Do you know for how long I have performed a clean installation of Ubuntu’s next flagship and wondered why many of the default apps are present? Forever!
I have never enjoyed using Firefox; I’ve never used the Amazon app; I always use a different IRC/Messaging Client from which ever one comes with any of the distros I have installed so far. You have probably felt one or more apps shouldn’t have shipped with Ubuntu because you never use it.
The good news is that Canonical is finally letting users select the group of default apps that Ubuntu 18.04 LTS will run straight out of the box.
In a post on LinkedIn, Canonical’s Dustin Kirkland said,
With the switch from Unity to GNOME, we’re also reviewing some of the desktop applications we package and ship in Ubuntu. We’re looking to crowdsource input on your favorite Linux applications across a broad set of classic desktop functionality.
This means that whether you would like Ubuntu 18.04 LTS to ship with a different terminal app, music player, browser, etc, now is the chance you have for your voice to be heard.
Afterall, Dustin went on to add in his post that “your feedback matters” especially because “there are hundreds of engineers and designers working for you to continue making Ubuntu amazing!”
How to Vote
It’s easy. All you need to do is copy and paste the list below in the comments and then add your preferred category-specific application:
- Web Browser:
- Email Client:
- Terminal:
- IDE:
- File manager:
- Basic Text Editor:
- IRC/Messaging Client:
- PDF Reader:
- Office Suite:
- Calendar:
- Video Player:
- Music Player:
- Photo Viewer:
- Screen recording:
Guide to Vote
You are free to add multiple application entries as long as you list them in order of preference. For example,
File Manager: fman Terminal: Terminus, Hyper
You are free to include paid and non-open source entries as long as you note it in your list. For example,
Video Player: VLC Media Player, non-free (VLC is free though)
You are free to add web apps as long as you don’t forget to indicate it as well. For example,
Email Client: Inbox-web
If you don’t have a category-specific preference then leave the field blank.
That’s all folks! I look forward to seeing the applications you suggest!
As a gentoo user, I haven’t much too add. I prefer nothing ship with my distro and choosing everything myself.
Definitely no email applications or desktop environments prechoosen, st. is a decent light just-so-you-have-one terminal emulator I suppose, links for basic internet.
But it doesn’t bother me too much having apps to change, just no Libre office or notepad or gui file manager or stuff that I would never install.
But maybe that’s why it isn’t my flavor of linux!
(Sorry, out of format, but you really aren’t going to care to incorporate this one lol)
Web browser: Google Chrome
Email client: Mailspring
Terminal: Gnome-terminal
IDE: Visual Studio Code
File manager: Nautilus
Basic text editor: Gedit
PDF reader: WPS pdf
Office suite: WPS office
Calendar: Gnome-calendar
Video player: VLC
Music player: VLC
Photo viewer: Nomacs
Screen recording: Vokoscreen NG
IRC/Messaging Client: Discord
EXTRA = Weather: Meteo
Web browser: Clamav anti virus.
Web Browser: Firefox
Email Client: Thunderbird
Terminal: (? I have no problems with Gnome terminal)
IDE:
File manager: Nautilis
Basic Text Editor: Gedit
IRC/Messaging Client:
PDF Reader: Document viewer
Office Suite: Libre Office
Calendar: (I use and am happy with Google Calendar)
Video Player:
Music Player:
Photo Viewer: Gthumb
Screen recording:
Web Browser: Opera, Tor
Email Client: Gmail (web)
Terminal:
IDE:
File manager: PCmanFM
Basic Text Editor: Mousepad, Leafpad
IRC/Messaging Client: Hexchat
PDF Reader: Evince
Office Suite: LibreOffice,
Calendar: Google calendar (web)
Video Player: VLC media player
Music Player: Rhythmbox, Audacious
Photo Viewer: Ristretto image viewer
Screen recording:
I’d also like to add Gigolo as remote filesystem manager and Deluge as torrent file downloader.
i want to see a ubuntu clean edition without all the preinstalled bloatware. I know, you can use a netinstall versions to tweak the installation to the apps you need or use the server version and work you way up to a full desktop from there, but thats to much hassle.
ubuntu, all you need is stable lightwight browser, and standard gnome, the rest ppl can install themselfs.
– BROWSER: palemoon (those guys have done a absolute great job)
but if you want to bloat up ubuntu w extras
– IDE: atom, moba ssh (server and client optional),
– TEXT: atom, simplenote
– OFFICE: palemoon plugin or google docs
– PDF: palemoon plugin or google docs
– VIDEO/MUSIC: vlc
Photo Viewer: vlc
Screen recording: vlc
you get the point 🙂
Shell: ZSH
Web Browser: Chromium
Email Client: Thunderbird
Terminal: Guake
IDE: VS Code or Atom
File manager: Nemo
Basic Text Editor: xed
IRC/Messaging Client: Pidgin
PDF Reader: Evince
Office Suite: WPS Office, Google Docs (Web links)
Calendar: Thunderbird
Video Player: VLC
Music Player: Nuvola Player 3
Photo Viewer: XViewer
Screen recording: Green recorder
Web Browser: Firefox
Email Client: Thunderbird
Terminal: Terminal, XTerm
IDE: Geany
File manager: Nautilus is OK but is Gnome Terminal better?
Basic Text Editor: Gedit
IRC/Messaging Client:
PDF Reader: We could do better!
Office Suite:Libre Office
Calendar: Google Calendar
Video Player:
Music Player:
Photo Viewer: GThumb – although it is a bit buggy.
Screen recording:
I think that synaptic should be included by default.
Web Browser: firefox
Email Client: thunderbird
Terminal: gnome terminal, terminus
IDE:
File manager: nautilus
Basic Text Editor: sublime text
IRC/Messaging Client:
PDF Reader:
Office Suite: libreoffice
Calendar:
Video Player: mpv
Music Player: clementine
Photo Viewer:
Screen recording:
Web Browser:Firefox, Vivaldi
Email Client: Thunderbird,Zoho (web)
Terminal:
IDE:
File manager:nautilis
Basic Text Editor:
IRC/Messaging Client:
PDF Reader:Firefox
Office Suite:Libre Office,Zoho (web)
Calendar:
Video Player:VLC
Music Player:VLC
Photo Viewer:
Screen recording:
Shell: Fish, ZSH
Web Browser: Firefox
Email Client: Thunderbird
Terminal: Termite, st
IDE: Gnome, Xfce
File manager: Nemo, Thunar
Basic Text Editor: Gedit, Mousepad
IRC/Messaging Client:
PDF Reader: Evince, apvlv
Office Suite: Libreoffice
Calendar: Thunderbird
Video Player: VLC
Music Player: Clementine
Photo Viewer: Ristretto, Gnome Photos
Screen recording: OBS, screenrecorder
Web Browser: Google Chrome
Email Client: Nylas N1
Terminal: Terminator
IDE: Sublime Text or Atom
File manager: Nautilus
Basic Text Editor: NeoVIM
IRC/Messaging Client: Franz
PDF Reader: Acrobat Reader
Office Suite: LibreOffice
Calendar:
Video Player: VLC
Music Player: VLC
Photo Viewer:
Screen recording:
I see your Screen recording section is blank too. Is that cause you don’t have a preference or you don’t know any cool enough screen recorders yet?
I don’t record screen 🙂
Review what Mint Linux offers, then par it down to the bones – very similar to a Chrome OS. Most folks uninstall or never use lots of apps like Libre Office, Mono based apps, switch up Window Managers, etc.
Give users just the basic OS, shortcuts to install their preferred Web Browser(s) – with an option of Links for Google/Yahoo/Microsoft and a “App/Software Store”. The “Store” could have recommendation sets for those wanting more (Student/Home user, Web Dev, Arduino, Android Dev, etc.). Wait a sec, that sounds like `tasksel` only more up-to-date on user usage habits.
Web Browser: Firefox, Chromium
Email Client: Gmail (Web shortcut)
Terminal: Gnome Terminal (xfce4-terminal as I’ll be using the XFCE Spin)
IDE: Geany
File manager: Midnight Commander, Nautilus, Thunar (xfce4-terminal as I’ll be using the XFCE Spin)
Basic Text Editor: Textadept, gedit, vim
IRC/Messaging Client: irssi
PDF Reader: Firefox, Chromium
Office Suite: Google Doc (Web shortcut), none (Libre office is uninstalled)
Calendar: Google Calendar (Web shortcut), Orage
Video Player: VLC
Music Player: VLC
Photo Viewer:
Screen recording:
I’ll likely end up using Mint Linux (XFCE) anyway due to hardware necessity as my USB Monitors work out of the box without effort. Ubuntu might be successful with the USB Monitors after wrestling X11.conf
A mint user agrees with me that you should choose your own, AWSOME (for a second I thought you brought up links (browser) as well but you were using the word in the usual way
Web Browser: Google Chrome
Email Client: Gmail
Terminal: GNOME Terminal
IDE: Atom
File manager: Nautilus
Basic Text Editor: gedit
IRC/Messaging Client: none
PDF Reader: Evince
Office Suite: LibreOffice
Calendar: GNOME Calendar
Video Player: GNOME Videos (totem)
Music Player: Rhythmbox
Photo Viewer: GNOME Photos
Screen recording: Kazam
Web Browser: Chrome, Firefox, Opera
Email Client: Thunderbird
Terminal: Konsole, Gnome-Terminal, Xterm
IDE: Netbeans, Eclipse, Geany
File manager: Nemo,Caja,Thunar
Basic Text Editor: Atom, sublimeText, Pluma, Kate
IRC/Messaging Client:
PDF Reader:
Office Suite: LiberOffice
Calendar:
Video Player: VLC,KM player
Music Player: VLC, Banshee
Photo Viewer:
Screen recording:
TV Player : TV-MAXE … and yours will have more users to install 😉
Web Browser: Tor
Email Client: Gmail (web)
Terminal:
IDE: Eclipse
File manager:
Basic Text Editor: gedit
IRC/Messaging Client:
PDF Reader: Evince
Office Suite: LibreOffice
Calendar: Google Calendar (web)
Video Player: VLC Player
Music Player: VLC Player
Photo Viewer: Image Viewer
Screen recording:
Web Browser: Chrome
Email Client:
Terminal: Gnome Terminal
IDE: NetBeans
File manager: Nautilus
Basic Text Editor: GEdit
IRC/Messaging Client:
PDF Reader: Document Viewer
Office Suite: Libreoffice
Calendar:
Video Player: Videos
Music Player: Rhythmbox
Photo Viewer: Image Viewer
Screen recording: Kazam
Web Browser: Firefox
Email Client: Thunderbird
Terminal:
IDE: Atom, Geany
File manager: Nautilus
Basic Text Editor: Gedit
IRC/Messaging Client: Hexchat
PDF Reader: Evince
Office Suite: Libreoffice
Calendar:
Video Player: VLC, Totem
Music Player: Clementine
Photo Viewer: gthumb
Screen recording: recordmydesktop
Web Browser: Chrome
Email Client: Gmail app for ubuntu
Terminal: bash
IDE: Eclipse
File manager: default
Basic Text Editor: sublime
IRC/Messaging Client:
PDF Reader: Defualt
Office Suite: Microsoft :p
Calendar:
Video Player:
Music Player:
Photo Viewer:
Screen recording:
Web Browser: Chrome
Email Client: Inbox
Terminal: Terninator
IDE: Atom, Sublime, Notepad++, Eclipse
File manager:
Basic Text Editor: Sublime
IRC/Messaging Client: Emulated WhatsApp, FbMessenger
PDF Reader: FoxIt
Office Suite: MsOffice, LibreOffice
Calendar: GMail Calendar
Video Player: VLC
Music Player: VLC
Photo Viewer:
Screen recording: Lightshot
Web Browser: Firefox, Vivaldi
Email Client: Nylas mail
Terminal: gnome-terminal
IDE:
File manager: nautilus, files
Basic Text Editor:
IRC/Messaging Client:
PDF Reader:
Office Suite: Libreoffice
Calendar:
Video Player: VLC, Totem, MPlayer
Music Player: vlc
Photo Viewer: eye of gnome, darktable, rawterapee
Screen recording:
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my other apps propose to by default:
ppa-manager
gimp -with all plugins & package
inkscape – with all plugin & package
kdenlive -or- openshot -or- cinelerra
gdebi
dconf
tweak (gnome, mate, what ever desktop environment will be use, the tweak tool is good to be instaled by default)
compiz, compton, booth with settings manager
opendesktop.org app
Fire tools
uget
I prefer clear system without any programs. It will be better for me, i think