Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

Web Browser: Firefox, but consider defaulting to 52 ESR since FF57 may cause breakage in November (one month after your Ubuntu release). Whatever browser you use, don't be afraid to change the settings or extensions for security. HTTPS Everywhere or Privacy Badger or an adblocker built-in goes a long way in protecting your users.

Photo Viewer: must open quickly. If I want to manage a zillion photos I can download something else, but when I just open a file I want to see it right away.

I'm pretty sure anything I'd suggest would already be included in other people's lists so I'm going to request something different. Personally, I'd like a well maintained set of applications that integrates nicely into the default desktop. So things like global shortcuts (ideally having them be the same for common actions), panel and notification integrations, nicely setup default launcher icons, works well with the search bar, looks great with the default icon set, etc.

Example: whatever calendar app you include should work with the calendar in GNOME's panel.

I'd also like to emphasize on the well maintained part since I personally prefer that my core set of applications to not become stale over time or even worse, just have tons of quality of life/paper cut bugs that remain unpatched for years. Whatever is chosen as default should get continued support and help from Ubuntu itself.

If you can do that, I would definitely come back and give Ubuntu another chance.

This plagued me for a couple of years! Yes!

Either make it higher or learn which ones we actually click.

=== Web Browser: Chromium, Firefox

Email Client: Fastmail web, Gmail web

Terminal: konsole, terminator

File manager: Nautilus

Basic Text Editor: Gedit, Gvim

IRC/Messaging Client: Slack web, Signal web

PDF Reader: Chromium, Firefox

Office Suite: LibreOffice, GSuite web

Calendar: Google Calendar web

Music Player: Google Music web, Clementine

Photo Viewer: eog, shotwell, gimp

Screenshot tool: Shutter

Sound source switcher: indicator-sound-switcher

Clipboard Manager: glipper

PDF Annotation: xournal

Markdown Viewer: ghostwriter

Markdown Editor: ghostwriter ===