As I finish up wattOSR3 in the next day or two, I am always interested in what people use. I have a tendency to review this with every release, and think about what I use, and what I never use on a distro.
I am interested to know...what programs are most important to you and that you think should be always included on a distro?
biff
Hi,
I looked into the Beta OS3 to see if there were some more poss on monitor resolutions (like in Puppy) and noted that the it looks like the Wicd Network Manager was not available. I had no problem in current version with the Reallink driver, but no go with my wireless card in Beta 3.
Ola
I know I'm a little late to the party, but I just downloaded your R3 release last night. Here's something to consider and it's a really small thing:
http://code.google.com/p/inxi/
I used this command to download it:
wget ftp://cathbard.com/binary/inxi*.deb
and gdebi to install, it's a very quick and painless process to install a very nifty and useful little script. Maybe it's something to think about for the next release.
I love the OS, BTW.
Oh, the wish! list.
wattOS apps picked out very nicely. Here are a few suggestions.
WM: openbox the best ever, don't change it:)
File Manager: definitely is pcmanfm don't change it:)
Office: abiword, Yeah no smaller alternative.
Audio: Audacious
I've used a lot of audio players, the one that worked even when I screwed my alsa configs was DeaDBeef. The one I use and like is Clementine.
Video: SMplayer
Do not change it to anything, even vcl, which can be buggy on certain hardware)
Web: Midori
Is good, but do crashes sometimes. I shall be geeky and propose xxxterm, but no way will it be included, so I think Chromium is just the browser that works on linux without major glitches. Moreover, it will support flash after all. I still can't think of a better alternative to web browser but chromium and I've tried almost all browsers, even abaco:)
Image viewer: Mirage is the best of them all. It has basic editing features and fast.
Messenger: yep, pidgin, no better alternative now.
Some tools like Palimpsest would be nice, but not essential.
Douglas Willett said:
Keep applications at a minimum - even less than in R5. Experienced Linux users already have a favorite application for each category. Include a "ReadMe" text, which would include good suggestions for each category and a detailed simple menu for installing them via Synaptic. This would be for Linux newcomers. Finally, maximize drivers, etc that make things - internet connection, printer connection, audio connection, video connection, etc - work essentially right out of the box. R5 is the first install that I ever did that audio worked for every major app (skype, etc) without a lot of searching and messing around. This is one of the reasons I'm using Watt today.
Cannot but to agree on this one, the less apps, the better.
Douglas Willett said:
Keep applications at a minimum - even less than in R5. Experienced Linux users already have a favorite application for each category. Include a "ReadMe" text, which would include good suggestions for each category and a detailed simple menu for installing them via Synaptic. This would be for Linux newcomers. Finally, maximize drivers, etc that make things - internet connection, printer connection, audio connection, video connection, etc - work essentially right out of the box. R5 is the first install that I ever did that audio worked for every major app (skype, etc) without a lot of searching and messing around. This is one of the reasons I'm using Watt today.
The Dougster is right. Something simple with every driver under the sun would be amazing. To be able to install a linux os with little to no driver issues would be amazing. Most linux users replace most default apps any way(I'm looking at you Evolution), so a browser, terminal, and synaptic should be all you need.
Dave . said:
You might also want to create a script (Blank File) in /usr/share/applications named, for example, pcmanfm --desktop-pref.desktop and copy and paste these in the script: [Desktop Entry] Exec=pcmanfm --desktop-pref Icon=wmtweaks Name=LXDE Desktop Preferences Type=Application Terminal=false Categories=Settings;DesktopSettings;X-LXDE-Settings; StartupNotify=true ..and have it in R6, it's basically a menu entry to LXDE's desktop preferences, the one Biff wrote about in another post.
Oops! This script might be better...
[Desktop Entry]
Exec=pcmanfm --desktop-pref
Icon=wmtweaks
Name=LXDE Desktop Preferences
Type=Application
Terminal=false
Categories=Settings;DesktopSettings;X-LXDE-Settings;
StartupNotify=true
OnlyShowIn=LXDE;
