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Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by Queue29 » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 6:08 PM UTC

pksadiq wrote: post #41

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.

I'm in the same boat as OP. When I type "calc", I want the calculator. LibreOffice Calc is on my list of things to immediately remove on every reformat.

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by Queue29 » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 6:10 PM UTC

johnchristopher wrote: post #75

If I may make a suggestion: I'd rather have a quizz at first install and user account creation that would ask what users want with sane defaults hiding behind an `I don't know` checkbox (ie: don't configure any mail client if people just use GMail). It would definitely ease the adoption from first users instead of throwing a huge pile of shortcuts to their face when they click the apps menu for the first time. I woul…

This really is a great idea.

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by sunstone » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 6:11 PM UTC

Synaptic, geany, vlc thanks.

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by blfr » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 6:11 PM UTC

Video Player: mpv!

I had been using Ubuntu for years before realising that this amazing improvement over mplayer exists. And it has everything: GPU decoding, excellent UI, keyboard shortcuts, it's fast, and never fails. Of the software I use regularly, this one is by far the closest to perfection.

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by nilsocket » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 6:12 PM UTC

TextEditor:- I really hate gedit, it takes around 1 to 3 seconds to save a file.

It doesn't notify user if some foreign process changed or removed file.

When ever a user types in a bracket, parentheses..., It does mean that he/she is going to close that (most probably).

Indentation, only God can understand what it means for source code files.

Only one thing which I like in gedit is, cobalt.

I don't use Ubuntu, because I need a feature-rich desktop, not the opposite.

I could've used Kubuntu, but I hate it because of apt (for being too slow)

What I like in Ubuntu is better power management.

I could've used Fedora, but I hate it's package manager, for being inconsistent, and this text like Microsoft, "please wait while your system is being updated", "reboot to update your system".

Rather than feeling the pain everyday, I take pain for few hours and install Arch Linux, with KDE.

Having the best feature-rich DE, with latest and up-to-date packages, a package manger which just works out of the box even in worst network conditions, for having every application in one place...

I literally forgot what's the name for, including those community or independent developers application, URL into main repositories, which will most probably break the system.

I don't know why you guys choosed GNOME, everything is damn slow. I accept that it provides simplicity for its users.

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by acabal » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 6:12 PM UTC

Web browser: Firefox

Email client: Thunderbird

Terminal: Gnome Terminal

File Manager: Nautilus

Basic Text Editor: Gedit (But can you patch the ridiculous "find next" shortcut key to ctrl + f/enter from ctrl + f/ctrl + g?)

PDF Reader: Gnome default

Office Suite: LibreOffice

Music Player: I always felt like Banshee was the superior Gnomish music player but it seems to unmaintained unfortunately. Rhythmbox is the next best basic one IMHO.

Photo viewer: Gnome default

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by tradesmanhelix » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 6:17 PM UTC

johnchristopher wrote: post #75

If I may make a suggestion: I'd rather have a quizz at first install and user account creation that would ask what users want with sane defaults hiding behind an `I don't know` checkbox (ie: don't configure any mail client if people just use GMail). It would definitely ease the adoption from first users instead of throwing a huge pile of shortcuts to their face when they click the apps menu for the first time. I woul…

I know Ubuntu Mate has Welcome [1], which does pretty much exactly what you're describing. Wish more distros would adopt this and/or the software botique, which has now been decoupled from Mate/Welcome [2].

[1] https://github.com/ubuntu-mate/ubuntu-mate-welcome. [2] http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/06/ubuntu-mate-new-software-...

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by 43224gg252 » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 6:17 PM UTC

mattl wrote: post #101

dannysu wrote: post #81

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think in GNOME it learns which one you use more frequently and have that first instead.

You'd think so, but no.

It does for me.

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by bitL » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 6:19 PM UTC

Autoremove old kernel from /boot - this might look nice on "paper" however I have significant issues on latest LTS with any version of kernel 4.8 and 4.10 where I can't ever get to desktop, so I have to stick with 4.4 (Broadwell Core M ultrabook). If a reliable kernel is gone, I might not be able to boot unless I prepare an emergency USB stick and carry it with me all the time...

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

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Post by tradesmanhelix » Fri, Jul 21, 2017, 6:20 PM UTC

smacktoward wrote: post #26

Web Browser: Firefox, Chromium Email Client: Thunderbird. (Note: I'm a bit worried about the future of TB, with Mozilla cutting back its support of the project. Since it's been the default email client in Ubuntu since forever, it would be great to see Canonical pitch in to support it more.) Terminal: GNOME Terminal IDE: Does Ubuntu need to ship with an IDE? File manager: Nautilus Basic Text Editor: Gedit IRC/Messagin…

++ To Canonical supporting TB more. Really don't want to see this important project go away. I use it on a daily basis in order not to have to deal with the Outlook365 web and M$ tracking me via its web apps.