File manager: pcmanfm

Basic Text Editor: vim/gedit

IRC/Messaging Client: pidgin

PDF Reader: mupdf

Office Suite: libreoffice

Calendar: Thunderbird

Video Player: vlc

Music Player: vlc

Photo Viewer: nomacs

Screen recording: don't know

At the most important: Init System => OpenRC

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by jerknextdoor »

haspok wrote: post #29

I have but one humble wish: when I want to start the calculator app I open the Dash and type "calc". However for some reason LibreOffice Calc has higher priority than the Calculator app, so I always have to select it specifically (instead of just pressing Enter) - even though I might have never used the LibreOffice Calc on this computer. Can you make the LibreOffice Calc app lower priority in the Dash please. Thank y…

I am so glad that I am not the only person that has this frustration. I wish I could remove other apps or give them lower priority in the dash, but this is absolutely the worst.

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by aibara »

Web Browser: Firefox

Email Client: Thunderbird

Terminal: gnome-terminal

File manager: Nautilus

Basic Text Editor: Gedit

IRC/Messaging Client: Pidgin

PDF Reader: Evince

Office Suite: LibreOffice

Calendar: Lightning (Thunderbird add-on)

Video Player: VLC

Music Player: Audacious

Photo Viewer: gThumb

P.S. Thanks for working on autoremoving old kernels from /boot!

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by jasonkostempski »

Web Browser: Firefox unmodified (e.g. no Ubuntu start page)

Email Client: None, users still using desktop clients know what they want and how to get it.

Terminal: No preference

IDE: None, this should be chosen by the user if they want one.

File manager: No preference

Basic Text Editor: No preference

IRC/Messaging Client: None, same situation as email

PDF Reader: No preference

Office Suite: LibreOffice

Calendar: Like the calendar the clock opens (no preference) or a calendar you can add events to (does a modern desktop calendar for Linux even exist)?

Video Player: VLC

Music Player: Whatever is least bloated

Photo Viewer: Whatever is least bloated

Screen recording: None, most people don't need or want this.

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