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skidoo
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Re: where do YOU learn about additional apps/software?

#21 Post by skidoo »

Moltke, your post about apt search reminds me to mention:

sudo apt install packagesearch
installation does provide a .desktop launcher, but it might not show up in desktop menu

You don't need elevated permissions to run this GUI program.
The command to launch the app (from Alt+F2 runner or from terminal commandline) is packagesearch

Many packages include "debtags" keywords//information within their metadata in addition to category and description.
packagesearch enables to you search the debtags data. For instance you can perform a search based on "similar to" somepackage.

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Moltke
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Re: where do YOU learn about additional apps/software?

#22 Post by Moltke »

skidoo wrote: Thu Feb 21, 2019 4:57 pm Moltke, your post about apt search reminds me to mention:

sudo apt install packagesearch
installation does provide a .desktop launcher, but it might not show up in desktop menu

You don't need elevated permissions to run this GUI program.
The command to launch the app (from Alt+F2 runner or from terminal commandline) is packagesearch

Many packages include "debtags" keywords//information within their metadata in addition to category and description.
packagesearch enables to you search the debtags data. For instance you can perform a search based on "similar to" somepackage.
Sounds like a synaptics like app, except for the elevated permissions part. I might give it a look to see what is like. Since you mentioned this I remember that MX has the cli-apt-based package manager which I've used too a few times, pretty useful.
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Re: where do YOU learn about additional apps/software?

#23 Post by skidoo »

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https://kde.org/applications/

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category: Games

Blinken . . . Memory Enhancement Game
Bomber . . . Arcade Bombing Game
Bovo . . . Five-in-a-row Board Game
GCompris . . . Educational Game
Granatier . . . Bomberman clone
Kajongg . . . Mahjong tile game from China
Kanagram . . . Letter Order Game
Kapman . . . Pac-Man Clone
KAtomic . . . Sokoban-like Logic Game
KBlackbox . . . Blackbox Logic Game
KBlocks . . . Falling Blocks Game
KBounce . . . Ball Bouncing Game
KBreakOut . . . Breakout-like Game
KDiamond . . . Three-in-a-row game
KFourInLine . . . Four-in-a-row Board Game
KGoldrunner . . . Hunt Gold, Dodge Enemies and Solve Puzzles
KHangMan . . . Hangman Game
Kigo . . . Go Board Game
Killbots . . . Strategy Game with Robots
Kiriki . . . Yahtzee-like Dice Game
KJumpingCube . . . Territory Capture Game
Klickety . . . Board Game
Kolor . . . Lines Tactical Game
KMahjongg . . . Mahjongg Solitaire
KMines . . . Minesweeper-like Game
Naval . . . Battle Ship Sinking Game
KNetWalk . . . Network Construction Game
KNights . . . Chess game
Kolf . . . Miniature Golf
Kollision . . . A simple ball dodging game
Konquest . . . Galactic Strategy Game
KPatience . . . Patience Card Game
KReversi . . . Reversi Board Game
KShisen . . . Shisen-Sho Mahjongg-like Tile Game
KSirk . . . World Domination Strategy Game
KSnakeDuel . . . A race in hyperspace
KSpaceDuel . . . Space Arcade Game
KSquares . . . Connect the dots to create squares
KSudoku . . . Sudoku Game
Potato . . . Guy Picture Game for Children
Kubrick . . . 3-D Game based on Rubik's Cube
LSkat . . . Card Game
Palapeli . . . Jigsaw puzzle game
Picmi . . . Logic Game

category:
. . . Education

Artikulate . . . Artikulate Pronunciation Trainer
Blinken . . . Memory Enhancement Game
Cantor . . . Frontend to Mathematical Software
GCompris . . . Educational Game
KAlgebra . . . Graph Calculator
Kalzium . . . Periodic Table of Elements
Kanagram . . . Letter Order Game
KBibTeX . . . BibTeX Editor
KBruch . . . Exercise Fractions
KGeography . . . Geography Trainer
KHangMan . . . Hangman Game
Kig . . . Interactive Geometry
Kiten . . . Japanese Reference/Study Tool
KLettres . . . Learn The Alphabet
KmPlot . . . Mathematical Function Plotter
KStars . . . Desktop Planetarium
KTouch . . . Touch Typing Tutor
KTurtle . . . Educational Programming Environment
KWordQuiz . . . Flash Card Trainer
LabPlot . . . LabPlot
Marble . . . Virtual Globe
Minuet . . . Music Education Software
Parley . . . Vocabulary Trainer
Rocs . . . Rocs Graph Theory
Step . . . Interactive Physical Simulator
example linked page for one of the applications

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category: Graphics

SymbolEditor . . . Cross Stitch Symbol Editor
digiKam . . . Photo Management Program
Gwenview . . . KDE Image Viewer
KColorChooser . . . Color Chooser
KGraphViewer . . . Graphviz DOT graph viewer
KolourPaint . . . Paint Program
KPhotoAlbum . . . Photo Album
Krita . . . Digital Painting
KRuler . . . Screen Ruler
KXStitch . . . Cross Stitch Editor
Okular . . . Document Viewer
Showfoto . . . Photo Viewer and Editor
Skanlite . . . Image Scanning Application

category: Internet

Akregator . . . Feed Reader
Choqok . . . Micro-blogging Client
Falkon . . . Web Browser
KGet . . . Download Manager
KMail . . . Mail Client
Konqueror . . . Web Browser, File Manager and Viewer
Konversation . . . IRC Client
Kopete . . . Instant Messenger
KRDC . . . Remote Desktop Client
Krfb . . . Desktop Sharing
KTorrent . . . BitTorrent Client
PIM . . . Setting Exporter Saves and restores all data from PIM apps
Banji . . . VoIP app
SieveEditor . . . Editor for email filter Sieve scripts

category: Multimedia

Amarok . . . Audio Player
Player . . . Dragon Player Video Player
Elisa . . . Music Player
JuK . . . Music Player
K3b . . . Disk Burning
Kaffeine . . . Media Player
Kamoso . . . Camera
Kdenlive . . . Video Editor
KMix . . . Sound Mixer
KMPlayer . . . Media Player
Kwave . . . Sound Editor
Plasma . . . Camera Mobile Photos

category: Office

Flow . . . Flowchart & Diagram Editing
Plan . . . Project Management
Calligra . . . Sheets Spreadsheet
Calligra . . . Stage Presentation
Calligra . . . Words Word Processor
KAddressBook . . . Contact Manager
KBibTeX . . . BibTeX Editor
KEuroCalc . . . Currency converter and calculator
KEXI . . . Visual database apps builder
Kile . . . LaTeX Frontend
KMail . . . Mail Client
KMyMoney . . . Personal Finance Manager
Kontact . . . Personal Information Manager
KOrganizer . . . Personal Organizer
Lokalize . . . Computer-Aided Translation System
Okular . . . Document Viewer
SieveEditor . . . Editor for email filter Sieve scripts
Skrooge . . . Manage your money
Tellico . . . Collection Manager

category: System

KHelpCenter . . . Help Center
Apper . . . Software Management
Discover . . . Software Center
Dolphin . . . File Manager
ISO . . . Image Writer Write an ISO Image to a USB Disk
KDE . . . Connect Connect and sync your devices
KDiskFree . . . View Disk Usage
Info . . . Center Info Center
Konsole . . . Terminal
KSysGuard . . . System Monitor
KSystemLog . . . System Log Viewer
KWalletManager . . . Wallet Management Tool
Muon . . . Package Manager Package Manager
KDE . . . Partition Manager Partition Editor
Yakuake . . . Drop-down Terminal

category: Utilities

Ark . . . Archiving Tool
Filelight . . . Disk Usage Statistics
KAlarm . . . Personal Alarm Scheduler
Kate . . . Advanced Text Editor
KBackup . . . Backup Program
KCalc . . . Scientific Calculator
KCharSelect . . . Character Selector
KFind . . . Find Files/Folders
KFloppy . . . Floppy Formatter
KGpg . . . Encryption Tool
Kleopatra . . . Certificate Manager and Unified Crypto GUI
KMag . . . Screen Magnifier
KMouseTool . . . Automatic Mouse Click
KMouth . . . Speech Synthesizer Frontend
KNotes . . . Popup Notes
KRename . . . Batch File Renamer
Kronometer . . . Chronometer
Krusader . . . File Manager
KTeaTime . . . Tea Cooker
KTimer . . . Countdown Launcher
KWrite . . . Text Editor
Okteta . . . Hex Editor
RSI . . . Break Help prevent repetitive strain injury
Smb4K . . . Advanced Network Neighborhood Browser
Spectacle . . . Screenshot Capture Utility
Sweeper . . . System Cleaner
Zanshin . . . To Do Management Application


category: Development

Cervisia . . . CVS Frontend
Cuttlefish . . . Icon Viewer
Heaptrack . . . Profiler Frontend
KAppTemplate . . . KDE Template Generator
KCachegrind . . . Profiler Frontend
kdesvn . . . Subversion Revision Control
KDevelop . . . Integrated Development Environment
KDiff3 . . . Diff/Patch Frontend
KImageMapEditor . . . HTML Image Map Editor
Kirigami . . . Gallery Widget Browser for Kirigami
Kompare . . . Diff/Patch Frontend
Lokalize . . . Computer-Aided Translation System
Massif-Visualizer . . . Profiler Frontend
Plasma . . . Engine Explorer Plasma Data Engines Viewing Tool
Plasmoid . . . Viewer Plasma Widget Testing Tool
Umbrello . . . UML Modeller

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Re: where do YOU learn about additional apps/software?

#24 Post by acecombat2 »


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#25 Post by acecombat2 »

Can we have appimage gui downloader. like libreoffice the one with appimage is newer than preinstalled in mxlinux 18.3.

and I also use Patchwork

https://github.com/ssbc/patchwork

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#26 Post by SwampRabbit »

acecombat2, this isn’t a request thread, it’s a thread to share where users can find new/interesting applications.

Patchwork is in MXPI under Flatpaks right now.

There are separate Forum areas for package requests as laid out in Skidoo’s original first post.

Please read the How to ask for Help info, read the MX Manual, and FAQ.... and please try to keep post relevant to the thread.
NEW USERS START HERE FAQS, MX Manual, and How to Break Your System - Don't use Ubuntu PPAs! Always post your Quick System Info (QSI) when asking for help.

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#27 Post by Bonzoo2525 »

To be straight I use a minimalist approach but when I look for something I generally tube to see what most like and watch them play with it. I USED to install everything in the repoz and do it myself but with the mini surge in Linux....one just needs a few hours of video viewing. 80% of the packages are a joke. 10 are pretty useful and the last 5-10 have some killer open/semi open source goodies.I hate to admit it but snap crap /Uoruntyou has many.........I'm a purist so ...patient. Once in a moon I grab a package from Mint deb and apply in MX or Deb test. The Mint boys do a good job screening

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Re: where do YOU learn about additional apps/software?

#28 Post by figueroa »

Not to be a grump, but use your computer and enjoy all it can do for you. Don't become a software collector. If you need to do something that isn't done by something already installed, go look for it or ask others what they use do that task. That is all.
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Re: where do YOU learn about additional apps/software?

#29 Post by esbeeb »

The "Destination Linux" community has threads where people post interesting favorites. For example,

"Must have apps on any new Linux distro install"

I like hearing software choices vetted by other (real) people, as I trust ad-sponsored, published articles less and less.
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#30 Post by Th30 »

I usually just google for whatever it is I'm looking to install. Recently it was 'facebook messenger linux app' and 'linux app youtube music player.' I found some great apps - one which I could add a Debian repo for, and one I had to install via Flatpak (though I might go back and build from scratch if this old 2GB all-in-one starts slowing down.

Facebook Messenger App - install from repo:
https://github.com/sindresorhus/caprine

Youtube Music App (flatpak)
https://gitlab.com/zehkira/monophony

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