Default repositories and preinstalled package desires

August 8, 2012

Posted By:  mwildam

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Repositories, I would like to have enabled by default:

#Adding medibuntu
wget --output-document=/etc/apt/sources.list.d/medibuntu.list http://www.medibuntu.org/sources.list.d/$(lsb_release -cs).list && apt-get --quiet update && apt-get --yes --quiet --allow-unauthenticated install medibuntu-keyring && apt-get --quiet update

#Adding diesch repository for getting the classic gnome menu back on Ubuntu 12.04
apt-add-repository -y ppa:diesch/testing

#For keepass2
apt-add-repository -y ppa:jtaylor/keepass

#For Google-Talk-Plugin
wget -q -O - https://dl-ssl.google.com/linux/linux_signing_key.pub | sudo apt-key add -
sudo sh -c 'echo "deb http://dl.google.com/linux/talkplugin/deb/ stable main" >> /etc/apt/sources.list.d/google.list'


Then the following apps:
audacity gimp zim chromium-browser pdfshuffler gscan2pdf pdfedit pdfchain pdfmod pdfsam filezilla freemind
nautilus-scripts-manager nautilus-actions nautilus-open-terminal nautilus-image-manipulator nautilus-image-converter seahorse-nautilus nautilus-compare nautilus-script-audio-convert
gconf-editor gisomount bum
skype
google-talkplugin
pidgin emesene
soundconverter winff asunder ogmrip thoggen k9copy
ttf-linux-libertine ttf-isabella ttf-dejavu-extra ttf-inconsolata ttf-sil-gentium ttf-junicode ttf-rufscript ttf-radisnoir
compizconfig-settings-manager compiz-plugins-extra

vim-gnome gedit-plugins geany geany-plugins scite meld
diffutils diffuse diffpdf gitg bless ghex build-essential xmlcopyeditor

#Global application menu integration (menu always on top line for LibreOffice)
#You either use this or the one above (one excludes the other)
lo-menubar

#Unity tweak tools
unsettings myunity

Get back the classic gnome menu back on Ubuntu 12.04
classicmenu-indicator

#windows integration tools
remmina remmina-plugin-gnome remmina-plugin-xdmcp remmina-plugin-nx
freerdp-x11rem chmsee jxplorer mdbtools-gmdb
nautilus-filename-repairer smbclient
clamav clamav-freshclam clamtk libmotif4
network-manager-openconnect-gnome network-manager-openvpn-gnome network-manager-vpnc-gnome openconnect
ttf-mscorefonts-installer acroread

mysql-server mysql-client mysql-workbench
pgadmin3 gsql


Oh and there is more:
Citrix Receiver should also be installed by default.
VirtualBox should be installed by default.
VMWarePlayer should be installed by default.
NXClient also (Nomachine).

And currently testing unity-webapps and fogger - they are beta stuff right now but a very interesting candidate for a default-nice-to-have.

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  • Aug 21, 2012     Comment Link

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    Posted By: mwildam

    Yes, Dell could provide their own PPA providing several meta-packages.
    Of course, not every developer would need Audio-tools. Maybe my intentions come from two factors:

    a) I like it, that Ubuntu comes with a lot of applications 80 % of the power users need on a weekly basis. In opposite Windows comes naked as Adam and Eve. Hence I think it a little further and want already everything prepared that I ever needed during the last approx 5 years.

    b) I am not just a developer, but doing also 2nd-level-support, consulting and even project management sometimes. So I am active in a wider range of different activities.
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  • Aug 14, 2012     Comment Link

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    Posted By: iandouglas

    Sounds like you'd be better off writing your own chef recipe for these packages. Not every developer is going to want audio editing tools, windows remote desktop tools, scanner tools, etc.

    In fact, I'd go so far as to make separate recipes for each collection, so all audio-related tools are one recipe, all Windows remote access tools are another, etc., that way you can update just one toolchain if you need to.