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Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

#131
The default apps in Ubuntu under Unity are good as-is. I don't feel the need for any changes.

But after looking at the 17.10 image, it absolutely needs dash to dock. Gnome is unusable to a lot of people without it. Ubuntu is supposed to be user friendly, remember.

Also, improving the look of GDM is a must. It looks fairly ugly by default.

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

#132
post #18

Web Browser: Firefox Email Client: Thunderbird Terminal: Gnome-Terminal IDE: None File manager: Nautilus Basic Text Editor: Gedit IRC/Messaging Client: Whatever supports Slack and Discord I guess. PDF Reader: Current choice is fine. Office Suite: LibreOffice Video Player: I prefer SMPlayer to VLC for simple playback Music Player: Clementine Photo Viewer: gThumb Screen recording: Kazam

> I prefer SMPlayer to VLC for simple playback I'm curious: What's your opinion on mpv vs. SMPlayer?

SM-Player is based on MPV.

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

#133
Web Browser: Firefox (unmodified, no pre-installed Ubuntu extensions)

Email Client: Thunderbird

Terminal: Gnome Terminal or Tilix [0]

IDE: Gnome Builder

File manager: Nautilus

Basic Text Editor: Gedit

IRC/Messaging Client: N/A

PDF Reader: Okular

Office Suite: LiberOffice Fresh (preferably via a snap to keep updated)

Calendar: Gnome Calendar

Video Player: Gnome MPV with youtube-dl [1] or VLC

Music Player: VLC

Photo Viewer: Digikam

Screen recording: N/A

[0] https://github.com/gnunn1/tilix [1] https://github.com/gnome-mpv/gnome-mpv

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

#134
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…

Add calc to your favourites (programs on the left bar). Now it comes before Libre Office Calc when you enter "calc".

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

#135
Also, maybe try the Ubuntu Mate approach and let users pick their own solution. I'd love to see Ubuntu implement something like the Ubuntu Mate Welcome [1] and/or Software Boutique [2].

[1] https://github.com/ubuntu-mate/ubuntu-mate-welcome

[2] https://ubuntu-mate.community/t/ubuntu-mate-welcome-screen/1...

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

#136
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…

Appears to be fixed in Gnome under Arch for me. It picks Calculator as I use it more often.

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

#137
post #31

Kind of offtopic but is there a linux terminal program that when you paste a bunch of commands with carriage returns asks you if you want to continue?

I'm not sure I understand your question correctly but KDE's terminal (konsole) warns you if you try to paste large amounts of text

So if you have the following command:

    echo "hello"
    python -v
I want it to warn me if there are returns or carrage returns in the paste. iterm does this

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

#138
Web Browser: Firefox

Email Client: Thunderbird

Terminal: Terminator

IDE: none

File Manager: nemo

Basic Text Editor: Gedit

IRC/Messaging: Hex-Chat, Empathy

PDF Reader: Okular

Office Suite: Libreoffice

Calendar: Thunderbird

Video Player: VLC

Music Player: Audacious

Photo Viewer: ristretto

Screen recording: obs

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

#139
post #34

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Same but vlc for videos

VLC is indeed superior in comparison with Totem but it does not integrate nicely into GNOME as Totem would. MPV is also a very capable player. There is even an GTK frontend which obeys GNOME HIG and which is called gnome-mpv[0]. Maybe it would be a nice pick for the default video player. [0] https://github.com/gnome-mpv/gnome-mpv

MPV is incredible.

The subtitle syncing hotkeys alone are a godsend. It blows all over players out of the water when playing streams under non perfect network conditions. Not to mention the best fast forward / rewind experience, something I only had experienced with the original XBMC.

Re: Ask HN: Ubuntu Desktop Default Apps

#140
Web Browser: Chrome non-free, Emacs

Email Client: Gmail web, Emacs

Terminal: xterm, fish shell, Emacs

IDE: Emacs

File manager: default, Emacs

Basic Text Editor: Emacs

IRC/Messaging Client: Emacs

PDF Reader: whatever that default one is, Emacs

Office Suite: LibreOffice

Calendar: Emacs

Video Player: VLC

Music Player: Spotify non-free

Photo Viewer: whatever the default is

Screen recording: OBS

I'm not joking with that Emacs thing. Please, oh please, ensure Ubuntu has always a recent Emacs version.

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